Originally published by Crain's Cleveland Business - Dan Shingler, October 3, 2023Akron is about to learn more about what could be its most important new development in decades — one that could…
Originally published by The Wall Street Journal - Kris Maher, September 20, 2023AKRON, Ohio—A freeway built in the 1970s through a Black community in Akron was supposed to reinvigorate the city’s…
Originally published by Akron Beacon Journal - Emily Mills, March 1, 2023The city of Akron is receiving a $960,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to create a community-based master…
Originally published by Ideastream Public Media - Alexandra Golden, February 22, 2023Akron has launched an effort to collect the stories of the people who were displaced by the Innerbelt.A vibrant…
Originally published by Akron Beacon Journal - Anthony Thompson, August 29, 2022The construction of the Akron Innerbelt highway in the 1970s contributed to the death and decay of what was once the…
In 1963, the City of Akron's Department of Planning and Urban Renewal released "A Perspective of the Akron Innerbelt." The 22-page report examined the proposed Akron Innerbelt highway as one element…
Originally published by Akron Beacon Journal - Seyma Bayram, February 3, 2022.The mistakes of the past are guiding discussions about the future of a 30-acre decommissioned stretch of the Innerbelt in…
Originally published by Akron Beacon Journal - Seyma Bayram, February 3, 2022.Homell Calhoun Jr. cherished Sundays at his father’s record store on Wooster Avenue.He had been shining shoes at the…
