City will identify short-term wins to improve the area and prepare for development.
When Akron’s Innerbelt project was first announced, it seemed reasonable that a plan to remake the decommissioned portion of the highway would focus on that mile-long stretch of road.
But over months of community conversations, and with federal funding that could boost a redevelopment plan still in flux, the proposal that will emerge this fall is likely to focus far more on the people than the pavement...