A focused plan to redevelop a decommissioned mile of the Innerbelt now owned by the City of Akron has become a 30-year proposal to remake a swath of property from downtown to Sherbondy Hill.
At a Thursday community meeting at the Akron Urban League, city officials and planners unveiled a proposed framework not just for the roadway, but for the areas surrounding it. They want the series of projects that make up the master plan to help repair the harm the Innerbelt caused to a historically Black neighborhood and build prosperity in an area that hasn’t had much investment.