Dive deeper into the Innerbelt planning process with these resources from open houses, focus groups, pop-ups events, and more.
Innerbelt Newsletter #2
Release Date: May 19, 2025
The second edition of our monthly newsletter detailing the current state of the Innerbelt Master Plan Process. This edition covers Open House #3, other ways to get involved in the planning process, and what we’ve heard from the community during the first series of Community Meals & Conversations.
Innerbelt Principles, Goals, and Actions
Release Date: May 7, 2025
These resources were first presented at Open House #2 in March, and cover the guiding principles, goals, and actions that are being considered as primary drivers for the planning and design work.
Principles & Goals ACTIONS FLYERS
Innerbelt Newsletter #1
Release Date: April 4, 2025
The first edition of our monthly newsletter detailing the current state of the Innerbelt Master Plan Process. This edition covers Open House #2, upcoming engagement events, an introduction to our Community Coordinators, and the State of the Planning Area report.
Innerbelt Master Plan: State of the Planning Area
Release Date: 3/18/2025
The State of the Planning Area Report is first among a series of products coming out of the Innerbelt Master Plan process. The Report analyzes and documents key conditions and trends in and around the former Innerbelt land. It’s intended to help the community, the City, and the planning team establish a shared understanding of the planning area before we begin to reimagine its future.
Read the State of the Planning Area Report
Phase 1 Report
The Reconnecting Our Community - Phase 1 Report documents the work of the initiative’s first two years from 2021 to 2023, the goals of which have been to reckon with the Innerbelt’s past and begin to work with Akron residents to imagine a healed future for it.
Innerbelt History Collection
In 2023, we launched the Innerbelt History Collection on the Summit Memory website in collaboration with the Akron-Summit County Public Library. The collection is an archival effort to make sure that the stories and images of what happened (and the life of the neighborhood that used to exist) can be preserved for future generations to know and learn from.
Go to the Innerbelt History Collection