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1 month ago | 
signalakron.org | Brittany Nader |Akron Documenters
Feb. 26 Ward 2 meeting and March 10 Akron City Council meeting Covered by Documenters Jackie Jantzi (see her notes here) and Carol Smith (see her notes here) More than 80 residents packed a Ward 2 City Council meeting Feb. 26 to state their concerns about the planned $16 million North Main Street improvement project.
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1 month ago | 
signalakron.org | Brittany Nader |Akron Documenters
Feb. 18 Ward 10 meeting Covered by Documenter Brittany Nader (see her notes here) Correction: An earlier version of this story misidentified the Akron Community Action Network. Neighbors in East Akron and Middlebury gathered in the Family of Faith United Methodist Church for a town hall meeting Feb. 18 to speak on issues affecting their communities — and learn how to turn their concerns into collective action.
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2 months ago | 
signalakron.org | Kevin Dilley |Akron Documenters
Feb. 14 Summit County Board of Elections meeting Covered by Documenter Wittman Sullivan (see his notes here) Five candidates in two Akron City Council wards will be on the ballot for the May 6 Democratic primary election. The Summit County Board of Elections approved the candidate petitions Friday along with 50 others for primary races across Summit County. The BOE rejected four petitions for various reasons, including insufficient valid signatures, fraud and technical errors.
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2 months ago | 
signalakron.org | Kevin Dilley |Akron Documenters
Help us tell more stories for AkronitesWhen Akron’s Merriman Valley area experienced torrential rains and flooding in August, Signal Akron provided free guides on where to find resources. And after we wrote about the work Gary Wyatt does at the North Hill Community House does to ensure people don’t go hungry, supporters old and new rallied around the nonprofit, giving its food pantry enough donations to allow him to purchase an additional deep freezer and refrigerator.
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2 months ago | 
signalakron.org | Brittany Nader |Akron Documenters
Jan. 8 Innerbelt public forum Covered by Documenter Wittman Sullivan (see his notes here) The future of the Akron Innerbelt took center stage at a recent public forum, where residents gathered to voice their hopes and concerns for the decommissioned highway’s redevelopment. The City of Akron has partnered with urban design firm Sasaki to conduct community engagement sessions. A final design plan is expected by summer 2025.
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2 months ago | 
signalakron.org | Kevin Dilley |Akron Documenters
Help us tell more stories for AkronitesWhen Akron’s Merriman Valley area experienced torrential rains and flooding in August, Signal Akron provided free guides on where to find resources. And after we wrote about the work Gary Wyatt does at the North Hill Community House does to ensure people don’t go hungry, supporters old and new rallied around the nonprofit, giving its food pantry enough donations to allow him to purchase an additional deep freezer and refrigerator.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
signalakron.org | Brittany Nader |Akron Documenters
Jan. 13 Summit County Council committee meetings Covered by Documenter Abby Darin-Evans (see their notes here) A significant delay in reporting poll results in Summit County occurred on Election Day in November 2024, with the process taking about two hours longer than in 2020. Officials with the Summit County Board of Elections (BOE) attributed the delay to the volume of late-arriving absentee ballots. At Summit County Council’s Jan.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
signalakron.org | Brittany Nader |Akron Documenters
Nov. 13 Akron Public Art Commission meeting Covered by Documenters Brittany Nader (see her thread here) and London Green (see her notes here) The Akron Public Art commission approved a plan to include a sculpture by acclaimed New York artist Chakaia Booker in the redevelopment of Lock 3 Park at their meeting Nov. 13.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
signalakron.org | Susan Zake |Akron Documenters
Nov. 4 Akron City Council meeting Covered by Documenter Christina Brunson (see her notes here) Mayor Shammas Malik received approval from Akron City Council Monday for the purchase of 42 body-worn cameras for the Akron Police Department’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit, along with the uniformed officers of the Street Narcotics Uniform Detail (SNUD) unit.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
signalakron.org | Kevin Dilley |Akron Documenters
Special thanks to Documenters: Rick Bohan, Christina Brunson, Nick Muffet, Brittany Nader, Philip Patnode, and Carol Sparkman. Education and the cost of groceries are two top-of-mind topics that Coletta Turneur feels politicians aren’t paying enough attention to this election cycle. The 69-year-old West Akron resident wants to hear “how we’re going to spend the money to get better education for the public schools.
