Arielle Kass

Akron

Reporter at Signal Akron

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Articles

Akron-based Goodyear CFO steps in for Europe president

1 week ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

Goodyear’s European president is on a leave of absence and the company’s chief financial officer, Christina Zamarro, will lead the region on an interim basis. Christopher Delaney has been president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa division of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. since 2017, according to a biography on the company’s website. He joined Goodyear in 2015.
University of Akron may avoid faculty cuts via voluntary separations

1 week ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

A University of Akron committee, created to advise the school on proposed faculty cuts and new income streams, said in a report this month that the number of professors leaving voluntarily should stave off forced separations and that additional ideas to raise money could result in $2 million in new revenue.
Quaker Square sale in Akron approved by state board

2 weeks ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

A state board approved the sale of University of Akron-owned Quaker Square to a trio of developers Monday, the next step in the process to get the oat mill-turned-hotel complex into private hands to be repurposed. The approval, by the Ohio Controlling Board, didn’t come without questions. Sen.
Akron RubberDucks score with bobbleheads, pillowcases, fireworks

2 weeks ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

Pillowcases, belt buckles and chef’s hats have been among the lures that have drawn Akron RubberDucks fans to Canal Park. With minor league baseball, it’s hard to know who will be on the field from one game to the next. So while the baseball might be nice, for some, the swag is the real draw.
Why the University of Akron is selling Quaker Square for so little

3 weeks ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

Quaker Square, the hotel and shopping complex the University of Akron plans to sell for $800,000, is worth more than five times that amount, according to a newly released appraisal of the property. The appraisal, by Charles G. Snyder Co., was part of a series of documents released Monday by the state of Ohio’s Controlling Board ahead of its scheduled April 7 vote to sell Quaker Square to a group of developers known as Ohio Rivers Investments II, LLC.
State considers improving I-77 and state Route 8 in Akron

3 weeks ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

A $66 million project to improve Interstate 77 and state Route 8 may be among the statewide road construction projects funded in the next four years. The project, which would upgrade the road and ramps from Lovers Lane to Perkins Street, is on a draft list of eight high-priority projects that would be funded during the next construction cycle. The draft list includes a total of 14 statewide projects — at an estimated cost of $319.3 million.
Why METRO's Akron transit projects are on hold

4 weeks ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

METRO Regional Transit Authority leaders are worried $41.9 million of federal funding for a maintenance and operations facility that is already under construction could be pulled back by government officials. It’s leading them to delay projects that would expand transit service and build affordable apartments near an Akron transit center.
Who should be involved in development of new Akron Innerbelt?

1 month ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

More affordable housing, equitable access to economic opportunities, the preservation of history and the creation of welcoming public spaces are among the most important things Akron-area residents want out of a project to remake the Innerbelt. The priorities, distilled by consultants following a January public meeting, were presented to residents last Tuesday to help ensure the principles they’re working toward for the decommissioned highway are actually what people want.
Akron resident fighting transgender troop ban relieved by injunction

1 month ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

After a U.S. District Court judge in Washington, D.C., granted a preliminary injunction to stop an executive order that seeks to ban transgender people from serving in the military, Nicolas Talbott got a message from a fellow transgender service member saying the ruling had saved that person’s family. As the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the executive order, Talbott, who lives in Akron, has gotten a lot of messages thanking him for speaking up for the transgender community.
Akron to host statewide economic development conference

1 month ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

Akron beat out nine other cities to host a statewide economic development conference this fall. The Ohio Economic Development Association’s annual summit will be held at the John S. Knight Center Oct. 15-17. The summit draws about 500 economic development professionals; it’s historically been held in Central Ohio, but last year, for the first time, it moved outside that region to Toledo. This year, 10 cities pitched proposals to host the conference.