To restore trust in an area where people have traditionally felt overlooked can prove difficult. Over 30 neighbors of the Middlebury community in Akron gathered together recently to discuss the issues their reviving neighborhood faces, from hazardous health conditions and animal nuisances, to vacant homes, crime and gentrification. The panel discussion was the most recent in … [Read more...]
Common Threads series ties together diverse cultures for community discussions
Editor's note: Greg Milo is the organizer of Common Threads Akron. Akron has strong ties to the international community. So it’s fitting that a new program focus on strengthening those ties through community discussions. Common Threads Akron is a series of events, each designed to bring people of diverse backgrounds and cultures together to a common space to engage in … [Read more...]
