The East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation Board of Trustees has hired Cheryl Stephens as the organization’s next Chief Executive Officer. Stephens was selected after a six-month nationwide search for a successor to Grady Appleton, who will retire at the end of the year after 35 years leading EANDC. Stephens began her career in the Ohio Department of Development, … [Read more...]
Urban, classical artists join forces for Neos’ dance.r.evolution April 22 at Goodyear Hall
Graffiti artists, hip-hop dancers, urban musicians and classical dancers will criss-cross in dance.r.evolution, a multimedia premiere by Neos Dance Theatre, Saturday, April 22, 7:30 p.m., in the newly renovated Goodyear Theater, 1201 Market St. The April 22 performance launches Neos’ two-year education and outreach dance.r.evolution program supported, in part, by the John S. … [Read more...]
Community garden transforms life in East Akron neighborhood
What started as an idea to build a community garden among a few became a project that tells a story of birth, growth, transformation and sometimes rebuilding. Resident Teresa Clark decided to volunteer to head up a community garden at Middlebury Chapel. A former minister and friend to Clark offered to donate equipment to the church upon his retirement from ministry. His work … [Read more...]
Community volunteers give makeover to East Akron vacant lots
East Akron residents recently gave a facelift to a couple of vacant lots as part of a two-day restoration project. With the help of community volunteers and Keep Akron Beautiful's Community Pride Trailer, the group comprising East Akron Neighborhood Development Corp. and employees of Myers Industries and Huntington Bank, among others, gave some attention to lots at the corner … [Read more...]
Residents explore East Akron/Middlebury neighborhood (Photo Essay)
The Akron2Akron Walking Tour series recently explored East Akron/Middlebury, one of Akron’s oldest neighborhoods. The tour was led by the Rev. Yolanda Parker, executive director of LINKS Community & Family Services and Pastor at Open Door Assembly of God Church, and East Akron residents Frances Sutter and Carol Dullen. Akron2Akron walking tours are a great way to … [Read more...]
East Akron group addresses abandoned Akron properties
(Editor's note: this originally appeared in an East Akron Neighborhood Development Corp. newsletter) East Akron Neighborhood Development Corp. (EANDC) recently participated in the city of Akron's parcel survey, which mapped and described all properties throughout the city - business, industrial and residential. The city is in the early stages of deciding how they will use … [Read more...]
City seeks proposals for service providers for East Akron residents
The City of Akron is soliciting Request for Proposals (RFPs) from any organization interested in providing essential services to East Akron Residents at 550 S. Arlington Street. (Click here for the RFP document.) The deadline for submission is Sept. 12 at 4:30 p.m. “Nobody wants to see East Akron without the essential services that have been provided in the past,” said … [Read more...]
East Akron Development Corp. opens new housing for veterans (Video)
The East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation (EANDC) recently unveiled the Arlington Veterans Housing Project, an $800,000 building rehab project which will now house homeless veterans. “While we are proud of every single development we have built and every property we manage, this might be the most noble endeavor EANDC has ever undertaken,” said EANDC President and … [Read more...]
East Akron outdoor art installation honors past, present talent (Article, Video)
PR Miller passes welding torch to younger artists As a fringe artist who makes use of discarded and scrap materials, PR Miller has been called The Junkman by some, but he's embraced that sometimes derogatory moniker and has transformed public perceptions about what constitutes art. Miller, who's long been an outspoken force in the world of outsider art, will move on to … [Read more...]
