Akron area residents can show their support for U.S. veterans and the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail for the 6th Annual Towpath Freedom 5k Saturday, Nov. 11. The race will begin at Lock 3 Park, 200 S. Main St. in Akron. Same-day registration and packet pick-up will take place at 7:30 a.m., the ceremony will be held at 8:30 a.m. and the race begins at 9 a.m. The event … [Read more...]
Artist beautifies Towpath junction with 400-foot mural
At a junction along the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath where bikers, runners and hikers departed from a natural setting into an urban one, they’d pass by a bare parking garage wall on Quaker Street. And when the Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition (OECC) put out a call to local artists to submit proposals for a mural on the side of the garage, they may not have been aware of … [Read more...]
Akron Community Foundation awards nearly $2.7 million in grants
(Courtesy of Akron Community Foundation) Akron Community Foundation’s board of directors recently approved grants totaling $2,698,052, including $2,239,052 in grants from 132 designated, donor-advised, agency endowment and scholarship funds, and $459,000 in competitive civic affairs grants chosen by the organization’s Community Investment Committee. More than … [Read more...]
