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Akron Project Partners Need Community Feedback for Proposed Trail

Ideastream Public Media | By Lydia Taylor
Published August 20, 2017 at 4:58 PM EDT
Akron hopes to counter decades of declining population with abatement on new home construction and major renovations.
Akron hopes to counter decades of declining population with abatement on new home construction and major renovations.

Akron groups want community members to voice their opinions on a proposed trail that would stretch 6 miles throughout the city.

The Rubber City Heritage Trail follows old railroad tracks through downtown. Dan Rice of the Ohio and ErieCanalwayCoalition says meetings this week will discuss options for the trail.

The opportunity that the Rubber City Heritage Trail has is that is has the opportunity to connect neighborhoods within Akron. Rather than a commuter trail to connect cities, the Rubber City Heritage Trail has the opportunity to really connect neighborhoods, schools, libraries and the University of Akron with downtown.

Rice says project partners hope to have a design plan by 2020.

Meeting times: 

  • Tuesday, August 22 at the Old Sanctuary from 6:30-8 p.m.
  • Wednesday, August 23 at the Front Porch from 6:30-8 p.m.

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Lydia Taylor
Lydia Taylor is a news intern for WKSU. She is a junior multimedia journalism major at Kent State University with experience in print and visual journalism. She is currently working towards a Bachelor’s Degree in Multimedia Journalism. During the school year, Taylor works for Kent State Student Media in The Kent Stater and KentWired. She is currently an assigning editor and a reporter in the Kent State University Student Media Newsroom for the spring semester.
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