Visiting Akron this weekend and saw the historic St Thomas Hospital where AA was founded (in its current form).
Drove from one side of the city to the other: hospitals, bank HQs, minor league baseball, cuyahoga valley scenic railroad, university of Akron. The whole place seems more or less…occupied. Coming from Cleveland, which often looks abandoned & desolate, Akron appears like a city that has kept a maintainable, healthy size. Kudos! Very livable.
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What timing! Today, Akron’s mayor Don Plusquellic appeared on the Diane Rehm show to discuss the financial strain on cities. Although he stated the City of Akron currently receives 10% less in revenue than before the recession, they are well positioned to be a model of economic growth as the economy continues to recover.
Read about or listen to the show here:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-01-25/financial-strains-cities
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