Downtown Akron

Two buildings that once housed retail rivals in downtown Akron will be competing again this holiday season... for eyeballs.Until Polsky’s closed in 1978…

After half a century of ideas and plans that never got off the ground, the renovation of a historic block in the heart of downtown Akron is getting…

For the next month, the City of Akron is inviting public feedback about phase two of its $11 million project to transform Main Street.The project will add…

A partnership between the Knight Foundation and a West Coast video game company aims to get people to explore Akron in a new way.San Francisco-based…

Thousands are expected in downtown Akron this weekend for the 16th running of the Akron Marathon. Activities kick off Friday evening at 6:30 with the Kids…

Cleveland Clinic Akron General unveiled its new state-of-the-art emergency department that greatly expands the hospital’s ability to treat people with…

Officials in Akron’s West Hill neighborhood are trying to turn the area into an arts-and-merchant district – building on a zoning amendment that was…

Officials in Akron say they’re at “the two-yard line” when it comes to securing funding for the long-delayed, $40 million Bowery redevelopment project.The…

Akron is getting $127,000 to plan for a grid of bicycle lanes throughout the city.The city says the Knight Foundation grant will help make Akron more…

Akron’s population has been shrinking for decades, but the city plans to get 50,000 more people to call it home by 2050. In addition to its own…