Lock 3

The renovations to the downtown park, spearheaded by Akron Civic Commons, include gardens, sitting areas, a performance pavilion and an ice skating rink.

Patrons can now purchase alcoholic drinks and take them across the downtown area. The boundary was extended from 20 to 145 acres, from Lock 15 Brewing to R. Shea Brewing.

The city's current DORA boundary includes just four businesses in the Lock 3 area. If approved by the state, the region would expand to almost 145 acres and involve nearly 40 businesses.

City of Akron officials credit the city's seasonal wage increase for helping them recruit and retain more staff this summer.

Ohio Sen. Rob Portman is calling for tougher sanctions on Russia as its war on Ukraine continues; Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth, and University Hospitals are all keeping their mask requirements for both employees and patients; Akron will use $3.5 million of its federal COVID-19 relief funding to reimagine its Lock 3 Park downtown; and more stories.

Downtown Akron's Lock 3 released their concert and event schedule for the month of June

AkronArts, a new initiative from the University of Akron, launched lastweek, aimed at promoting arts on campus and downtown. The idea to pair the arts with local revitalization efforts came from realizing that while the city of Akron had an interesting and “intentional” way of making its downtown into a more, “prosperous, vibrant place,” the university didn’t “really have a part to play,” said university president Gary Miller.

The Civic has invested in significant capital improvements of its exterior, adding value to the developing downtown Akron area.

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