Local coverage
Project conversations across Summit County and the Akron metro.
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Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga Falls takes its name from the series of falls and rapids the Cuyahoga River cuts through the city, a natural feature that...
Local planning notes →Barberton
Barberton was founded in 1891 by industrialist O.C. Barber, the 'Match King' who moved his Diamond Match Company's manufacturing f...
Local planning notes →Tallmadge
Tallmadge was founded in 1807 by the Reverend David Bacon, who laid out the distinctive Tallmadge Circle -- a New England-style to...
Local planning notes →Stow
Stow takes its name from Joshua Stow, an early Connecticut Western Reserve land agent, and stayed a mostly agricultural township f...
Local planning notes →Norton
Norton spent most of its history as a rural Summit County township before transitioning into a lower-density residential suburb an...
Local planning notes →Green
Green was known as Green Township for most of its history before incorporating as its own city in the 2000s, making it one of Summ...
Local planning notes →Wadsworth
Wadsworth was named for General Elijah Wadsworth, an early Connecticut Western Reserve landholder, and its historic downtown squar...
Local planning notes →Munroe Falls
Munroe Falls grew up around grist and woolen mills powered by the Cuyahoga River, and that same river corridor, now preserved in p...
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