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Once the "Rubber Capital of the World," Akron continues to reinvent itself. As it recovers from years of decline after tire manufacturers and other industries left town, Akron is developing a new regional economy focused on medicine, technology, education and innovation. Akron has a healthy sense of community, strong leaders and a lively cultural environment. Its residents understand race relations and work hard at unity.
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In Akron your first point of contact is Jennifer Thomas, Program Director / Akron and Northeast Ohio.
Akron
The 2009 Soul of the Community Survey explores the link between residents' emotional ties to where they live and the community's economic growth. Three main factors emotionally connect residents to Akron: social offerings (fun places to gather), aesthetics (an area’s physical beauty and green spaces) and openness (how welcoming a place is). The study also found that the Akron area needs to be seen as more open, particularly to young, talented college graduates who can help fortify the region’s economic future, to further encourage resident attachment to the area.
See survey details for Akron at http://www.soulofthecommunity.org/akron .
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Community Grants in Akron
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Akron Area YMCA
Amount: $3,000,000
To help fund the construction of University Park YMCA, a new facility in Akron's biomedical corridor -
The GAR Foundation
Amount: $2,000
To supplement computer equipment for the GAR Foundation -
Akron-Summit County Public Library
Amount: $240,000
To meet the growing demand for job training via mobile computer labs at 17 branch Akron-Summit County Public Libraries, an additional 3300 people per year will have access and will receive training per year, because of Knight's investment -
National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc.
Amount: $1,250,000
To support the transformation, planning, development and operation of the Visiting Inductee Program and National Inventors Hall of Fame Invention Gallery located in the National Inventors Hall of Fame Community Learning Center -
Orthopaedic Research Institute of Northeast Ohio
Amount: $20,000,000
To create the Bioinnovation Institute (formerly Knight Research and Education Collaborative) in Akron to manage six research, educational and clinical initiatives expected to improve Akron's economy and quality of life by bringing in more than $125 million dollars and creating 2,100 jobs. -
Service Corps of Retired Executives Association
Amount: $180,000
To help meet the GAR Foundation challenge to support SCORE's expansion of marketing and administrative activities to startup, entrepreneurs, and existing businesses in Akron and Summit County
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