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The 24th annual Akron Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay looped through the city this weekend, with thousands of runners pacing their ways through neighborhoods. Did we see you?

About a year after Jim Loveman’s Amerimar Realty Co. finished converting an old Willoughby school into 40 apartments — saving it from demolition — Loveman wants to use the same playbook to transform downtown Akron’s 110-year-old Bowen School into housing.

Bowen School proposals offer new paths to save Akron building Developer wants to transform 110-year-old former Akron Public Schools' administration building downtown into 46 apartments.

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In October, Akron is getting a new public art tire sculpture downtown at Lock 3 sponsored by Curated Storefront. Chakaia Booker has created a 17-foot-tall stainless steel and tire sculpture using recycled Goodyear Eagle racing tires.

Akron public art sculpture set for October reveal; Who is the artist? Using recycled Goodyear racing tires and stainless steel, New-York based artist brings public art to downtown Akron

Akron’s John Brown Monument opens for public visits after years of neglect.
Monument on Akron Zoo property in Sherbondy Hill was erected in 1910 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Brown’s death.

“Marjorie Prime,” which runs through Sunday, is the first play from Wild Thread Theatre. Zimmerman and Kazle, who besides being creative partners are also married, founded the company in June.

At Wild Thread Theatre, plays take center stage - Signal Akron Wild Thread Theatre, the new company from Elynmarie Kazle and Mark Zimmerman, opened its first season with “Marjorie Prime” at Wild Oscars.

Last week, Akron’s independent police auditor began a full audit of the Akron Police Department’s use of nearly 150 Flock Safety cameras across the city. APD’s usage and contract with Flock Safety started in 2022.

How are Akron Police using Flock cameras? Auditor wants to know Akron Independent Police Auditor Anthony Finnell began an audit of APD's license-plate reader program last week with a letter to APD chief.

The new Small Business Enterprise program changes how the city identifies, structures and monitors some contracts, with small-business participation considered earlier in the process.

Small businesses to get more access to Akron contracts The new Small Business Enterprise program changes how the city identifies, structures and monitors some contracts.