/news/tags/akron-innerbelt Akron Innerbelt en-US Copyright Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:58:52 GMT /community/2025-03-19/akron-residents-set-priorities-for-decommissioned-innerbelt-redesign Attendees at an open house Tuesday evening on a master plan for what comes next for the Innerbelt requested accessible housing, clean energy and Black history preservation among other features. Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:58:52 GMT /community/2025-03-19/akron-residents-set-priorities-for-decommissioned-innerbelt-redesign Zaria Johnson /government-politics/2025-01-08/as-community-mulls-future-of-innerbelt-akron-receives-10-million-federal-grant-to-reimagine-it The Innerbelt was built beginning in the 1970s, cutting through a largely Black community and displacing families and businesses. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:46:14 GMT /government-politics/2025-01-08/as-community-mulls-future-of-innerbelt-akron-receives-10-million-federal-grant-to-reimagine-it Abigail Bottar /government-politics/2023-12-04/akron-releases-report-recommendations-on-next-steps-for-decommissioned-innerbelt The failed highway project tore apart a primarily Black community in the 1970s, according to the city. The Ohio Department of Transportation vacated a portion of the highway and returned it to the city in 2016. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 19:14:41 GMT /government-politics/2023-12-04/akron-releases-report-recommendations-on-next-steps-for-decommissioned-innerbelt Abigail Bottar /community/2023-02-22/innerbelt-history-collection-will-gather-stories-of-a-neighborhood-displaced-by-a-highway A vibrant neighborhood which was home to many African American families was wiped out in the 1970's to make way for the Innerbelt. The highway, which was never fully built and was underused, was finally decommissioned in 2018. Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:00:00 GMT /community/2023-02-22/innerbelt-history-collection-will-gather-stories-of-a-neighborhood-displaced-by-a-highway Alexandra Golden /news/community/2022-09-26/akron-will-transform-its-decommissioned-innerbelt-into-a-park-for-one-day The Reconnecting Our Community initiative is a project that will decide what to do with the decommissioned innerbelt through community engagement. Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:00:00 GMT /news/community/2022-09-26/akron-will-transform-its-decommissioned-innerbelt-into-a-park-for-one-day Abigail Bottar /news/community/2018-12-07/remembering-the-community-displaced-by-akrons-road-to-nowhere Akron’s Innerbelt never lived up to its potential. It never even came close. The highway was supposed to give Akron’s suburbs easy access to downtown, but… Fri, 07 Dec 2018 10:48:56 GMT /news/community/2018-12-07/remembering-the-community-displaced-by-akrons-road-to-nowhere Andrew Meyer /news/community/2018-08-06/innerbelt-national-forest-now-open-to-the-public-in-downtown-akron-but-maybe-for-just-two-months The Innerbelt National Forest is now open to the public, bringing new green space to downtown Akron.Adirondack chairs, potted trees and an amphitheater… Mon, 06 Aug 2018 09:30:00 GMT /news/community/2018-08-06/innerbelt-national-forest-now-open-to-the-public-in-downtown-akron-but-maybe-for-just-two-months Kabir Bhatia /news/community/2017-10-23/the-plan-for-the-innerbelt-may-be-go-slow Akron continues to try to figure out what to do with the 31 acres of decommissioned highway that cuts into downtown’s northwest side. At a conference on… Mon, 23 Oct 2017 15:34:51 GMT /news/community/2017-10-23/the-plan-for-the-innerbelt-may-be-go-slow M.L. Schultze /news/community/2017-10-18/walking-akron-may-be-one-way-to-get-to-250-000-by-2050 Rebuilding Akron as a 21st century city could mean overhauling zoning codes, embracing its historical architecture and putting city streets on a diet – by… Thu, 19 Oct 2017 00:45:52 GMT /news/community/2017-10-18/walking-akron-may-be-one-way-to-get-to-250-000-by-2050 M.L. Schultze /news/community/2017-10-02/akrons-innerbelt-transformation-will-take-time-money-and-a-lot-of-dirt With the help of the Huffington Post’s 25-city listening tour, Akron took a closer look last night at tentative plans to turn a divided highway into… Tue, 03 Oct 2017 03:53:39 GMT /news/community/2017-10-02/akrons-innerbelt-transformation-will-take-time-money-and-a-lot-of-dirt M.L. Schultze