Preparations are underway for what is being billed as the biggest parade in 50 years in downtown Akron.
The city’s bicentennial parade will take place 10 a.m. to noon July 5.
The parade begins at Market and Main streets and will proceed east on Market Street, south on High Street, west on Buchtel Avenue and north on Main Street. The parade will finish its route at the roundabout at Main and Mill streets by the Rubber Worker statue…