A City of Akron effort to focus new development on creating safe, welcoming and attractive public spaces has centered on an unexpected location: a gas station at a busy, six-way intersection.
The Circle K proposed at 786 Brittain Road in Goodyear Heights, on a lot housing a CVS building that has been vacant for more than two years, is slated to be reconfigured so the portion of the property that faces the intersection with Eastland and Eastwood avenues is not a parking lot but a park.
Akron City Council will hold a public hearing to discuss the proposal today at 5 p.m. Afterward, at its regular 6:30 p.m. meeting, Council Member Sharon Connor, who represents the area, said she expects other council members to approve the conditional use that will change the look of the intersection…