WEST AKRON — Mayor Shammas Malik and community partners officially cut the ribbon on the city’s first esports game room July 1 at the Judge James R. Williams Lawton Street Community Center.
Speakers included Malik; Akron Public Schools Superintendent Mary Outley; Kyle Putinski, executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Summit, Medina and Stark; Director of Neighborhood Assistance Eufrancia Lash; Youth Opportunity Strategist Denico Buckley Knight; and Ward 4 Councilwoman Jan Davis.
The room will first be utilized by an esports camp run in partnership between the City of Akron, Akron Public Schools, Youth Success Summit and Big Brothers Big Sisters. The camp will run July 6-24 and has 20 middle schoolers registered to participate…