‘Resilient’ West Akron features parks, schools, businesses and tree-lined streets

INSIDE AKRON: Akron Documenters are fanning out across the city’s 24 neighborhoods to elevate places, faces, voices and vibes — as shared by the people who live there. Expect a new profile every day through October.

With one of the larger footprints among Akron’s 24 neighborhoods, West Akron has a little bit of everything: multiple parks, schools, a commercial strip on Copley Road and many tree-lined residential streets.

More than 15,000 people live in West Akron. Residents Warren and Kim Meredith called the neighborhood “resilient” and “very spiritual,” noting the abundance of churches and a robust faith community in the neighborhood…

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