Affordable homes with front porches that better connect residents to their neighbors may soon be easier to construct in Akron, with the selection of an architect who’s been tasked with creating plans that could be used to build new houses across the city.
Grassroots Architecture, an Akron firm in the Cascade Valley neighborhood, has been selected from among six applicants to create pre-reviewed home plans for individuals and developers to use, free of charge, to build in the city. The Made in Akron program is intended to save time and money for people who want to build houses.
“I feel like this is a real opportunity,” said Ryan Grass, who founded the firm. “The goal, and I believe it, is to take away some barriers to building a new house in Akron.”…