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Last April, General Motors announced a $100 million investment to the GM Davison Road Processing Center with plans now starting to take shape. GM managers were at the City of

DOWNTOWN AKRON — The Akron Public Schools (APS) Board of Education held a nearly three-hour meeting April 10 attended by all members, and then following a two-hour executive session, adopted two resolutions, with only the board president and three of the six board members voting and three others no longer in attendance. The board approved

Akron Public Schools is currently exploring four options to close, relocate and even add schools. But Chief Operations Officer Steve Thompson says only one can be approved.

Should Akron Public Schools build a new school in the Kenmore neighborhood? How many schools should be closed or relocated amid declining enrollment? And how much debt should be taken on, if any, to fund new facilities? The Akron Board of Education is deciding on a new facilities plan.

The $81.5 million First and First West project roughly doubles the investment in Kingston Village. Plans to fill the flood-damaged site with a casino were dashed, but the Cedar Rapids neighborhood quickly grew while the prime real estate sat empty.

Elsah developing plans for the Riverview House FacebookTwitterEmail Cindy Verseman joins others in helping to clean up around the Riverview House that the village of Elsah recently acquired from the Great Rivers Land Trust, a Riverbend nonprofit organization that saves historic lands in perpetuity.John Badman|The Telegraph ELSAH — The Great Rivers Land Trust has deeded a historic property in Elsah to take care of in perpetuity, according to Elsah Mayor Mike Pitchford. The Riverview House date...