Category: Art

  • Defining Akron: Poor. Hard Working. Addicted.

    Defining Akron: Poor. Hard Working. Addicted.

    Knight Foundation gave Akron $104,000 to create new Office of Integrated Development. I’m pretty sure what we mostly got for that money was this shiny 61 page full color brochure. I have a copy of the printed version. It’s fancy. From this article, our mayor, Dan Horrigan writes: Vision-driven, community-focused development is not just the…

  • A Completely Selfish Post. Please Read.

    A Completely Selfish Post. Please Read.

    This is a really selfish post. So forgive me ahead of time. But Im going to gloat a bit here. I can’t help myself. About 6 years ago, during a hellish part of the Great Recession, Rocky and I bought 15 Broad Street in Akron. This was probably the most terrifying business move weve ever…