Jan. 2025

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Community Announcements

week of 1/11/25

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APS will be closed Tuesday, January 21st and Wednesday, January 22nd due to severe weather conditions as forecasted by the National Weather Service. All after school activities are also canceled. Please check https://hubs.ly/Q0334Y4H0 and our social media for further updates.

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The APS Talent Fair on Monday, January 27! Talk with APS representatives, fill out an application and interview same day. Full-time and part-time positions are available. Learn more at https://hubs.ly/Q0334VYC0.

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Mayor Malik is announcing that the City of Akron will extend hours at Summit Lake Community Center (380 W Crosier St.) through Wed. Jan. 22 from 8:00am to 7:00pm to provide a warming center for residents in need. The warming center has been open a total of 9 days so far this year including today. The Summit Lake Community Center will return to normal hours tomorrow (Thursday), Friday, and Saturday and reopen for extended hours beginning on Sunday. All other City of Akron community centers will be open during their normal business hours.  

The city will continue to monitor temperatures and will extend community center hours as necessary. Unless otherwise specified, the center will return to normal business hours starting Thursday, January 23. 

The Emergency Overnight Shelter located at 111 East Voris St. will be open tonight. They will then be closed for two days and will reopen beginning on Sat. Jan. 18. They will be open each night from Saturday through Wed. Jan. 22 from 7pm-8am.

The shelter is in need of winter gloves and hand warmers. Any donations are appreciated and can be delivered to the Peter Maurin Center at 1096 S. Main St. Akron, OH on Tuesdays and Fridays between 10am-12:45pm and on Sundays between 11am-1:45pm. You can also sign up to volunteer or donate on the site here.

The Emergency Overnight Shelter is a community partnership between The Peter Maurin Center, Summit County Continuum of Care, and Community Support Services and provides food, shelter, and clothing. You can find more information about their services at https://www.akronemergencyshelter.org/.   

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Community Announcements

week of 1/11/25

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REMINDER! The Summit Lake Community Center will be open today through Wednesday from 8am to 7pm as a warming center for residents in need.

Please note: The Emergency Overnight Shelter will not be open on Thursday or Friday as previously shared.

The city will continue to monitor temperatures and will extend community center hours as necessary. Unless otherwise specified, the centers will return to their normal business hours starting Thursday.

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Winter schedules go into effect Sunday, January 19. Check your schedule for adjustments at yourmetrobus.org.

The following changes take place January 19, 2025. 

Route 2: A weekday inbound trip has been added at 1:57 PM, starting from Arlington Wal-Mart.

Route 3: A weekday inbound trip has been added at 3:13 PM from Romig Road Transit Center to RKP.

Route 6: A weekday inbound trip has been added at 3:24 PM from Tri County Plaza to RKP.

Route 8: Route 8W remains on detour inbound due to construction on Wooster Rd.

Route 13: The Aster & Archwood timepoint has been moved to Firestone Library, and the schedule has been adjusted accordingly.

Route 31/32: Outbound will no longer service 2nd and Bailey Rd in Cuyahoga Falls. Stop #2872 has been removed. Minor time

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Hey Akron. We've got more snow coming our way. Starting around 5pm this evening we'll see some flurries which will pick up and continue through the night until about 9am tomorrow morning. We're anticipating 1-3 inches of snowfall. We've had crews out preparing roadways today. As snow begins, we'll be in a level 4 response which will include all 51 trucks and available crews. The focus will be on salting primary and secondary roadways to keep them passable. Our snowplow tracker will be live during this event so to follow along with our response by visiting akronohio.gov/snowplowtracker

Please note – at this point, we’re not planning on having crews get into the residential routes unless we see significantly more snowfall. If you have a residential street in need of plowing and salting, please enter a 311 request by calling 311, going online to akronohio.gov/311 or downloading the Akron 311 app.

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Akron water/sewer customers: Please be aware that we may experience slight delays in the delivery of some utility bills this month. Penalty dates will be adjusted accordingly. You can always call the Utilities Business Office at 330-375-2554 with any questions.

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Recently, in collaboration with community leaders and Downtown Akron stakeholders, we announced our plans to restructure and collaboratively resource the Downtown Akron Development Corporation, which was made possible by 17 organizations who helped to provide startup funding, as well as a $1.5M Grant from the Knight Foundation.

The Development Corporation is charged with accelerating progress on downtown’s most challenging development projects including mixed use residential redevelopment, a convention-center adjacent hotel, and a dense and vibrant retail corridor in the center of the city. With the fundraising accomplished, the Development Corporation is beginning a search for an Executive Director with visionary leadership and development expertise.

We're excited to accelerate our goals of maintaining a thriving downtown neighborhood and improving the success of our city! More information on the corporation and the Executive Director position can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2pfbkwkp

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