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Oath of Office - 8 New Akron Police Officers

Mayor Plusquellic administers the oath of office to 8 new Akron Police Officers.

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City of Akron Press Conference: City to crack down on delinquent taxpayers.

The Mayor discusses the City's new comprehensive tax collection program, tax amnesty program, Police Anti-Violence Unit, and more.

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Earned Income Tax Credit Press Conference.MTS

Learn about the Akron Summit Earned Income Tax Credit Program.

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Austin Biomedical Institute of Akron Press Conference Part I - Apto Ortho Announcement

The first home grown biomedical company to plant roots in the Austin Biomedical Institute of Akron's Biomedical Corridor, Apto Orthopedics

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Austin Biomedical Institute of Akron Part II, Apto Orthopedics

Press conference announcing and welcoming Apto Orthopedics in the Austin Biomedical Corridor

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Rochling Automotive Grand Opening in Akron, Springfield Township, Summit County Ohio

Grand Opening of Rochling Automotive in Akron, Ohio, Springfield Township, Summit County - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

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Mayor Don Plusquellic Oath of Office.MTS

Mayor Plusquellic takes his oath of office, December 29, 2011

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HBA Funeral for a Fiend 003.MTS

Home Builders Association and Akron Board of Realtors Ground Breaking Ceremony.... A funeral for a fiend (the housing crisis).

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Akron Firefighters Oath of Office 001.MTS

November 3, 2011 Akron Firefighter Oath of Office Ceremony at the Akron Fire Department Training Facility

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Mill Street Bridge Construction Slideshow

This slideshow depicts the construction of Akron's Mill Street Bridge.

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Press Conference 10.26.11 Towpath Ribbon Cutting

City of Akron finishes its portion of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath

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City of Akron Press Conference 10/25/11 Jumpstart Annual Meeting

Mayor Plusquellic Announces an Investment Fund to Support Biomedical Companies in Akron, Akron bioInvestments Funds, LLC

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University Park Alliance Press Conference with KUD

Listen to the plans for the University/Downtown areas.

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GSA visit to Akron Business Accelerator Part II

Obama Administration Official & Mayor Plusquellic

Visit Akron Global Business Accelerator, Talk American Jobs Act

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GSA visit to Akron Business Accelerator Part I

Obama Administration Official & Mayor Plusquellic

Visit Akron Global Business Accelerator, Talk American Jobs Act

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NervoMatrix Press Conference

NervoMatrix, an Israeli Targetech company, to open North American Headquarters in Akron, Ohio.

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Welcome to the New Akron!
Take a new look at one of Ohio's most livable and interesting cities. Take a look at Akron.

Akron is an international city, with residents from around the world who add to the diversity and vitality of our community.

Business is flourishing in Greater Akron, and our future holds even more promise with our newly designated Biomedical Corridor downtown. This initiative puts Akron in the forefront of developing a new identity launched from its fine reputation as innovators in medicine, biomedical research, materials handling and more.

Long an industrial and manufacturing giant, we will now open our doors to businesses affiliated in just about every way with the field of health care and biomedical research. Equally exciting will be the new downtown housing and amenities created for the people who work at the three hospitals already located within the biomedical corridor.

Downtown Akron also boasts a billion dollars of new investments including the newly redesigned Akron Art Museum. COOP HIMMELB(L)AU's design integrates a new 63,300 square-foot facility with the museum's existing 21,000 square-foot, 19th-century Renaissance revival building, which was originally constructed as the City's downtown post office. The expansion is dramatic and has received worldwide media attention.

Add to this the family entertainment at Lock 3 Park including the state's largest outdoor ice skating rink, exciting new places to live being developed Downtown, rock and roller Chrissie Hynde's new restaurant, Vegeterranean, here in her hometown, other great places to dine and be entertained and visitors will understand why Akron continues to be one of Ohio's most rapidly evolving cities.

For more than 100 years, Akron was the rubber and tire capital of the world, and we are now a center of research and advanced manufacturing, polymer engineering and bio medical R&D. This is where every super-engineered tire for the Indy 500 is assembled, and where the wheels of NASCAR are made.

Akron is also fertile ground for sports fans and participants, and we're proud of our standing in athletics for all ages. Sports Illustrated picked Akron's 75 year old All-American Soap Box Derby as Ohio's best sports symbol. For 50 years, the Firestone Country Club has been home to world-class, professional golf. We have a championship professional baseball team — the Eastern League Akron Aeros (AA Cleveland Indians) who play at the downtown jewel, Canal Park, and we are proud of the world-class runners who come to our city for the Roadrunner Akron Marathon every autumn. It now places as one of America's premier races.

We also have wide-open spaces. Perched at the edge of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park—along the nearly 100-mile Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail that goes through the center of town—is a cyclist's paradise that puts city-dwellers within a bicycle ride of Blossom Music Center, the summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra.

With all of the exceptional educational opportunities, diverse neighborhoods and ample offerings of arts, parks, and recreation, once you visit Akron you may never want to leave.

Come home, to Akron.

Donald L. Plusquellic, Mayor

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