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Childtime of Akron in Akron, OH | 2145 Eastwood Avenue
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Welcome to Childtime educational daycare in Akron, OH! My name is Rachel and I am the school director. I have an associate’s degree in elementary education and more than 10 years of experience working with children. I feel privileged to spend my day watching the interactions in the Infant room, participating in our Preschool activities, and seeing our children’s smiling faces.
The children at our school are attending a NECPA and Step Up To Quality accredited program that is full of actively engaged learners and secured with a locked front door. Because communication is important to us, we work extra hard to ensure all our families are comfortable and have opportunities to meet with other families.
We’re committed to keeping you connected throughout the day while your child is in our care. Get access to live streaming video of your child’s classroom, plus other real-time updates, with our exclusive mobile app for families, SproutAbout.
Our dedicated teachers have more than 100 years of combined experience at our school! They participate in monthly and ongoing state required training, as well as training through Step Up to Quality.
We look forward to making you a part of our family here at Childtime in Akron, OH, so call us today to schedule a visit with us.
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5 out of 5 stars
I love the environment and all the teachers
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I love this school, They have really helped me a lot and I am so happy. I am so happy i have somewhere I can drop my child off and know she is safe.
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Awesome and always a friendly experience
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I’ve alwy had good experiences with this school. They always listen to me
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I had an awful experience at another daycare so I decided to leave a lot of of my friends recommended Childtime I found this location not far from work & home my little guy is so much happier here
Rgf2018
I absolutely adore the teachers. They all take great care of my baby!!! I get pictures sent to me almost everyday. She’s always clean and dry diaper when I pick her up. Pictures of her doing her “learning” might be the most cute thing ever!
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The staff at this school is nothing short of amazing. Everyone is caring. In every way this has been the best school for my children. I started my first child here 13 yrs ago. This school and all the staff feels like a family. For all that you do thank you!
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Soccer, Music, Yoga, Spanish, Phonics, Handwriting & Advanced Math
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Rachel Wier, Director
Education: Associate’s Degree in Elementary Education
Certifications: First Aid, CPR, Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness and Communicable Disease Prevention
I have been with Childtime for 17 years. I have a vast experience in all age groups. My priorities for my school are safety, quality education, and creating a caring environment for families of our school. I enjoy spending time with my family.
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Marie Burkey, Assistant Director
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education
Certifications: First Aid, CPR, Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness and Communicable Disease Prevention
I have been with Childtime Learning Centers for seven years. I have classroom experiences from infants to school-age. I have a passion for curriculum and ensuring all age groups have quality educational experiences in my school.
Local School Phone Number: 330.784.2582330.784.2582
License #: 101081
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Childtime of Akron in Akron, OH | 2546 Leland Avenue
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Welcome to Childtime educational daycare in Akron, OH! My name is Robyn and I am the school director. I have an associate’s degree in early childhood education and more than 26 years of experience as a teacher and manager.
At Childtime in Ellet, our Infant Care, Preschool and other early education options offer a warm, home-like atmosphere that serves as a great learning environment for any child. When coupled with our security system and open-door policy for families, we are able to give parents peace of mind that their children are learning in a safe and structured environment. We closely follow recommendations from state and local authorities, to maintain a clean, safe, healthy environment.
We have many long-term teachers with more than 80 years of combined experience in the classroom. All of our teachers are highly trained and committed to your child’s well-being and success in school. We all receive continuing education and participate in monthly training.
We are a 4-Star rated facility and provide the highest standards when it comes to your child’s care and education.
We’re committed to keeping you connected throughout the day while your child is in our care. Get access to live streaming video of your child’s classroom, plus other real-time updates, with our exclusive mobile app for families, SproutAbout.
We look forward to meeting you! Call to schedule a tour today! We look forward to meeting you and showing you what we’re all about! Schedule a tour of our Childtime in Akron, OH today!
Here’s what people have to say
5 out of 5 stars
My family and I have been extremely pleased with the attention and care for our children. The staff always are attentive and respectful. We feel confident entrusting the staff with our children.
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Overall this school is amazing and I always recommend this place to people I know who have or expecting.
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The director has been an incredible asset to the program. Her ability to engage the parents and the staff genuinely enjoy the children. My family and I are beyond satisfied.
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Learn About Electives
For an additional fee, go beyond regular classroom learning experiences with our enhanced series of fun, interactive enrichment programs exploring a variety of activities. We offer:
Soccer, Music, Yoga, Spanish, Phonics, Handwriting & Advanced Math
Tech + Tinker™
21st Century Learning Experiences
In our Preschool and Pre-K classrooms your child will discover opportunities to be creative, engage their mind and body, collaborate with friends, and learn new things. Some enhancements in the classrooms include iPads with educational apps; flexible seating options so children can move as they learn; hands-on STEAM activities with robots for early coding.
In our School-Age classroom, your child will find an immersive educational environment that is the perfect setting for productive, engaging mornings and afternoons, as we help them to be thinkers, makers, and doers. Some enhancements in this classroom include:
- iPads with keyboards and educational apps
- Robots for coding challenges
- Grow Fit-friendly video games that encourage collaboration and movement
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SproutAbout®, our exclusive family app, provides free live streaming video of your child’s classroom to your mobile device.
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Meet Our Staff
Robyn, Director
Education: Associate’s Degree of Applied Science
I have a passion for children’s education and love being a part of a child’s growth and development. I take pride in building a strong sense of community both inside and outside the school while partnering with parents and teachers to ensure lifelong learning.
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Carolyn, Assistant Director
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development
I really enjoy working with children! I started out as a preschool teacher and then moved into the assistant director position which I absolutely love!
Meet Our Staff
Kelly, Team Lead
Education: Associate’s Degree in Elementary Education
I’ve always had a passion for working with children. After starting out as a floater teacher, I became the lead Infant teacher. I am now the team lead and safety captain.
Local School Phone Number: 330.784.3399330.784.3399
License #: 105138
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1189 Tallmadge Road
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
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Ages: 6 Weeks – 12 Years
Open: M-F, 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
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186 West Portage Trail EXT
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
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Ages: 6 Weeks – 12 Years
Open: M-F, 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
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2691 21st Street
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
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Ages: 6 Weeks – 12 Years
Open: M-F, 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
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3475 Embassy Parkway
Fairlawn, OH 44333
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Ages: 6 Weeks – 10 Years
Open: M-F, 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
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2645 Manchester Road
Akron, OH 44319
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Ages: 6 Weeks – 12 Years
Open: M-F, 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
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2145 Eastwood Avenue
Akron, OH 44305
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Ages: 6 Weeks – 12 Years
Open: M-F, 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
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3101 Graham Road
Stow, OH 44224
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Ages: 6 Weeks – 12 Years
Open: M-F, 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
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2546 Leland Avenue
Akron, OH 44312
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Ages: 6 Weeks – 10 Years
Open: M-F, 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
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555 White Pond Drive
Akron, OH 44320
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877. 624.2602
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Ages: 6 Weeks – 12 Years
Open: M-F, 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
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This is much more than just daycare. At Childtime®, we’re committed to doing everything possible to support our community. It starts with a healthy, safe environment when your child is away from home. We have closely followed guidance from state and local health authorities, to enhance and strengthen our existing rigorous procedures.
We’re all on this journey together, so we provide a comprehensive digital experience to keep families connected. SproutAbout® is our all-in-one, custom-built live streaming and communications app designed with your family in mind. Easily communicate with teachers and school leaders, see what your child is learning, and feel confident knowing the details of their day.
We offer developmentally appropriate programs and specialized curriculum for infants to school-age students. Our School Readiness Pathway provides options to create the most fitting path for your child to elementary school and future academic success.
- Infant Care and Toddler Programs feature Learn from the Start™, our exclusive, milestone-based curriculum.
- Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten Programs offer math and literacy learning plus opportunities for social development.
- Junior Kindergarten enhances your child’s abilities before kindergarten.
Check out our school for yourself to see all the exciting things going on! Depending on location, virtual and/or in-person tours may be available.
*Offer provides a waiver for the new enrollment registration fee, valued at approximately $150 depending on facility. New enrollments are defined as those that haven’t been enrolled in any Learning Care Group, Inc. facility in the last 6 months. Registration fee credit is applied upon enrollment (registration fee varies by location). Offer is valid on a space-available basis for all age groups. No cash value. Limit one offer per child, one time use. Certain restrictions may apply to subsidy families. See school for details. Offer not valid for Learning Care Group associates or their immediate families. Offer valid at participating locations only and subject to availability. Programs and hours of operation may vary by school. Offer does not guarantee enrollment. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. Must enroll by October 14, 2022. ©2022 Learning Care Group (US) No. 2 Inc.
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Childtime of Fairlawn in Fairlawn, OH | 3475 Embassy Parkway
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Welcome to our Childtime educational daycare in Fairlawn, OH! My name is Shawntae and I am the center director. I have been in the early education/child care industry for 18 years and have been with Childtime for seven years.
My passion is developing programs for children – including Infant care and Preschool – that will truly help them learn and retain the skills they will need for Kindergarten and beyond! Here in Fairlawn, we teach through play and encourage children to make their own choices, giving them a variety of tools and opportunities throughout the day. We are a 5-Star Rated Center through the State of Ohio’s Step Up to Quality Program.
Our teachers provide the highest standards of learning and care to the children in our Childtime family. They are all certified in First Aid and CPR and are committed to every child that walks through our doors. They have 32 years of combined experience and participate in ongoing training to ensure they are leaders in the field.
We’re committed to keeping you connected throughout the day while your child is in our care. Get access to live streaming video of your child’s classroom, plus other real-time updates, with our exclusive mobile app for families, SproutAbout.
I know that when you visit our Childtime learning center in Fairlawn, OH, you will find a place that is nurturing and will provide your child with the educational tools he or she needs for the future. Call us today to schedule your tour!
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5 out of 5 stars
Great school and friendly staff.
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The center director is wonderful, and the newly promoted assistant director is also fantastic. My daughter loves the teachers! Would definitely recommend.
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I love this school. I love knowing my children are loved and being taken care of when I cannot. The teachers are all friendly and communicate with us each day. The activities are always so engaging and my oldest son comes home every day, ready to tell me something new he learned at school.
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I really like the school and the staff is very good.
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Absolutely love this place!
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This place is nothing but amazing. The staff are like family and our baby loves them so much. We couldn’t ask for better care
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I love Childtime. I can tell they love my daughter and they always treat me with respect.
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The staff and learning experience for my three children has been great! They take the time to teach and make sure the children understand what they are learning! They make it fun also.
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The school is run by a great staff. It’s comforting to drop my child off with them because I know they will not only take care of him but teach and nurture him.
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I love the school, my daughter loves the school. My daughter is comfortable with the teachers and always giving them hugs at the end of the day. My daughter learns a lot at school.
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With SproutAbout, you won’t miss a thing when your child is at school with us. Take a peek at the engaging experience provided by our new app.
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For an additional fee, go beyond regular classroom learning experiences with our enhanced series of fun, interactive enrichment programs exploring a variety of activities. We offer:
Soccer, Music, Yoga, Spanish, Phonics, Handwriting & Advanced Math
Proud to be Accredited!
We’ve been recognized as a high-quality early education program.
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Meet Our Staff
Shawntae Sherrell, Director
Education: Associate’s Degree
Certifications: First Aid, CPR, Communicable Disease, Child Abuse Awareness
I have been working in Early Childhood for 18 years! I have worked with all ages. I have been with Childtime for seven years now and I love it. I have a passion for children’s learning and safety. It gives me so much joy to see something really click and the happiness it gives them! I am married and have a 13 year old son, Branden. I love to make everyone feel welcome and happy!
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Emily Stewart, Assistant Director
Education: Bachelor degree in Child and Family Development
Certifications: First Aid, CPR, Communicable Disease, Child Abuse Awareness
I have been with the company for 13 years. I have a passion for working with children. I love building relationships with the children and families. I have three children of my own. A four year old daughter, Paisley, a seven month old son, Maverick, and a 10 year old step son, Zachary.
Local School Phone Number: 330.666.4226330.666.4226
License #: 104181
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Day Care Centers Site
More and more in today’s world both parents have employment and need suitable day care centers for their children. These early stages in a child’s life are very important to their growth and development. Choosing a good child day care center is vital, one where the adult won’t just plunk your children down in front of a soap opera all day and feed them Top Ramen. You should look for day care centers that provide learning programs and playtime for your child, along with a safe and healthy environment.
There are many different types of day care centers, ranging from basic nurseries to preschools that will provide more of a learning environment for your children. Some day care centers specialize in a specific age range, while others are more open. When you’re contemplating placing your child in a specific day care center, you should visit each one with your child. In this way, you can see how your child reacts to the other children who are there and to the caregiver. You want your child to be happy and comfortable.
While some day care centers provide a greater variety of activities than others, any good day care center is going to encourage positive interaction among all of the children. They will also have rules that promote good behavior, learning, manners, and child development. You certainly don’t want to have to worry that your child is going to develop bad habits from day care.
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While you don’t need to go overboard in choosing suitable day care centers, you should approach the subject seriously and with thought. Your child is going to be spending a good-sized portion of his or her life in day cares and you want to make sure it is going to be a positive experience. Family is the most important thing in the world and you should make sure that your children are your first priority.
When you are considering a day care center, you should look at where it is located and how much it costs. There’s not much sense in putting your son or daughter in daycare so that you can work full time and spending most of what you earn on the day care center’s tuitions and your travel expenses. If that’s the case, you might as well stay home with your child. However, if you do truly need the money, there are usually plenty of day care services available and it shouldn’t be too difficult to find one close by that is reasonably priced.
Different Kinds of Child day Care Centers
While child day care centers are common, there is such a huge demand for this service that there are now quite a variety of options available other than basic day care. These include the following:
- Home child care or family childcare
- Child care services
- Preschool
- Nursery
Home child care tends to be the most popular option because it is generally more affordable and a smaller environment. While some day care centers are quite large and can provide better early childhood education, it is also more difficult for each child to receive personal attention. Day care centers that are based out of someone’s home are usually more personal and your child can receive more care and nurturing. Most parents want their children to be receiving love and affection, the care that they themselves would give them. They don’t want a day care business that is merely going to make sure that their child is still alive and adequately healthy.
Home child care providers are also more adaptable, generally speaking. This means that if your child likes a certain song sung to them before they take their nap each day, the home care provider is more likely to be willing to do that than someone in a larger day care facility. Most adult home child care providers are parents themselves, making them better able to understand and love your child.
Other Things to Think About
One of the first steps you should take after picking out a family day care center that you think will be suitable for your child is do a little investigating. This can involve talking to the parents of the other children that use the child day care center to see what they think about it. You should also always check to make sure the child care service you are considering is legally licensed to operate in your state. Licensing officials check criminal records and ensure that the child care provider has emergency response training and a safe and healthy environment for the children.
As mentioned earlier, it is a good idea to visit the child day care center that you are considering. You should do this at least a couple of times, and try to go at different times of the day so that you can get a better idea of what kind of schedule they have. This will help you to see how your own child would fit in.
If you are having difficulties finding the appropriate child care environment for your son or daughter, there are some other options. Some people get family and friends to help out, while others hire a nanny. Adult nannies are a good option because they ensure that your child receives personal attention and quality child care. However, this also means that your child will not receive as much social interaction since he or she won’t have other children to play with like in a family day care center.
No matter what option you decide to go with, make sure that you know who you are leaving your child with. Meet them, get to know them, and let your child do the same. Do some research on the internet to make sure that no one has had negative experiences with the day care center you are considering. Check to make sure that they are legally licensed. Once you have done all of this, you can feel more confident and secure in knowing that you have chosen the right day care center for your child.
Switching Day Care Centers
Choosing Another Child Care Provider
So you want to switch day care providers for your kids but you don’t know where to start or what to choose among the plethora of options out there in this world. It is fittingly one of the most important decisions of a young parent’s journey due to the fact that a child’s first formative years up until the age of six is critical. It is important for parents to not just consider the monetary impact of these choices but also the emotional, intellectual, and social future impacts the choice of a day care provider will have on their kids in the long term future. So let’s discuss some general tips to consider for the parent and the child to consider when one is looking to switch day care providers within a short time frame.
First, you must consider the cost of attending some of the more prestigious and rigorous day care provider centers in your area. In some areas, let’s face the reality that the more money per month per child spent; the better the facilities and the educational value experience offered for your child. Things such as using smart boards and I Pad’s to enhance the learning experience is a very real possibility in these places. However, if a parent is budget conscious they can still afford this experience but it would mean cutting back on all or most non-necessity spending. This would include curbing your eating out habits as well as any leisure entertainment or travel activity and place that money instead into your child’s future day care home. If an expensive day care sees that you are making an effort to keep up with the payments; then they will be more willing to work with you and not let your child leave that place. For a child going to this environment, they need to consider whether or not they will fit into this environment, things like playtime, feeding time, and individual care of the staff- is it received well by the child? These will make the difference between choosing these ones or a cheaper alternative. Cheaper is not all bad if the quality and availability of care is there for your child in the first place.
Secondly, you need to consider your travel times and distance of day care relative to your work and other important places like the hospital, grocery store, bank, and places that you frequent on a daily basis. Is it near enough that you can get to your child should he/she become ill or need special attention so that the day care center can contact you and arrange a meeting with you the same day if needed.
Furthermore, you need to consider the overall cleanliness and friendliness of the day care center provider. Do not underestimate a clean environment for your kid to play and learn in with other kids. Your kid will enjoy making new friends in a clean and safe environment. Plus you as a parent will enjoy the peace of mind of knowing that your child will not be being home any unwanted germs and diseases into your house. Parents must also consider if there is a dispute over payment and care; how does the management and staff deal with such requests? If there is a lackadaisical approach to your core issues; then that is a bad prelude of things to come concerning your child’s care. Your child will probably feel like he/she is being neglected or not fed on time and will start to complain to you ever so slightly that something is not right. When they do, do not hesitate to take them out of that day care center and find another one immediately.
In a recessionary economy, it is okay and permissible for both parents and kids to demand the best care for their dollar. Make your day care dollar stretch by reading all of the material and brochures and visiting every day center on your list until you find that perfect fit for your child. It’s out there; it is just waiting on you to find it!
Child Care Options for Low Income Families
One of the most frustrating aspects of being a working citizen is not having the ability to afford childcare. The majority of day care facilities charge as much as $300 per week for each child. That amount is difficult for middle-class citizens to pay. Low-income families cannot fathom paying such an expense. Luckily, the government and the various states have developed programs that help low-income families get the childcare they deserve. The following is some information on those programs:
Extended Day Program
The extended day program can assist low-income working parents during the regular school year. Many school districts offer this program. The school keeps children before and after school hours for a small monthly fee. A parent can drop a child off as early as 7:00 a.m. and pick the child up as late as 6:00 p.m. This program is excellent for low-income workers with daytime weekday jobs. The cost is approximately $150 per month for before and after school. The weekly rate is approximately $37.50, which is extremely competitive.
The attendants participate in various activities with the children before and after school. They help the children with their homework so that the parents have less stress when they come home from work. They give the children a full breakfast in the morning program and a snack in the evening program. Parents can opt to pay for the morning program only, the evening program only, or both programs. The evening program is the more expensive of the two because it lasts so many hours after the school releases the children. The evening program is $100 while the morning program is $52.
The Child Care Assistance Program
CCAP is a special program that provides childcare assistance to certain low-income families. People who are collecting TANF are automatically eligible to receive this assistance. Teenage parents who are working on obtaining their educations are also eligible for CCAP. Those who are not collecting TANF can still qualify if they are pursuing education that will improve their work skills and job opportunities. Parents can apply for CCAP assistance with the Department of Children & Family Services. The financial guidelines for qualification are along the lines of a $3,000 per month income threshold for a four-person family. The applicant must have proof of income, social security cards, birth certificates, and immunization records for all children. Application processing can take up to 30 days.
Head Start
Head start is a program for children between the ages of three and five. The program provides childcare services and medical services to the children who qualify. It is funded by the Administration of Children’s Services. The Head Start program covers childcare from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Teachers work with the children to fine-tune their social and developmental skills. Those who are interested in the program may apply online. Applicants go on a waitlist until there is an available slot in the program. It is best for an interested person to complete an application as quickly as possible since the wait may be extended.
Child Care Voucher Program
The Child Care Voucher Program is in effect in many states throughout the United States. It provides a subsidy of up to 95 percent of childcare cost to low-income families. Subsidy recipients will choose an eligible provider from the list of licensed providers. They may also select a relative or an in-home provider. The Child Care Voucher Program covers the childcare from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday. This is known as the traditional childcare period. However, the program also covers non-traditional times for parents who work odd shifts. It covers nights, weekends, and evenings.
A wide variety of options is available for low-income childcare. Many stay-at-home moms also run small day care businesses in which they discount their services. There is a way to make working and taking care of your children affordable.
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Childtime of Akron is headquartered in 2145 Eastwood Ave, Akron, OH 44305, USA. Childtime of Akron operates in the field of school and is rated by customers as 2.8-stars on Google.
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Childtime of Akron’s location at: 2145 Eastwood Ave, Akron, OH 44305, USA
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You can find all information about Childtime of Akron at their website at https://www.childtime.com/your-local-school/akron-oh-0507/?utm_
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Childtime of Akron is open most days of the week, specifically as follows:
Monday: 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Tuesday: 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Wednesday: 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Thursday: 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Friday: 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
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Childtime of Akron works in school
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The rating that Childtime of Akron received from customers is 2.8
Marie Burkey (05/12/2018)
Lovely teachers and staff who go above and beyond for the children. I love the security cameras and brightwheel- an app that allows constant communication from family to teacher. This is so much more than daycare… I love this school!
Beth Mauller (01/21/2013)
My child has been attending Childtime since she was 6 weeks old. I have always been happy with the quality of care she recieves from the staff. The building is always clean and you are greeted with a smile. Thank you Childtime for always going above and beyond what is asked of you to make my daughter feel special and loved.
Sean Rob (06/17/2018)
They are great. Very welcoming people work here.
Michelle Ramos (07/06/2017)
Let me just go ahead and begin by saying how fortunate I am with the option of being a stay-at-home mom for my child. A friend of mine, who also is a stay-home mom, took our children to Memorial Park in Tallmadge. We had a great picnic lunch packed and we was really looking forward to spending the day at the park with our kids. A bus from Child Time pulled in and about 15 children get off of the bus with two employees from the child care center. We thought it was really neat that they did that for the children you know…. Brought them to the park to have lunch and play. Well once all the children finished their food and began to play we just figured that all the kids had a lot of energy to burn.nnLet me just go ahead and tell you how disappointed I am in the events that followed. To begin with, my friend and I definitely felt that the way the two staff members were speaking to the kids was beyond inappropriate and if it was one of our kids at that facility we would IMMEDIATELY remove them from their care!!! Following these observations…Our children continuously would come to us crying because they were either being pushed, they were being bullied, they were having their toys taken from them, or they were not being given turns on all the different playground equipment. All this happening while the day cares employees sat on a bench (not even close to the area the children were playing) talking amongst themselves and on their phones not providing 100% of their attention to the children they were being paid to look after. We decided that it was time for us to intervene. So we went over and would ask them to give our children turns to please don’t run up the slides what are kids were trying to go down them, to please pay attention to our smaller children that were definitely big differences and their age gaps. All these events were taking place over about an hour or more time frame.nnMy breaking point came when a little boy came down a ladder when my daughter was more than 2/3rds the way up and crushed her fingers then started laughing about it… At that exact moment another little girl with their group shoved my friends daughter off the slide and she fell from the top to the ground into the rocks. Now if you have a child that attends this place and says someone at the park flipped out… As I told the director, I am truly sorry for the profanity that came out my mouth. But I got to my breaking point and the words that came out of their staff members mouth sent me over the edge.nnAfter asking the staff were they seriously going to just continuously sit there laughing and having a good ol time ignoring these kids and allowing our children to get hurt?! She had the audacity to ask me why I had to be yelling rather than asking them to come over and take care of the situation. nnAre we so serious?!?!! I have to ask you to get up and come over to the group of children that you are being paid to watch and take care of them?!? YOU ARE BEING PAID TO BE HERE TAKING CARE OF THESE CHILDREN!!!!! So as we gathered our children and our picnic I called that facility and spoke with the assistant director. She was at the park within 10 minutes of my call. I filed a formal complaint and truly apologized for cussing in front of the children. But the fact that this even happened I am beyond appalled.nnIn respect to the parents of the little girl that is roughly 9 years old… She was at the day care today in a pretty summer dress with sparkly dress shoes… We need more parents like you!!! Your child was the only one there today that had any manners was polite. She was very respectful and did not participate in the disrespectful behavior as the other children. All you other parents, I know the day care staff are fully at fault for their actions and not doing the job they’re paid to do. .. But really!!!! Teach your children manners and how to be respectful. You should be ashamed of yourself!!!!
barbie pratt (12/14/2017)
Rude and disrespectful people
Akron, Ohio – Akron, Ohio
“Akron” redirects here. For other uses, see Akron (disambiguation).
Akron (/ækrən/) is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat in Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Allegheny Glacial Plateau about 40 miles (64 km) south of downtown Cleveland. The city had a population of 197,597 as of the 2019 Census estimate, making it the 125th largest city in the United States. The Greater Akron area, covering Summit and Portage counties, had an estimated population of 703,505.
The city was founded in 1825 by Simon Perkins and Paul Williams on the banks of the Little Cuyahoga River atop the developing Ohio and Erie Canal.
The name comes from the ancient Greek word ἄκρον: ákron, meaning peak or highest point. It was briefly renamed South Akron after Eliakim Crosby founded nearby North Akron in 1833, until both amalgamated into an amalgamated village in 1836. In the 1910s, Akron’s population doubled, making it the nation’s fastest growing city.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber’s long history of rubber and tire manufacturing has earned Akron the nickname “Rubber Capital of the World.” It was once known as a center for the development of airships. Today, its economy includes manufacturing, education, healthcare, and biomedical research; leading corporations include Gojo Industries, FirstEnergy, Huntington Bank and Charter Spectrum.
Notable historical events in Akron include the passage of the Akron School Law of 1847, which created the K-12 system; popularizing church architecture Plan of Akron, Alcoholics Anonymous Foundation, Akron Experiment to Prevent Goiter with Iodized Salt, Supreme Court Case 1983 City of Akron v Akron Reproductive Health Center; and parts of Gay Games 2014.
City of racial diversity, he saw marked speeches on race relations by Sojourner Truth in 1851 – Isn’t a woman an EA? speech; WEB Du Bois in 1920; and President Bill Clinton in 1997. In 1914, the World Negro Improvement Association was founded in Akron by Marcus Garvey. Episodes of major civil unrest in Akron include the 1900 riots, the 19 rubber strike36 and the 1968 Worcester Avenue riots. Notable people from the city include basketball players LeBron James and Stephen Curry.
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1. History
- 1.1 1850s–1890s: Summit City
- 1.2 1900s-1990s: Rubber Capital of the World
- 1.3 2000s: City of inventions
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2 Geography
- 2.1 Climate
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3 Cityscape
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3.1 Architecture
- 3.1.1 Surroundings
- 3.2 Suburb
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3.1 Architecture
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4 Culture
- 4.1 Cinema and television
- 4.2 In popular culture
- 4. 3 Tourism
- 4.4 Kitchen
- 4.5 Spoken dialects
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5 sports
- 5.1 Student sports
- 5.2 Past commands
- 6 Parks and recreation areas
- 7 media
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8 Economy
- 8.1 Polymer Valley
- 8.2 Hospitals
- 8.3 Top Employers
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9 Government and politics
- 9.1 Humanitarian affairs
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10 Demographics
- 10.1 2010 census
- 11 Education
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12 Transport
- 12.1 Airports
- 12.2 Railways
- 12.3 Bus and public transport
- 12.4 Freeways
- 13 Crime
- 14 Famous people
- 15 sister cities
- 16 Links
- 17 Further reading
- 18 External links
History
Akron’s original urban plot
In 1811, Paul Williams settled near the corner of what is now Buchtel Avenue and Broadway. He suggested to General Simon Perkins, who was a surveyor of the Connecticut Land Company’s Connecticut Western Reserve, that they found a city on top of the developing Ohio and Erie Canal. The name is adapted from the Greek word ἄκρον ( ákron ), which means top or high point . It was laid out in December 1825 in what is today the southern part of Akron’s business district. Irish laborers working on the Ohio Canal built about 100 cabins nearby.
After Eliakim Crosby founded “North Akron” (also known as Cascade) in the northern part of what is now downtown Akron in 1833, “South” was added to Akron’s name until about three years later, when they were united and became united. village in 1836. In 1840 Summit County formed from portions of Portage, Medina and Stark Counties. A year later, Akron replaced Cuyahoga Falls as the county seat and opened a canal connecting it to Beaver, Pennsylvania, which helped spawn pottery, sewer pipes, fishing tackle, and farm equipment. In 1844, abolitionist John Brown moved into the John Brown House across the street from a business partner, Colonel Simon Perkins, who lived at the Perkins mansion. The Akron Schools Act of 1847 established the city’s public schools and created the elementary high school system through the age of 12, which is currently used in all US states. The city’s first school is now a museum on Broadway Street, near the corner of the Exchange.
1850s–1890s: Summit City
Quaker Square as it appeared in 1979
When the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention was held in Akron in 1851, Sojourner Truth unexpectedly delivered her speech entitled “Isn’t that an IA woman?” » In the Universalist old stone church. In 1870 a local church-affiliated businessman, John R. Buchtel, founded Buchtel College, which became the University of Akron in 1913.
Ferdinand Schumacher bought the mill in 1856 and began mass-producing oatmeal bars for the Union Army during the American Civil War in the next decade; they continued to sell well after the war. Akron became a city in 1865. Philanthropist Lewis Miller, Walter Blythe, and architect Jacob Snyder designed the widely used Plan of Akron, which debuted at Akron’s First Methodist Episcopal Church in 1872. Numerous Congregational, Baptist and Presbyterian churches were built between the 1870s and World War I took advantage of this. In 1883, a local journalist began manufacturing modern toys by founding the Akron Toy Company. A year later, the first popular toy was mass-produced clay balls made by Samuel S. Dyck in his shop, where Lock 3 Park is now located. Other popular inventions include rubber balls, ducks, dolls, balls, baby stroller bumpers, and small brown jugs. At 1895, the first long-distance electric railroad, Akron, Bedford and Cleveland, began operation. On August 25, 1889, the Boston Daily Globe referred to Akron by the nickname “Supreme City”. To help local police, the city has deployed the first electric police car in the United States.
1900-1990: Rubber capital of the world
1936 Akron rubber strike25 years).
American trucking was born through the Akron Rubber Capital of the World era, when the four major tire companies Goodrich Corporation (1869), Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (1898), Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (1900) and General Tire (1915) were headquartered in the city. Numerous jobs for the deaf in rubber factories have led to Akron being nicknamed the “Crossroads of the Deaf”. On Easter Sunday, 1913, 9.55 inches of rain fell, causing a flood that killed five people and destroyed the Ohio and Erie canal system. From 19From 16 to 1920, 10,000 schoolgirls took part in a successful experiment in Akron testing iodized salt to prevent goiter in the so-called “goitre belt”. Akron and the National Marble Tournament was created in 1923 by Roy W. Howard and was owned by the Akron District Marble Tournament and the Akron Beacon Journal before it finally ended in the 1960s.
Rubber companies responded to housing crises by building affordable housing for workers. Goodyear President F. A. Seiberling built the Goodyear Heights area for employees. Similarly, Harvey Firestone built the Firestone Park neighborhood for his employees. Within 1910-1920 decade, Akron became Boomtown, being America’s fastest growing city with a population growth of 201.8%. Of the 208,000 citizens, nearly a third were immigrants (also Clark Gable) and their children from places including Europe and West Virginia. In 1929 and 1931, the Goodyear subsidiary Goodyear-Zeppelin Company manufactured two airships for the US Navy, USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5). Goodyear built several airships for the Navy during World War II and later for promotional purposes. Akron rose again when Kenmore was annexed with voter approval Nov. 6 1928 years old Found hiding under a bed in one of his hideouts in the city, notorious bank robber Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was arrested under the name “Frank Mitchell” in March 1930. Goodyear became America’s leading tire manufacturer after merging with The Kelly-Springfield Tire Company in 1935. Lasting five weeks and consisting of approximately 5,000 strikers, including unionists from other factories and neighboring states, the 1936 Akron Rubber Strike successfully used the “down” sit-down tactics organized by the United Rubber Workers. At 19During the 1950s and 1960s, Akron boomed, as did the use of automobiles. The historic Rubber Bowl was used as a base by the US National Guard during the 1968 Worcester Avenue race riot. As with many other industries in the Rust Belt, the tire and rubber industries suffered severe declines. By the early 1990s, Goodyear was Akron’s last major tire manufacturer.
2000s: City of Invention
University of Akron Campus
Although the number of rubber workers roughly halved between 2000 and 2007, Akron’s polymer research has gained an international reputation. It is currently the hub of the Polymer Valley, which is made up of 400 polymer-related companies, of which 94 are located in the city itself. Research is centered at the University of Akron, home to the Goodyear Polymer Center, the National Center for Polymer Innovation, and the College of Polymer and Polymer Engineering. Due to its contribution to the Information Age, Newsweek ranked Akron fifth out of ten high-tech hideouts in 2001. In 2008, City of Invention received the seal of the All-America City Award for the third time. Some of the 2014 Gay Games events used the city as a venue. In 2013, Goodyear Tire & Rubber opened its new global headquarters on Innovation Way, further strengthening the company’s relationship with the city [3].
The city also continues to grapple with the effects of air and soil pollution due to its industrial past. In the southwestern part of the city, the soil was contaminated and poisonous fumes containing PCBs were released into the air as a result of an electrical transformer removal operation that took place from the 1930s to the 1960s. Cleanup of the site, designated as the Superfund Site by the EPA, began in 1987 and completed in 2000. The area remains restricted with regular surveys of the site and its aquifer.
Geography
Downtown Akron from the All-American Bridge
Akron is located in the Great Lakes region, about 39 miles (63 km) south of Lake Erie, on the Allegheny Glacial Plateau. It is bordered by Cuyahoga Falls to the north and Barberton to the southwest. It is the center of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, which covers Summit and Portage Counties, as well as the larger Cleveland-Akron-Elyria Combined Statistical Area. Located at the western end of the plateau, Akron’s topography includes rolling hills and varied terrain. The Ohio and Erie Canal runs through the city, separating east from west. Akron has the only biogas plant in the United States that produces methane from the decomposition of sludge to generate electricity. According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of 62.37 square miles (161.5 km 2 ), of which 62.03 square miles (160. 7 km 2 ) (or 99.45%) is land and 0.34 square miles (0.88 km 2 ) (or 0.55 %) – water.
Climate
Akron has a Midwestern humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfa ) with four distinct seasons and is in USDA hardiness zone 6b, fading into zone 6a in the outlying suburbs. Winters are cold and dry, but are usually accompanied by rain, sleet and snow, and sometimes heavy snow and icing. January is the coldest month with an average average temperature of 26.1 °F (-3.3 °C), with temperatures falling to or below 0 °F (-18 °C) on average in 3.8 days and staying at zero or below for 41 days. in year. Snowfall averages 121 cm per season, significantly less than in the snow belts closer to Lake Erie. The snowiest month on record was 37.5 inches (95 cm) in January 1978, while winter snowfall ranged from 82.0 inches (208 cm) in 1977–78 to 18.2 inches (46 cm) in 1949–50. Sources typically see a transition to fewer weather systems that produce heavier rainfall. Summers tend to be very warm and humid, with 90 °F (32 °C) temperatures averaging 8.0 days per year or higher; the annual count reached 36 days in 1931, while the last year that did not reach this mark was 2004. July is the warmest month with an average mean temperature of 72.0 °F (22 °C). Autumn is relatively dry, with many clear warm days and cool nights.
Akron’s record high temperature of 104°F (40°C) was set on August 6, 1918, and the record low of 25°F (−32°C) on January 19, 1994. Most rainfall fell in one calendar day on July 7, 1943, when 5.96 inches of rain was recorded. The first and last frosts of the season average on October 18 and April 26, respectively, allowing for growth. season 174 days. The normal annual mean temperature is 49.8 °F (9.9 °C). Normal annual precipitation based on a 30-year average since 1991 to 2020 is 41.57 inches (1056 mm), which is an average of 158 days. Monthly precipitation ranged from 12.55 inches (319 mm) in July 2003 to 0.20 inches (5. 1 mm) in September 1960, while for annual precipitation the historical range is 65.70 inches (1669 mm) in 1990 to 23.79 inches (604 mm) in 1963.
Climate data for Akron, Ohio (Akron–Canton Airport), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1887–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | October | Nov | December | year | ||
Record high °F (°C) | 73 (23) |
76 (24) |
83 (28) |
89 (32) |
94 (34) |
100 (38) |
102 (39) |
104 (40) |
99 (37) |
91 (33) |
80 (27) |
76 (24) |
104 (40) |
Average High °F (°C) | 58. 1 (14.5) |
60.1 (15.6) |
71.8 (22.1) |
80.8 (27.1) |
86.7 (30.4) |
91.3 (32.9) |
92.5 (33.6) |
90.6 (32.6) |
88.1 (31.2) |
79.8 (26.6) |
68.1 (20.1) |
59.9 (15.5) |
93.3 (34.1) |
Medium High °F (°C) | 35.5 (1.9) |
38.6 (3.7) |
48.4 (9.1) |
61.8 (16.6) |
72.3 (22.4) |
80.4 (26.9) |
84.3 (29.1) |
82.7 (28.2) |
75.9 (24.4) |
63.4 (17.4) |
50.7 (10.4) |
39.9 (4.4) |
61.2 (16.2) |
Daily Mean °F (°C) | 27.9 (-2.3) |
30.2 (-1.0) |
38.9 (3.8) |
50. 8 (10.4) |
61.3 (16.3) |
69.9 (21.1) |
73.9 (23.3) |
72.3 (22.4) |
65.4 (18.6) |
53.7 (12.1) |
42.5 (5.8) |
33.0 (0.6) |
51.7 (10.9) |
Medium Low °F (°C) | 20.3 (-6.5) |
21.9 (-5.6) |
29.4 (-1.4) |
39.8 (4.3) |
50.4 (10.2) |
59.4 (15.2) |
63.4 (17.4) |
61.9 (16.6) |
54.9 (12.7) |
44.0 (6.7) |
34.2 (1.2) |
26.1 (-3.3) |
42.1 (5.6) |
Average Minimum °F (°C) | -1.3 (-18.5) |
3.1 (-16.1) |
11.0 (-11.7) |
24.3 (-4.3) |
35.5 (1.9) |
44.8 (7.1) |
52. 6 (11.4) |
51.2 (10.7) |
41.1 (5.1) |
30.4 (-0.9) |
19.3 (-7.1) |
8.2 (-13.2) |
-3.5 (-19.7) |
Record low °F (°C) | -25 (-32) |
-20 (-29) |
-6 (-21) |
10 (-12) |
24 (-4) |
32 (0) |
41 (5) |
39 (4) |
29 (-2) |
20 (-7) |
-1 (-18) |
-16 (-27) |
-25 (-32) |
Average rainfall in inches (mm) | 2.92 (74) |
2.44 (62) |
3.23 (82) |
3.86 (98) |
4.13 (105) |
4.43 (113) |
4.14 (105) |
3.61 (92) |
3.50 (89) |
3.34 (85) |
3.08 (78) |
2. 89 (73) |
41.57 (1056) |
Average snowfall in inches (cm) | 13.4 (34) |
12.0 (30) |
7.6 (19) |
1.7 (4.3) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.3 (0.76) |
3.3 (8.4) |
8.9 (23) |
47.2 (120) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 17.8 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 16.0 | 159.9 |
Average snow days (≥ 0.1 in.) | 13.3 | 10.0 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0. 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 9.5 | 45.3 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 73.4 | 71.6 | 67.8 | 63.6 | 65.9 | 68.4 | 70.2 | 73.2 | 73.9 | 70.3 | 72.2 | 74.8 | 70.4 |
Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
Source 2: World Meteorological Organization (relative humidity 1961–1990). |
Cityscape
View of the Akron skyline from the west looking east
Architecture
Jablonski sculpture donated by the Zimmite Corporation in honor of Nola M. Guzzetta’s humanitarian design interest in enabling the blind to see through art and architecture .
See also: List of tallest buildings in Akron, Ohio and Category:Buildings and structures in Akron, Ohio
As a result of the merger of several cities and the industrial boom, Akron’s architecture is diverse.
Originally a canal city, the city is divided in two by the Ohio and the Erie Canal, centered on downtown. Along the castles to the city there is a rubber track.
Akron was awarded the City Livability Award in 2008 for its efforts to share new school buildings as community learning centers. In 2009Akron was named “Tree City USA” for the 14th time by the National Tree Day Foundation.
Many of the city’s government and public buildings, including City Hall and the Summit County Courthouse, predate World War II, but the Akron Summit County Public Library and John S. Knight Center are much newer. The library opened in 1969 but reopened as a greatly expanded facility in 2004. The Knights Center opened in 1994.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church first used the Akron Plan in 1872, which later gained popularity and was used by many Congregationalists, Baptists, and Presbyterians.
The city is home to the historic atmospheric movie palace of the 1920s, the Akron Civic Theatre. One of the features of the building is a starry sky with clouds that float above it when the lights are dimmed.
Akron’s tallest building, Huntington Tower, completed in 1931, in Art Deco style and covered in glazed architectural terracotta. It is 100 meters high and is built on top of the Neo-Gothic Hamilton Building built in 1900. The tower underwent a $2.5 million facelift at the turn of the millennium, including a $1.8 million restoration of terracotta, brick, and limestone. On top of the building is the TV tower, formerly used by WAKR-TV (now WVPX-TV) and WAKR-AM. The antenna reaches 134.7 m. Located on the campus of the University of Akron, the Goodyear Polymer Center consists of twin glass towers connected by walkways. The university also uses the former Quaker Oats factory as a residence hall; for many years it was a mall called Quaker Square. There was also a hotel there.
Akron Art Museum commissioned by Coop HimmelBlau to design an extension in 2007. The new building connects to the old building and is divided into three sections known as “Crystal”, “Gallery Box”, and “Roof Cloud”.
Goodyear Heights and Firestone Park were built during the rubber industry to house workers and their families. Both are communities filled with houses based on mail order plans.
Castle 3 park amphitheater
Neighborhood
Main article: Neighborhood of Akron
Akron is made up of 21 boroughs, with three more unincorporated but recognized as a city. Districts of the city vary in design mainly due to expansions such as urban mergers, annexations, housing developments in different time periods, and the rubber era.
Maple Valley covers the western end of Copley Road short of I-77. There are several businesses using the name along this strip, as well as the Maple Valley branch of the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Spicertown falls under the blanket of University Park, a term often used to describe the student-run shopping and residential area around East Exchange and Spicer Streets near the University of Akron. West Hill is roughly bounded by West Market Street to the north, West Exchange Street to the south, Downtown to the east, and Rhodes Avenue to the west. There are many stately old homes here, especially in the newly recognized Oakdale Historic District.
Suburb
Akron’s suburbs include Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls, Fairlawn, Green, Hudson, Mogador, Montrose Ghent, Munro Falls, Norton, Silver Lake, Stowe and Tallmadge. Akron has formed joint economic development areas with the boroughs of Springfield, Coventry, Copley and Bath (together with Fairlon).
Culture
Main article: Culture Akron, Ohio
Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens Entrance
Akron is home to EJ Thomas Hall, one of Akron’s three concert halls. The Akron Symphony, the Tuesday Music Club, and the Children’s Concert Society perform regularly. World-class events include Broadway musicals, ballets, comedies, lectures, performances by artists, attracting 400,000 visitors annually. Hall seats 2955 people divided into three tiers. To maintain first-class acoustic sound, the counterweighted ceiling is adjustable to change the physical dimensions of the room. In the city center is the Akron City Theater which opened in 1929 as the Loew Theatre. This atmospheric theater was designed by John Eberson and contains many Moorish features, including arches and decorative tiles. It is decorated with intricate wood carvings, alabaster sculptures and European antiques. The theater has a capacity of 5,000 seats. Behind it on the canal is the Lock 3 Park Amphitheater, which hosts the annual First Night in Akron. The Akron Art Museum is also in the city centre, featuring art features produced since 1850 along with national and international exhibitions. It opened at 1922 as the Art Institute of Akron in the basement of the Akron Public Library. It moved to its current location in the restored 1899 post office building in 1981. In 2007, the museum more than tripled in size with the addition of the John S. and James L. Knight Building, which received the 2005 American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum while still under construction.
Built between 1912 and 1915 for Frank Seiberling, Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens is the seventh largest historic home in the United States.
Located in Sand Run Metro Park, the 104 acre (0.42 km 2 ) FA Saberling Nature Realm has a visitor center, hiking trails, three ponds, gardens, and many special programs throughout the year. The Akron Police Museum has memorabilia on display, including items from Pretty Boy Floyd, whose gang frequented the city. There are several other galleries and museums in the city, including the American Marble and Toy Museum and the Don Drumm Studio and Gallery.
Film and television
Akron has served as the setting for several major studio and independent films. Inducted into the National Film Registry, Dance, Girls, Dance (1940), tells the story of two dancers from Akron who go to New York. “My name is Bill W.” (1989) tells the true story of Bill Wilson, who co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous which held its first meetings at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens and today has over two million members. The program’s connection to St. Thomas’ Hospital is mentioned in episode 9 of the television series0011 Prison Break (2005) where Michael Scofield is on the phone with Sarah Tancredi while there. The Akron Armory is used as the meeting place for the women’s wrestling team in …All the Marbles (1981). More than a Game (2009) documents the journey of National Basketball Association player LeBron James and his St. Vincent-St. Mary High School basketball team. In Drake’s video for the song Forever (2009) from the soundtrack “ More than a game” (2009) features the iconic Goodyear logo on top of the company’s cinema. The city has been frequently depicted in the media, from “Hell on Earth” in the television series I’m in Hell (2007) to the location of the holy woman in The Virgin of Akron, Ohio (2007). Henry Spivey of My Worst Enemy (2008) traveled to Akron many times through the series. George Costanza in Seinfeld episode (1989) is flying into town. MYOB (2008) is centered on a runaway girl from Akron named Riley Veitch. Jake Foley of Jake 2.0 (2003), The Pickles Family of Hunters (1991) and Jay Reid of In Too Deep (1999), and Avery Barkley of Nashville (2016) are also from the city. Akron was also the focus of the Criminal Minds TV show “Compromising Positions” (2010) season 6 episode 4. The 2015 film Room is set in Akron, filmed in Toronto, with the production impersonating Akron. In the film Harvey (1950), Akron is mentioned several times.
In popular culture
In Stephen King’s Needful Things, is the character Leland Gaunt of Akron. Additionally, in the musical comedy Glee, Vocal Adrenaline, the New Directions rivals are taken from the fictional Carmel High School in Akron. In the dystopian novel Relax (and its sequels) by Neil Schusterman, one of the main characters, Connor Lassiter, is referred to as “Akron AWOL” after the city became the site of his infamous escape from the Juwei cops. An antique shop in Akron also plays a key role in the Unwind series.
Thomas and Bela , a book of poetry written by native and former Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress, Rita Dove, tells the story of her grandparents who moved separately from the south to the city where they lived through the Great Depression and for the rest of your life. The city is also the location for the new Akron Coast , former editor of Esquire magazine , Adrienne Miller. To reflect Akron’s decline in the 1980s, Akron native Chrissie Hynde wrote the Pretenders song “My City Was Gone”. Album name Rubber Factory” by Black Keys refers to the former Goodrich Corporation rubber factory where it was recorded. Akron serves as the setting in the first-person shooter computer game No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In HARM’s Way .
Tourism
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Akron, Ohio
Akron Museum of Art
Dr. Robert Smith House
There are many attractions in the Akron area. open at 19The Akron Museum of Art is a 20,000-square-foot building and collection of art produced since 1850. Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens is the estate of F. A. Seiberling, founder of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. The estate hosts various attractions and public events throughout the year. Akron City Theater, located in the heart of the city, has provided the community with a venue for entertainment and live performance for over eighty years. Castle 3, an Ohio and Erie Canalway Historic Landmark, has been converted into an entertainment amphitheater that hosts festivals, concerts, and community events year-round. Akron Zoo is located right next to the city center, and was the original gift of the property from the city’s founding family. Akron’s Highland Square hosts an arts, music and community gathering called Art in the Square each year, a festival featuring local artists and musicians.
Akron’s annual national events cover a wide range of hobbies and interests. The PGA World Championship of Golf is held in Akron every year at the Bridgestone Invitational at the Firestone Country Club. The All-American Soap Box Derby is a youth racing program whose finals take place at Derby Downs. In mid-July, the National Hamburger Festival consists of various vendors offering original burger recipes and the Miss Hamburger Contest. Lock 3 Park holds an annual First Night in Akron celebration on New Year’s Eve. The park also hosts an Italian festival each year, and in July, the “Rib, White and Blue” Culinary Festival. Founders Day is celebrated annually in connection with the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous in the city. Dr. Robert Smith’s home is in Akron.
Cuisine
See also: History of Quaker Oats
Several Akron residents have played a role in defining American cuisine. Ferdinand Schumacher created the first American oatmeal and is a pioneer in breakfast cereal. He also founded the Empire Barley Mill and the German Mills American Oatmeal Company, which later merged with other companies several times to form the Quaker Oats Company. The Menchez brothers are the disputed inventors of the ice cream waffle cone, caramelized corn, and the hamburger. BORIS The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout, brewed by the city-based Hoppin’ Frog Brewing Company, won 1st place in the Imperial Stout category at the 2008 Great American Beer Festival, and the company was named the 24th best brewer in the world. . world for 2010 by RateBeer.com Famous eateries in Akron are Luigi’s Pizzeria (founded in 1949) and Diamond Grille. Other locations include Crave, Bricco, Cilantro, Diamond Deli, Urban Eats, Mary Coyle Ice Cream, Swenson’s, Skyway, Ken Stewart’s, Tangier, Louie’s, Duffy’s, New Era, Strickland’s Frozen Custard and Hamburger Station. Rivalry between Swenson’s and Skyway featured on Iron Chef Michael Symon’s Food Feuds which Swenson’s won.
Spoken dialects
Although Akron is in northern Ohio, where an Inner North dialect is expected, its settlement history places it in the North Midland dialect region. Some developed localisms include Devilstrip , which means a strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street.
Sports
Team | Sport | League | Venue (capacity) | Attendance |
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Akron Zips football | American football | NCAA | InfoCision Stadium (30,000) | 18 098 |
Akron Rubber cleats | Baseball | Double-A Northeast (AA) | Canal Park (7630) | 5 074 |
Akron Zips Men’s Basketball | Basketball | NCAA | James A. Rhodes Arena (5,500) | 3 351 |
Akron Zips Men’s Football | Football | NCAA | FirstEnergy Stadium (4,000) | 2186 |
Canal Park
Firestone Stadium hosts the National Pro Fastpitch Championship Series
The RubberDucks have won the Eastern League championship five times, most recently in 2016.
The
Akron Marathon is the city’s annual marathon, which offers team relays and short races throughout the summer and fall.
Akron is home to two of today’s greatest basketball players and archrivals Stephen Curry and LeBron James.
Akron hosted some of the 2014 Gay Games events, including the marathon, men’s and women’s golf tournaments at Firestone Country Club, and softball at Firestone Stadium.
The All-American Soap Box Derby has been held every year at Derby Downs since 1936. The Firestone Country Club, which hosts the annual WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, has hosted the PGA Championship, American Golf Classic, and Rubber City Open Invitational in the past. On January 7, 1938, Akron became the birthplace of women’s professional Mud Wrestling in a match including Wrestling Hall of Famer and Wrestling Observer, Mildred Burke. The Association of Professional Bowlers began operations in the city in 1958. LeBron James’ “King for Kids” Bike-a-Tone features James riding around town with the kids every June. In November, the city hosts an annual 4-mile run for the homeless.
Collegiate Sports
InfoCision Stadium – Sum Field
The University of Akron’s Akron Lightnings compete in the NCAA and the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in a variety of sports at the Division I level. The men’s basketball team appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 1986, 2009, 2011 and 2013 The 2009 Lightning men’s soccer team finished the regular season undefeated and then went on to win the NCAA Men’s Division Football Championship in 2010 Zippy, one of eight NCAA female mascots to win in 2007 national mascot of the year competition.
Past teams
Akron’s former teams include Akron Professionals (National Football League), Goodyear Silents (deaf semi-professional football), Akron Black Tyrites (Negro National League), Akron Americans (International Hockey League), Akron Lightning (International Basketball League) , the Akron Summit Assault USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American football pyramid, and the Akron Wingfoots (National Basketball League), who won the inaugural NBL championship and the International Cup three times. Akron Firestone Non-skippers (National Basketball League), then won the title in a row, at 1939 and 1940 the historic Rubber Bowl was the home of the 1920 National Football League Championship winners, the Akron Professionals. The Akron Vulcans were a professional football team based in Akron, Ohio. The team played in the Continental Football League for part of the 1967 season. Serving as a minor league in the National Football League and the American Football League, the Continental Football League was short-lived from 1964 to 1969.
Parks and Recreation
Firestone Country Club
Major parks in Akron include Lock 3, Firestone, Goodyear Heights, F.A. Seiberling (or Natural Hill) and part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Several parks along the canal locks. Lock 3 Park in downtown Akron is the city’s entertainment hub. It is commonly used as an outdoor amphitheater, hosting live musical performances, festivals and special events throughout the year. The park was created in the early 21st century to provide green space for the city of Akron. The Ohio and Erie Canal can still be seen flowing past the stage where the boatyard and drydock once were. Later, a pottery factory stood there until the parking lot of the M. O’Neil Co. department store was built on the current site. Every year, the park is used for recreation by more than 65 thousand guests. During Lock 3 Live there are concerts of almost all musical genres, including alternative, R&B, reggae, gospel, country, pop, jazz and classic rock. Some of the festivals the park hosts throughout the year include Soap Box Derby opening ceremonies, firefighter competitions, charity events, tournaments, and animal events. From November to February, Lock 3 Park turns into an outdoor skating rink. There is a 1,800 square meter outdoor skate park next to the Derby Downs race track. The park has concrete ramps, including two bowls up to 7 feet (2.1 m) deep, a serpentine drop, two hips, a ladder with handrails, many small quarter pipes, and many chop boxes. Just a few feet from Akron Skatepark is the Pro BMX course, where organized races are often held during the warmer months. Akron residents can ice skate year-round at the historic Akron Ice House.
Ohio and Erie – Canal Towpath Trail is a regional bike and hike trail that follows the canal. In 2008, a bridge was built across Route 59/The Innerbelt, which connects the actual towpath to the cycle routes marked on the streets in the city centre, thus completing another step towards connecting Cleveland and East Liverpool with walking and cycling routes. The State of Ohio is planning to reconstruct a road that once ran entirely through Ohio to New Philadelphia from Cleveland. The trail has a floating lookout over Summit Lake. It is a popular tourist attraction with over 2 million visitors annually. The Portage Hiking and Biking Trail, when fully completed, will connect with hiking and biking trails in the county.
Media
Headquarters Akron Beacon Journal
See also: Radio Akron
Akron is printed in the daily newspaper Akron Beacon Journal, former leading newspaper of the Knight Newspaper network; Akron Reporter weekly; and the weekly newspapers West Side Leader and the monthly magazine Akron Life . The Buchtelite newspaper is published by the University of Akron.
Akron is less than 40 miles (64 km) from Cleveland and is part of the Cleveland-Akron-Canton television market, the 18th largest market in the US. However, WEAO (PBS), WVPX (ION), and WBNX-TV (independent) are licensed to Akron. WEAO specifically serves the city of Akron while WBNX and WVPX identify themselves as Akron/Cleveland , serving the entire Northeast Ohio market. Akron does not have native news broadcasts, only losing station news when the former WAKC became WVPX in 1996 WVPX and Cleveland WKYC later introduced a joint news program which was canceled in 2005.
In terms of radio, Akron is served by WZIP 88.1 (Top 40 – University of Akron), WAPS 91.3 (AAA), WAKR 1590 (Soft AC/Full service), WCUE 1150 (religious), WKDD 98.1 (Contemporary Hits), WHLO 640 ( news / discussion), WONE 97.5 (classic rock), WNIR-FM 100.1 (news/talk), WSTB 88.9 (alternative) and WQMX 94.9 (country).
Economics
GOJO Industries Headquarters
Many industries in the United States either originated in the city or were influenced by it. After the creation of the tire and rubber industry in the 20th century with the founding of Goodrich, Firestone, General Tire, and Goodyear’s merger with the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company, Akron became the “Rubber Capital of the World”. Akron has received economic awards such as “Urban livability” and “All-America City” and is considered a high-tech area that has greatly contributed to the Information Age. Current Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the city include Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and FirstEnergy. In addition, a number of other notable companies such as GOJO, Advanced Elastomer Systems, Babcock & Wilcox, Myers Industries, Acme Fresh Market, and Sterling Jewelers are headquartered in the city. Goodyear, the largest tire manufacturer in America and the fifth largest private employer in Summit County, recently built a new world headquarters in the city. The Akron Riverwalk project will include a large retail and commercial development. The project started in 2007 but was put on hold due to the 2007–2010 financial crisis and is currently ongoing. Bridgestone built a new technology center with a state-of-the-art R&D lab and moved its product development activities to the new facility in early 2012. KeyBank’s Eastern Ohio Division, which has six branches in the city, built a downtown regional headquarters. The city has a free Wi-Fi corridor centered in the city center. Surrounding areas include Goodyear Heights, East Akron, North Hill, Firestone Park, Kenmore and West Akron.
Polymer Valley
Northeast Ohio Polymer Valley is located in Akron. Forty-five percent of the state’s polymer industries are concentrated in the area, the oldest of which date back to the 19th century. During the 1980s and 1990s, an influx of new polymer companies came to the region. In 2001, more than 400 companies produced materials based on polymers in the region. Many scientists at the University of Akron have become world famous for their research done at the Goodyear Polymer Center. The first college of polymer science and polymer engineering was founded by the university. In 2010, the National Polymer Innovation Center opened on campus.
Hospitals
Community hospitals
Akron has a dedicated area called the Biomedical Corridor to attract health-related businesses to the region. It includes 1,240 acres (5.0 km 2 ) of private and public land bounded by Akron General to the west and Akron City to the east, and also includes Akron Children’s near the neighborhood center and the former St. Thomas Hospital to the north. northern borders. Since its launch in 2006, the headquarters of companies such as Akron Polymer Systems have been added to the corridor.
Adult hospitals in Akron are owned by two health systems: Summa Health System and Akron General Health System. Summa Health System operates the Akron City Hospital and the former St. Thomas Hospital, which were named one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report in 2008 for the 11th consecutive year. Summa is recognized as one of the best orthopedic programs in the country, ranking 28th. Akron General Health jointly with Cleveland Clinic operates Akron General Medical Center, which in 2009was voted one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by US News & World Report. Akron Children’s Hospital is an independent facility specializing in pediatric care and burn care. In 1974, Dr. Howard Eagel and Dr. Aaron Freeman successfully grew human skin in the laboratory to treat burn victims, making Akron Children’s Hospital the first hospital in the world to achieve this success. Akron City and Akron General Hospital are designated Level I emergency rooms.
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According to the city’s 2017 Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:
# | Employer | Employees |
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1 | Summa Health System | 5 956 |
2 | Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital | 3 840 |
3 | Akron Children’s Hospital | 3 719 |
4 | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | 3000 |
5 | County Summit | 2 874 |
6 | Seals Jewelers | 2 870 |
7 | Akron Public Schools | 2. 755 |
8 | First Energy | 2.468 |
9 | University of Akron | 2342 |
10 | Spectrum | 2.095 |
Government and politics
See also: List of mayors of Akron, Ohio and List of Akron politicians
The Ocasek Building houses state, county, and city offices.
The mayor of Akron is elected by citywide vote. In 2016, the city elected its 62nd mayor. The city is divided into 10 districts, each electing an Akron city council member, with a further 3 elected at large. The Mayor’s Cabinet currently consists of Directors and Associate Directors of Administration, Communications, Public Affairs, Economic Development, Intergovernmental Affairs, Labor Relations, Law, Planning and Urban Development, Director of Planning – Deputy, Public Safety and Civil Service. The city adopted a new commissioner-manager type charter at 1920, but reverted to his old uniform in 1924.
The current mayor is Dan Horrigan. Longtime Akron mayor Don Pluskellick announced on May 8, 2015 that he would retire on May 31 after 28 years as mayor and 41 years of service to the city. On May 31, 2015, Harry Moneypenny was sworn in as the new mayor of East High School. Moneypenny was a former deputy chief and deputy sheriff of the Summit County Sheriff, a former police chief of the Township of Springfield, and a former president of the Akron City Council.
On June 5, 2015, less than a week after taking office, Mayor Moneypenny announced that he would not run for a full term due to improper contact with a city employee. Three days later, Moneypenny announced that he would retire at midnight on 10 June. Council President Jeff Fusco took over as mayor on June 11, 2015. Fusco ran for and was elected to a seat on the Council at-large instead of seeking a full term as mayor. Fusco also announced that he would temporarily step down as chairman of the Summit County Democratic Party because the city’s charter calls for the mayor to give the city his full attention.
As of July 1, 2015, there were three Democrats and one Republican running for Mayor of Akron. The Democratic nominees were Summit County Clerk of the Court and former 4th Ward Councilman Dan Horrigan; freedom council member Mike Williams; and Summit County Councilman Frank Communale. Horrigan won the September 8 Democratic primary. In the general election, he faced the only GOP candidate, Eddie Sipplen, an African-American criminal defense attorney. On November 3, 2015, Horrigan was elected as the 62nd Mayor of the City of Akron. He took office on January 1, 2016. November 5, 2019Mayor Horrigan was re-elected for a second term.
Current city council members:
- Ward 1 – Nancy Holland (D)
- Ward 2 – Phil Lombardo (D)
- Ward 3 – Margot Sommerville (D), President of the Council
- Ward 4 – Russell K. Neal Jr. (D)
- Chamber 5 – Tara Mosley – Samples (D)
- Ward 6 – Brad McKittrick (D)
- Ward 7 – Donnie Cummer (D),
- Ward 8 – Shammas Malik (D),
- Ward 9- Mike Freeman (D)
- Ward 10 – Sharon L. Connor (D),
- On the Loose – Linda Omobien (D)
- At Large – Jeff Fusco (D), Vice President of the Council of
- On the Loose – Ginger Baylor (D)
- Acting Council Secretary – Sarah Biviano (D)
- Chief of Staff – Dr. Joan M. Williams (D)
Humanitarian Affairs
See also: City of Akron v. Akron Reproductive Health Center
activities in Akron. In addition to being part of the Underground Railroad when it was active, John Brown was a resident, today he has two landmarks (John Brown House) and (John Brown Monument) dedicated to him. During the Women’s Rights Convention of 1851, Sojourner Truth gave her speech titled Isn’t IA a Woman? “. At 19In 05, a statue of an Indian named Unk was erected on the Portage Way, which was part of the effective western boundary of white and Native American lands from 1785 to 1805. The head of the Ku Klux Klan in Summit County said it had 50,000 members. making it the largest local chapter in the country in the 20th century. At one point, its members included the sheriff, county officials, the mayor of Akron, judges, county commissioners, and most members of the Akron School Board. The Klan’s influence on the city’s politics eventually ended after Wendell Willkie arrived and challenged them. Race took part in two major riots in Akron, Riot 1900 and the 1968 Worcester Avenue riots. Other speakers on the subject of race in the city include W. E. B. Du Bois (1920) and President Bill Clinton (1997). In 1971 Alpha Phi Alpha Homes Inc. was founded in Akron by the Eta Tau Lambda chapter under the chairmanship of James R. Williams. The centerpiece, the Henry Arthur Cullis Tower, is located in the Channelwood Village area of the city. In 2008, 91-year-old Akron native Addie Polk became the poster child of the 2007-2010 financial crisis, after shooting himself.
Demographics
The statue of Simon Perkins, founder of Akron, in front of the University of Akron’s College of Business Administration, has been moved from its original location in Grace Park.
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | % ± | |
1840 | 1.664 | – | |
1850 | 3 266 | 96.3% | |
1860 | 3 477 | 6.5% | |
1870 | 10 006 | 187.8% | |
1880 | 16 512 | 65.0% | |
1890 | 27 601 | 67.2% | |
1900 | 42 728 | 54.8% | |
1910 | 69 067 | 61.6% | |
1920 | 208 435 | 201.8% | |
1930 | 255 040 | 22. 4% | |
1940 | 244 791 | −4.0% | |
1950 | 274 605 | 12.2% | |
1960 | 290 351 | 5.7% | |
1970 | 275 425 | −5.1% | |
1980 | 237 177 | -13.9% | |
1990 | 223 019 | −6.0% | |
2000 | 217 074 | -2.7% | |
2010 | 199 110 | −8.3% | |
2020 | 190 469 | −4.3% | |
2020 US Decennial Census |
From 2010 to 2014 Census data, the median income for a household in the city was $34,139. The per capita income for the city was $17,596. About 26.7% of the people were in poverty.
Akron has a population of 703,203 (U.S. Census Bureau 2010). Akron is also part of the larger Cleveland-Akron-Canton Combined Statistical Area, which was the 15th largest in the nation with a population of over 3.5 million in the 2010 census.
2010 Census
According to the 2010 census, there were 199,110 people, 83,712 households and 47,084 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,209.9 people per square mile (1239.3 / km 2). There were 96,288 housing units at an average density of 1552.3 per square mile (599.3/ km 2). The racial makeup of the city was 62.2% White, 31.5% African American, 0.2% Native American, 2.1% Asian, 0.8% from other races, and 3.2% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 2.1% of the population. Non-Hispanic whites made up 61.2% of the population, up from 81.0% in 1970 year.
There were 83,712 households out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31. 3% were married couples living together, 19.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.5% families lived with men without a wife and 43.8% were not families. 34.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.31, and the average family size is 2.98.
The median age in the city was 35.7 years. 22.9% of residents were under 18; 12.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.9% were between 25 and 44 years old; 25.9% were between 45 and 64 years old; and 12.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender composition of the city was 48.3% male and 51.7% female.
Education
See also: Category: Education in Akron, Ohio and List of University of Akron people
Goodyear Polymer Center
Preschool, elementary, and secondary education is primarily provided by the Akron City School District. Planning for the area began in 1840 when Ansel Miller proposed that free public schools be built for all children in the city, paid for by property tax. After withstanding much resistance from the citizens, in 1843 Miller joined the Reverend Isaac Jennings. Three years later, Jennings became chairman of a committee of citizens who discussed how to improve the school system. On November 21, 1846, their plan was unanimously approved by the townspeople. The Ohio State Legislature approved a plan called the “Act to Support and Improve the Regulation of Public Schools in the City of Akron” on February 8, 1847. The first public schools in Akron were opened in the fall of 1847 under the direction of Mortimer Leggett. . The first annual report showed that educating a child costs less than $2 a year. In 1857, the annual cost of running the schools was $4,200. The elementary schools were taught by young women, which was justified by the Akron Board of Education as they could be paid less and were under the supervision of a male superintendent. From 1877 to 1952 Akron graduated students every six months, not once a year. 9% of the city’s school-age population were born in other countries in 1888. In the 1920s, the Americanization program was designed to help the many Akron students who were first-generation Americans. Classes were held in rubber companies and some schools. A “continuation school” began for working boys and girls, who were required by law to attend school for at least four hours a week. In 1924, the Akron platoon schools attracted visitors from all over the country. A stronghold of the Ku Klux Klan for a decade, most school boards and government officials were members. Their influence ended with the arrival of Wendell Willkie. During the urban boom phase 19During the 1950s, Akron’s schools grew eight times faster than the city’s population. In 1967, Kenmore launched the JROTC airliner. In 1971, Jennings piloted a high school model that promoted ninth graders to the senior high school. In 1984, Seiberling, Rankin, and Hutton schools piloted an all-day nursery school, and Ellet, East, and Garfield High Schools piloted a school suspension program. In 1987, the county received an A+ grade from the state.
In 2009 Akron Summit County Public Library received a 5-star rating from Library Journal.
The city is home to the University of Akron, which was listed as one of the top in the Midwest in 2008 by the Princeton Review. Buchtel College originally housed the Goodyear Polymer Center and the National Center for Polymer Innovation. All of Akron’s public schools are currently undergoing a 15-year, $800 million rebuilding process. Recently, the city’s schools have been moved from “Academic Watch” to “Continuous Improvement” by the Ohio Department of Education. Akron also has many private, parochial and charter schools. Akron Public Schools made headlines in 2004 when a freshman from Akron Digital Academy, the district’s own online charter school, was not allowed to participate in extracurricular activities, an event that was later covered and ridiculed by The Daily Show . National Basketball Association player LeBron James visited St. Vincent-St. Mary High School.
Transportation
Airports
Former administration building of Akron Fulton International Airport
The main terminal used by airline passengers traveling to or from Akron is the Akron-Canton Regional Airport, which handles almost 2 million passengers a year. Akron-Canton Airport is a Class C commercial airport located in the town of Green, approximately 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Akron, jointly operated by Stark and Summit counties. It also serves as an alternative for travelers to or from the Cleveland area. Akron Executive Airport is a general aviation airport located in and owned by the city of Akron that handles private aircraft. It first opened at 1929 and since then has worked in several different directions. Until the 1950s, the airport was operated by commercial scheduled airlines, and is now used by both cargo and private aircraft. This is the home of the Lockheed Martin Airdock, where Goodyear airships, blimps and airships were originally stored and maintained. Goodyear airships are now stationed outside of Akron, on the site of Wingfoot Lake in the nearby town of Suffield.
Railways
Main article: Akron Northside 9 station0003
Akron Northside Station
Akron Northside Station is a train station at 27 Ridge Street along the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad.
Because of the city’s large rubber industry, Akron was once home to many railroads that competed for the city’s freight and passenger business. The largest were the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Erie Railroad, and the Pennsylvania Railroad. Smaller regional railroads included the Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad, the Ohio Northern Railroad, and the Akron Barberton Belt Railroad. Today, the city is served by the CSX Corporation, Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad and their Akron-Barberton-Cluster subsidiary, who operate out of the Akron Yard W&LE near Britten Road in the eastern part of the city.
From 1891 to 1971, passenger service to points throughout the Midwest, as well as Washington and New York, was carried out at Akron Union Station. Past legacy passenger trains were at Erie Lakawan’s Lake City (ended 1970) and B&O at Shenandoah (ended 1971). There is currently no passenger rail service for since ‘s former Amtrak service Three Rivers was retired in 2005. The nearest Amtrak service is in Alliance, Ohio, or Cleveland.
Bus and Public Transportation
Robert C. Pfaff Transit Center
Public transportation is available through the METRO regional transit authority system, which has a fleet of more than 200 buses and trolleybuses serving local routes and commuter buses to downtown Cleveland. The Stark Area Regional Transportation Authority (SARTA) also operates a bus line running between Canton and Akron, and the Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority (PARTA) operates an express route connecting the University of Akron with Kent State University. Subway RTA operates from the Robert C. Pfaff Transit Center on South Broadway. This facility opened in 2009also operates intercity buses available through Greyhound Lines.
Freeways
Akron is served by two major interstate highways that traverse the city. Unlike other cities, bifurcation does not occur in the central business district, and interstates do not serve downtown; rather, these functions are served by the Akron-Innerbelt and, to a lesser extent, Ohio State Route 8.
- Interstate 77 connects Marietta and Cleveland, Ohio. Akron has 15 interchanges, four of which allow freeway-to-freeway traffic. It runs north-south in the southern part of the city to an intersection with I-76, where it takes the west turn as a parallel to Interstate 76.
- Interstate 76 connects Interstate 71 to Youngstown, Ohio and beyond. It runs east–west and has 18 interchanges in Akron, four of which are motorways. The eastern branch was rebuilt in the 1990s and now includes six lanes and longer combined lanes. Concurrency with Interstate 77 – eight lanes. The Kenmore Section is a four-lane section just under two miles (3 km) long that connects to Interstate 277.
- Interstate 277 is an east–west spur that it forms with US 224 after I-76 splits north to form the Kenmore section. It’s six lanes and signed to US 224.
View of Akron from the south, looking north
- The Akron Innerbelt is a six-lane, 1.78-mile (2.86 km) spur off the I-76/I-77 concurrency and serves the city’s urban core. Its ramps point away from the interstates so it only serves west side drivers. ODOT is considering changing this design to bring more traffic to the route. The freeway ends abruptly at the northern edge of downtown, where it becomes Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. The freeway itself is officially known as the “Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Freeway”. The freeway was originally designed to connect directly to State Route 8, but plans were shelved in mid-1970s due to financial problems.
- Ohio State Route 8 is the original state highway, which is a limited-access route that connects Akron’s northern suburbs to Interstates 76 and 77. The southern terminus of State Route 8 is at the central interchange where it intersects I-76 and I- 77. Akron’s second freeway to be completed was extensively refurbished in 2003 with new ramps and access roads. In 2007, ODOT began a project to upgrade the road to interstate highway standards north of Akron from State Route 303 to I-271, providing a high-speed alternative to Cleveland.
Crime
Main article: Akron, Ohio Crime Story
Summit County Courthouse and police car. The modern police car originated in Akron in 1899.
In 1999, Akron was ranked the 94th most dangerous city and the 229th safest city, ranking 7th on Morgan Quitno’s list. Preliminary crime statistics in Ohio show that aggravated assaults increased by 45% during 2007.
Historically, organized crime has been operating in the city with the presence of Black Hand under the leadership of Rosario Borgio after being headquartered in the northern part of the city in the first decade of the 20th century and Walker-Mitchell mobs, of which Pretty Boy Floyd was a member of . Akron has experienced several riots in its history, including the 1900 riots and the 1968 Worcester Avenue riots.
The spread of methamphetamine (“meth”) in Akron contributed significantly to Summit County becoming known as the “meth capital of Ohio” in the early 2000s. The county ranked third in the nation in the number of registered methamphetamines. Within 19In the 1990s, the Hells Angels motorcycle gang sold drugs in bars frequented by its members. Between January 2004 and August 2009, the city had significantly more registered sites than any other city in the state. Authorities believe that the disruption of a major methamphetamine operation in Mexico is due to an increase at the local level. In 2007, APD received a grant to help continue its work with other agencies and jurisdictions to support them in ridding the city of meth labs. The Akron Police Department is coordinating with the Summit County DEA and the DEA to form a clandestine methamphetamine lab response team.
Notable people
Main article: List of people from Akron, Ohio
Mission Specialist Judith Resnick on the middle deck of Discovery during STS-41-D
Akron produced and was home to a number of notable people in various areas. Its natives and residents are called “Akronites”. The first postmaster of the Connecticut Western Reserve and president of its bank, General Simon Perkins (1771-1844), co-founded Akron in 1825. His son, Colonel Simon Perkins, who was living in Akron at the same time as abolitionist John Brown, went into business with Brown. Wendell Willkie, Republican presidential candidate at 1940, worked in Akron as a lawyer for Firestone. Televangelist trailblazer Rex Humbard rose to prominence in Akron. Beacon Journal publisher John S. Knight ran the Akron-based national newspaper chain Knight Newspapers. Broadcaster Hugh Downes was born in Akron. In the mid to late 1940s, rock and roll pioneer DJ Alan Freed was the musical director of WAKR in Akron. Watergate figure John Dean was born in Akron.
Noted athletes coming from Akron include National Basketball Association MVPs LeBron James and Stephen Curry, Basketball Hall of Famer Goose “Honeycomb” Johnson and Nate “The Great” Thurmond, Major League Baseball player Thurman Munson, International Boxing Hall of Famer Gorilla Jones, WBA Boxing Champion heavyweight champion Michael Dokes, Houston-Texas linebacker Whitney Mercilus, former Northwestern University and Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian, and Butch Reynolds, former 400m world record holder. Former NFL linebacker James Harrison was born in Akron, as was current Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Wrabel. Clayton Murphy, professional middle distance runner and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist competed in cross country and track and field for Akron Zips.
Acting artists from Akron include bands such as Ruby and the Romantics; Devo ; Black Keys; The Cramps, whose lead singer Lux Interior was a native of the city; rapper Ampicino; waitresses; and 1964 Tribute; singers Vaughn Monroe; Chrissie Hynde, lead singer and main composer of the British band The Pretenders; James Ingram; Joseph Arthur; Jani Lane; Rachel Sweet; and outlawed country singer David Allan Coe; Actors Frank Dikopoulos, David McLean, Melina Kanakaredes, Elisabeth Franz, William Boyett, Lola Albright and Jesse White. Clark Gable and John Lithgow also lived in Akron.
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Poet Rita Dove was born and raised in Akron. She became the first African American Poet Laureate from the United States. Many of her poems focus on Akron or take place in Akron, most notably Thomas and Beulah for which she won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Owner of over 400 patents, Stanford native R. Ovshinsky invented the widely used nickel-metal hydride battery. Richard Small, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of buckminsterfullerne (fullerene) was born in the city at 19’43 Other relatives, the second US female astronaut in space, Judith Resnick, died in the Space Shuttle Challenger crash and has Resnick’s moon crater named after her.
The Silver Screen, which has become a symbol of the Hollywood entertainment industry, was invented by Kenmore resident and projectionist Harry Coulter Williams. First used at the Majestic Theater in Akron and later at the Mink Theatre, the tear-resistant “Williams Perlite” vinyl plastic interior movie screen has been installed in all major theaters, including the rapidly expanding theaters built by Warner Bros. in nearby Youngstown, Ohio. Williams’ unique silver-tinted screens have been adapted for CinemaScope, VistaVision and later 3-D films. They provided a brighter image from all angles with maximum reflectivity for direct viewing and additional dispersion for side seating and balconies.
Carol Folt, 11th chancellor and 29th chief executive of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was born in Akron in 1951. She previously served as provost (chief fellow) and interim president of Dartmouth College. She assumed her duties on July 1, 2013 and became the first woman to lead the UNC.
Philosopher and logician Willard van Orman Quine was born and raised in Akron.
Rabbi Mendy Sasonkin and his wife Kayla, as emissaries of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, founded Chabad in Akron/Canton in 1989 year. In 1995, Rabbi Sasonkin became Rabbi of the Anshe Sfard Congregation.
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- Joyce Dyer, gum-dipped: daughter remembers rubber town. Akron: Akron University Press, 2003.
- Kathleen Endres, Akron’s better half: sororities and the humanization of the city, 1825–1925, Akron: University of Akron, 2006.
- Kathleen L. Endres, Rubber Rosie: Akron rubber workers during World War II. Kent: Kent State University Press, 2000
- Jack Geek, Ohio Canal Age Photo Album, 1825-1913, revised edition. Kent: Kent State University Press, 1992
- Jack Geek, “Early Akron’s Industrial Valley: A History of Cascade Castles.” Kent: Kent State University Press, 2008
- Alfred Winslow Jones, Life, Liberty and Property: A History of Conflict and the Measurement of Conflicting Rights. Akron: Akron University Press, 1999.
- SA Lane, Fifty or older, Akron and Summit County. Akron, 1892
- S. Love and David Giffels, “ Wheels of Fortune: A History of Rubber in Akron, Ohio.” Akron: Akron University Press, 1998.
- S. Love, Ian Adams and Barney Taxel, Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens. Akron: University of Akron, 2000.
- F. McGovern, Written in the Hills: Making the Landscape of Akron. Akron: Akron University Press, 1996.
- F. McGovern, Fun, Cheap, and Easy: My Life in Ohio State Politics, 1949-1964. Akron: University of Akron, 2002.
- Russ Musarra and Chuck Ayers, walking around Akron. Akron: University of Akron, 2007.
- Oscar E. Olin et al., Akron Centennial History, 1825-1925 Summit County Historical Society, 1925.
- John S. Reese, The Railroad Valley Tourist and Traveler’s Guide, revised edition. Kent: Kent State University Press, 2002.
- Yearbook of the Akron Chamber of Commerce, (1913–14)
external links
- Akron, Ohio at Curlie
- Akron City Official Site
- History of Akron and Summit County
- Geary, Linda L. (June 1989). Balanced in the wind: a biography… . ISBN 978-0-8387-5154-1 . Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- “Table 1. Annual Population Estimates for Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-01)”. Population estimate for 2009 . US Census Bureau, Population Division. March 23, 2010 Archived from the original (CSV) on February 10, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- “2000 US Population Estimate” . Archived from the original on October 15, 2006.
★ Top 12 tourist attractions in Ohio ★
Ohio is a state with perfect opportunities for travelers looking for a cosmopolitan experience, a small town retreat or a complete getaway to nature. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, and Dayton offer many of the state’s best cultural attractions, great shopping, and a full repertoire of things to do. Head to the countryside to discover the best of Amish country, or visit fun summer towns like Sandusky and spend an afternoon at an amusement park. From spring to fall, lakes and forests invite Ohio’s best outdoor adventures, many of which can be found in national and state parks. In winter, you can even try your luck on a boat ride on the lake. Regardless of the season, you can find exciting and exciting happenings in Ohio.
1 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
On the Cleveland Waterfront, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has become a place of pilgrimage for music fans. The museum offers an extraordinarily comprehensive look at the history of rock and roll over the course of decades, featuring all the great artists from different time periods. Among the seven floors of rock memorabilia, you’ll find unique musical instruments, costumes, and interactive exhibits. The inductee wing of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame must be present at the gallery during your visit. Renowned architect I.M. Pei designed the building, which is one of the most recognizable structures in Cleveland.
Address: 1100 Rock and Roll Boulevard, Cleveland, OH
Official Website: http://www.rockhall.com/
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2 National Museum of the US Air Force
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The National Museum of the United States Air Force is one of the best free things to do in Ohio. The museum is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton. With over 360 aerospace items to see, you’ll be taken through an aviation history time capsule with indoor and outdoor exhibits. The museum is of particular importance in Ohio, as locals Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the first successful airplane. From the invention of the Wright brothers to space travel, military aircraft and invisible technology, today you don’t have to be an aviation fanatic to enjoy a visit. One of the museum’s most notable areas is the Presidential Gallery, where you can walk through several preserved aircraft used by Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower.
Address: st. Spaatz 1100, AFB, Wright-Patterson, Dayton, OH
Official Website: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Home.aspx
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Cedar Point Amusement Park is one of Ohio’s most popular summer destinations. Located off Sandusky on the shores of Lake Erie, Cedar Point has over 17 world-class roller coasters, multiple playgrounds, and live entertainment. Adjacent to the amusement park is Cedar Point Shores Water Park, with the same thrilling adventure in the water. The park has a wave pool, a lazy river, shallow pools for kids, and a six-story aqua-drop waterslide for the truly adventurous. The resort has a variety of accommodation options, from camping to cabins or apartments at Cedar Point’s Breakers.
Address: One Cedar Point Drive, Sandusky, OH
Official Website: https://www.cedarpoint.com/
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4 Hocking Hills State Park
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Hocking Hills State Park near Logan is a popular rugged natural area among outdoor enthusiasts. The area has hiking trails, caves, campsites and cottages. It’s also one of the best weekend getaways, especially in autumn when the leaves change to vibrant colors in the wooded areas. The park’s naturalists hold regular events throughout the year on topics such as birdwatching; photo; caves; and hiking, including a popular winter hike that attracts thousands of participants. You can review the events calendar at Hocking Hills State Park before visiting the most updated programs. Local outfitters offer other outdoor adventure options including canoeing, ziplining and rock climbing. The best areas to visit in the park are Old Man’s Cave, Cedar Falls, Cantavel Rocks, Rock House, and Wheelchair Accessible Cave.
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5 Amish Country
Amish Country
Driving through the rocky landscape of Amish Country on a summer day is a great way to escape the city and see a simpler lifestyle at work. Amish buggies squeeze the roads and farmers work in the fields. Small communities offer stop-and-go opportunities for everything from household items to local cheeses, candies, ice cream, groceries and more. While Amish country spans five counties, the best places to start are 160 miles off the Amish coast, in Holmes County.
Address: 2445 Monroe Street, Toledo, Ohio
Official Website: http://www.toledomuseum.org
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Due to the unfavorable epidemiological situation, food and beverage services may be limited or unavailable. - Global Romance (1964) starring Bob Hope – Hugh Downes as himself
- Survival of Spaceship Earth (1972), interview with Rene Dubos, Margaret Mead and John D. Rockefeller III in documentary on Earth’s environmental crisis
- Nothing by Chance (1975), executive producer and narrator – a documentary about biplanes that raced across the border.
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- Someone Like You (2001) as Himself
- Sincerely… Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1960 (autobiography)
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- Calls tomorrow. Doubleday. 1970. An anthology of scientific papers by Downs [10]
- Potential: A Path to Emotional Maturity. Doubleday. 1973. ISBN 0-385-03742-2.
- Thirty dirty lies about old age. Argus. 1979. ISBN 0-89505-033-1.
- Best Years: How to Plan for Satisfaction, Security, and Happiness in Your Retirement Years. Delacorte Press hardcover. 1981. ISBN 0-385-28076-9.
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- On camera: My 10,000 hours on TV. Putnam. 1986. ISBN 0-399-13203-1. Thorndike Press, Large Print: ISBN 0-89621-788-4
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- Turner Publications. 1995. ISBN 1-57036-219-X. 50 excerpts from his ten-minute radio essays
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- Pure gold: life of love and marriage. Arizona State University Press. 2001. ISBN 0-9717160-0-5.
- Hugh Downes, ed. (2002). My America: What My Country Means to Me, 150 Americans from all walks of life. Scribner. ISBN 0-7432-3369-7. large print: ISBN 0-7432-4089-8
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Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is consistently ranked as one of the best zoos in the country. The zoo features over 10,000 animals and six regions such as Asia Quest, Heart of Africa, Congo Expedition and North America. There are regular performances and special educational programs throughout the year. Winter Draw – Wildlights, an exciting holiday with over three million lights throughout the zoo. This usually happens from the end of November on holidays. This is a unique way to see zoo animals at night and have fun on a winter walk in Ohio. Close to Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Zoombezi Bay Water Park , which is a popular addition to a day at the zoo in the summer.
Address: 4850 Powell Road, Powell, Ohio
Official website: https://www.columbuszoo.org/
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The Cincinnati Museum Center is a multi-museum complex in Union Terminal that provides visitors with a wide range of scientific, historical, and educational services. There are several museums with collective collections of 1.8 million items. Visitors can spend time exploring museums, including the Cincinnati History Museum, Duke Energy Children’s Museum, the Cincinnati History Library and Archives, and the Museum of Natural History and Science. This may be a multi-day visit. The center is worth a visit just to see the Art Deco 19 train station building30s.
Address: 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio
Official Website: http://www.cincymuseum.org/
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8 Franklin Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
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The Franklin Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Columbus is a year-round tourist attraction with indoor and outdoor exhibits as well as special exhibitions that change throughout the year. The horticultural establishment has exotic plant collections that will take you around the world. The conservatory is home to several glasshouses displaying over 400 plant species from the Himalayas, rainforests, deserts and Pacific islands. You can see the wedding during your visit to the Palm House, which is a popular backdrop for events. The Victorian-style glass conservatory was built in the late 1800s and is one of the site’s oldest and largest wings. There are 43 kinds of palms from all over the world in the exquisite glass room.
Address: 1777 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio
Official Website: http://www.fpconservatory.org/
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The Cleveland Museum of Art has been an institution in the city since its founding in 1916. K 19In the 1950s, he created an international reputation for his collection. The collection has grown and changed direction over the years, and the original neoclassical building has been expanded and renovated on numerous occasions. Today the museum focuses on a number of different areas, with outstanding collections of European, Asian and American art.
Address: 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH
Official website: http://www.clevelandart.org/
10 Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Akron
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Address: 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Ohio
Official Website: http://www.stanhywet.org/
11 Toledo Art Museum
the outstanding art museum of Toledo. For over 100 years, the museum has amassed an extensive collection that ranges from ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian works to American and European paintings, as well as modern and contemporary art. Of particular note is the collection of glass. Spread over 32 acres and six buildings, the main museum has a distinctive and grandiose Greek façade. The Glass Pavilion, opened in 2006, is a glass studio and galleries, a unique post-modern structure with many walls, including the outer one, made of glass.
Official website: http://www.toledomuseum.org/
12 Fountain Square, Cincinnati
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Fountain Square, Cincinnati’s central meeting place can fly outdoors in summer, ice skate in winter, and skate in offices and apartments. The Fountain Square Hotel is located in the heart of the expanding and vibrant Fountain Center area of Cincinnati. It offers fine dining and free music and entertainment throughout the year.The park’s main feature is the ornate Tyler Davidson Fountain, dedicated in 1871. Fountain Square is only a few blocks from Backstage, Cincinnati’s arts district, so many people gather in the square before or after theater and music performances.
Address: Fifth and Vine Streets, Cincinnati, Ohio
Official Website: http://myfountainsquare.com/
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These hospitals have made children’s health a priority, creating new treatments for everything from cancer to ear infections.
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Breakthroughs are born in the 1st place children’s hospitals in the initial parent survey. The survey, conducted in conjunction with medical consultants, sought to identify hospitals with a proven record of advancing medicine, as well as innovative ways to make young patients and their families more comfortable. The study also took into account the hospital’s adoption of the latest technology and its efforts to share its innovations with other pediatric centers.
“Paediatrics is a hotbed of innovation,” says Patricia McGavigan, vice president of safety programs at the Health Improvement Institute. Here are the top 20 children’s hospitals, highly rated for outstanding innovation and for their contributions to the world of childcare.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
Chemotherapy does not work for about 15 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. They often break or do not respond at all. Novartis was a pioneer in vehicle-assisted T-cell therapy and was the author of the book. Their scientists have deciphered how to remove a patient’s white blood cells, program them to fight leukemia, and return them to the patient, a concept scientists around the world have been working on for over 20 years.
“Treatment 80-90% of children went into remission, and more than half of them are still in remission,” says Stefan Group, MD, director of the CHOP Cancer Immunotherapy Program, which treats the first child, Emily Whitehead, with T cells. In 2012. Now she is in the eighth grade, she is cancer free and goes to the hospital twice a year for check-ups. “If you met Emily for the first time, you would never know what she went through,” says her father, Tom, who founded a foundation on her behalf to fund cancer research. Emily’s doctors are our heroes.
Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Seattle Children’s Hospital, part of the St. Balderick Foundation’s Pediatric Cancer Medicine Specialist Group, specializes in developing new treatments for many intractable childhood cancers. Doctors are currently working on a vaccine that will allow the reprogrammed T cells to survive longer in hopes of boosting success rates. “We’re also studying how to get T cells to attack solid tumors like neuroblastoma and brain tumors,” explains Mike Jensen, director of the Center for Childhood Cancer Research in Seattle.
Akron Children’s Hospital, Ohio.
And more than ever, children’s hospitals are prioritizing mental health. Mental health experts work alongside pediatricians at 26 of Akron Children’s Hospital’s 27 primary care locations in northern Ohio. “I felt like I had nowhere to catch up until I saw a notice about mental health services in my 8-year-old pediatrician’s waiting room,” says Mary Petko. “He has been diagnosed with ADHD and sees a psychologist once every two weeks in a normal setting. In addition, it is easy for his consultant and pediatrician to coordinate their medications. ”
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Baltimore.
You don’t expect to see kids in the ICU crawling down the hall on a scooter, but that’s exactly what’s happening at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Its researchers are leading a worldwide movement to reduce sedation for the most qualified patients by allowing them to get out of bed and do the normal things of a child.
A program called PICU Up! , about a study showing that children sleep better at night and recover faster when they are outside, building towers, dressing dolls, outdoor activities in the roof garden and walking down the hallway. “We have to give the kids a chance,” says program director Sapna Kodchdarkar. To be children, no matter how sick they are.”
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis.
The genome sequences of childhood cancer patients hold clues about causes and treatment ideas, but they are hidden in an incomparable amount of data. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the few medical centers that complete the complete genome of every patient (with their parents’ permission), has accelerated the process of collaborating with Microsoft and data management company DNAnexus to host one of its cloud systems. “A project that took us two years now requires a long weekend,” says Jinghui Zhang, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Computational Biology.
Since the launch of St. Jude Cloud in April helped confirm that mutations are associated with UV damage in childhood leukemia patients, suggesting that sun exposure may play a role. Next year, St. Jude plans to add data from the National Cancer Institute and others, which will increase the chances of switching more genetic links.
Yale Children’s Hospital New Haven, Connecticut.
Sick babies are usually taken to the intensive care unit of the hospital, while mothers stay in the maternity ward, which may be on another floor. But at Yale Children’s Hospital in New Haven, hospital moms and intensive care unit babies can live in the same room, called two-way care. “Knowing that I could recover in the same room as my baby was a boost for me during the terrible act,” says Jane Stover, whose son Anders was born seven weeks premature despite a safe pregnancy. “Being able to look at Anders at any time, even through monitors and wires, put my mind at ease and helped me recover. ”
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Instead of transferring fragile infants to another ward for critical examination, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has developed a miniaturized intensive care unit MRI machine that provides radiation-free imaging in as little as ten minutes. “We’ve been able to avoid sedatives in infants with additional methods such as swaddling,” says James Greenberg, MD, director of neonatology.
Golisano Children’s Hospital at Rochester Medical Center, New York.
The new brain medical device at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Golisano Children’s Hospital combines two combined scans (MRI and PET) to perform only a basic stress reduction procedure. It is the first child care facility to have such equipment and is exquisitely decorated to resemble a pirate ship. Children can even watch a movie during the examination while being “on board” the ship for treatment.
University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis.
Because the young child’s brain is still adapting, eliminating early stress and anxiety reduces the risk of problems later in life. The Mainesco Children’s Hospital at the University of Minnesota has created a unique Birth-to-Third Health and Mental Health Program for young children who have demonstrated fear or poor impulse control.
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Gay M. Crooks, MD, UCLA physician at Mattel Hospital, specializes in treating childhood cancer, learning how to produce T cells with anti-cancer properties, or for patients whose cells are not available or strong enough to undergo this treatment. Another bonus for patients at Mattel? Children can dine with parents and children in the Family Resource Room during private dinners sponsored by community groups.
Ann and Robert H. Hospital. Baby Lori in Chicago.
Who better to develop children’s health from children’s hospital specialists? For parents of premature babies at the Ann and Robert H. Lowry Children’s Hospital in Chicago, the NICU2HOME app (free and available January 1, 2019 on iOS and Android) provides a “Journey Map” to track your child’s progress, personalized learning materials, and a secure connection for send updates to family and friends. A study of the earlier version showed that the app made parents feel more ready to implement and more confident in their desires.
But the technological solutions don’t stop there. For parents who can’t stay in their child’s room during daily bedside rounds in the pediatric intensive care unit, the hospital has created a secure app that works like FaceTime to share them.
Colorado Children’s Hospital, Aurora.
After observing a pulmonologist using a small endoscope during surgery on a child, Joel Friedlander, DO, a pediatric gastroenterologist at Colorado Children’s Hospital, wondered if the same endoscope could be used to biopsy the esophagus in patients with inflammation commonly associated with food allergies. I tried it and it worked, switching to an all day procedure and general anesthesia during the session, which now takes five minutes. Children sit on a chair to receive a drop of lidocaine in each nostril, appear in virtual reality glasses, have an endoscopy, and then return to school. “Performing this procedure gives parents the opportunity to see everything and hold the child by the hand, and is also a kind of therapy for both the child and the parent,” says Dr. Friedländer.
However, the hospital’s efforts to reassure families are not limited to medical advances. He also uses Seacrest Studios (nationally supported by the Ryan Seacrest Foundation) for his TV shows.
Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC.
Children’s National Health System doctors have come up with a better way to treat children with osteosarcomas, benign bone tumors. Standard treatment requires drilling into the muscles and irradiating the area with radiation, but the new method uses the energy of sound waves to destroy the tumor, reducing the risk of complications and speeding up the child’s recovery.
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A pediatric allergist at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s has patented an alternative EpiPen that does not need to be stuck into the skin. Simply place the device, called Medeject, on your skin, press and hold the button for five seconds as a small needle injects life-saving medication. The device will be kept by its inventor, Le Kearns M. Dr.. It will be commercially available in a few years, and it will come in different sizes, including for babies and toddlers.
Another nifty invention from UH Rainbow & Kids: heated surgical beds that keep temperature-sensitive animals warm during operations in the ICU.
Pediatric care in Atlanta.
Babies born at Atlanta Children’s Health Center with Achromatic Left Heart Syndrome, a birth defect in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped, may soon receive small patches of previously discarded cardiac stem cells. “We think patches strengthen the right side of the heart so it can compensate, while clinicians redirect blood to the left side through a series of processes,” says Michael E. Davis, Ph.D., director of the Children’s Center for Heart and Outcome Research.
Elderly hospital patients are given a different dose of medicine, even if it’s amazing, to please their hearts: 16 dogs are treated to collectible cards. Kids can collect all their favorite furry friends before they show up.
UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh.
For babies and young children, the side effects of antibiotics commonly used to treat ear infections can be as bad as the problem itself. Diarrhea or rash exacerbates the suffering of nearly a third of children aged 6 to 23 months receiving standard treatment, a ten-day combination of amoxicillin and clavulanate. But research at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh shows that reducing clavulanate reduces the chance of side effects by more than a third, and also returns children to their happy state.
“In our study, only 1% of parents stopped giving antibiotics with less clavulanate content due to side effects compared to 10% of children who were given the usual amount,” says researcher Alejandro Huberman, MD, and increasing the likelihood of resistance to antibiotics. The new formulas will undergo final testing for FDA approval within two years.
Wisconsin Children’s Hospital, Milwaukee.
Children with diabetes need to check their blood sugar four to ten times a day, and keeping track of the information can be terrible. To help, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin has developed the BLUELOOP app for iOS and Android ($8/month, no charge for those who can’t afford it). This great tool allows parents to log blood sugar levels, carbs and add comments. You can share information with your child’s doctors and make visits more effective.
Children’s National Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
State-of-the-art Nationwide Children’s Hospital Trauma Research Center makes the world a safer place by putting actionable information in the palm of your hand. The Make Safe Happen app, in partnership with Nationwide Insurance, is filled with safety lists for every age, calendar reminders to change smoke detector batteries, and even conversations with instructions on how to prepare your kids for emergencies. (Free for iOS and Android)
While safety is paramount, play is also a priority when it comes to accomplishments in the hospital’s Family Services and Volunteers department: The team teamed up with engineering students from Ohio State University in Columbus to gift lockable toy guitars and plush toys to children. with fine motor skills minute or minute. Kids can simply press one big button on their customized toy to activate all the fun features.
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printer. Glenn Greene, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pediatric Otolaryngology, helped develop a low-cost custom implant using CT scans to determine the exact size needed. The implant is sewn around the patient’s airways and helps them grow normally. A tire made from a material that biodegrades over several years.
Boston Children’s Hospital.
To reduce surgery time, Boston Children’s Hospital and other innovative children’s centers create XNUMXD models that doctors practice before complex surgery. “When I used it for complex brain surgeries, we cut the operating time from five to six hours,” says Ed Smith, MD, a pediatric neurosurgeon at the hospital.
Boston Children’s Hospital has also created a digital platform called Circulation, which makes it easy for families to find an appointment. This technology is now available in 1,600 healthcare facilities in 45 states.
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Hugh Downs is an American retired television host, broadcaster, news anchor, television producer, author, game show host, and composer. He was born on February 14, 1921. He is best known for his roles as co-host of NBC News Today from 1962–71. He has also hosted the game show Concentration since he was 19.58 to 69 and was an anchor for ABC News 20/. 20 from 1978 to 99. He was also an announcer and assistant starring Jack Paar, host of the PBS talk show Over Easy, and co-host of the syndicated talk show Not for Women Only.
Age of Hugh Downes | Birthday
Downs was born February 14, 1921 in Akron, Ohio United States of America . He celebrates his birthday every year on February 14th. Hugh turns 99 in 2020.
Hugh Downes Height
Downes is an average person. He stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches
Hugh Downes parents
Downes was born in 1921 in Akron, Ohio, the son of Edith (née Hicks) and Milton Howard Downes, who worked in business.
Hugh Downes’ wife
He married his colleague Ruth Shaheen in 1944, three days after his 23rd birthday.
Hugh Downes Sleep | Deirdre Downes
He has a son named Deirdre Downes.
Hugh Downes Salary
Downs has been in the film media industry for quite some time. He undoubtedly amassed a huge fortune, most of his fortune coming from his professional journalistic career. Despite his apparent wealth, Hugh prefers to lead a modest lifestyle. However, the details of his salary are still being considered.
Hugh Downes Net Worth
Downes has a long career in the journalism industry spanning nearly three decades. Thanks to the income from his job as an anchor, he was able to amass a huge fortune. Hugh’s fortune is estimated at about $20 million.
Hugh Downes Early Life
Downs was born in 1921 in Akron, Ohio to Edith Hicks and Milton Howard Downes, who worked in business. He was educated at Lima Shawnee High School in Lima, Ohio; Bluffton College, a Mennonite school in Bluffton, Ohio; and Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan during the period 1938–41.
After his first year of college, he worked as a radio announcer and program director at WLOK in Lima, Ohio. At 1940, he moved to WWJ in Detroit. Downs served in the US Army during World War II in 1943 and then joined NBC’s WMAQ radio network as an announcer in Chicago, Illinois, where he lived until 1954. While at WMAQ, Downs also performed, including as a “co-pilot”. on the Uncle Ned Squadron program in 1951. He married his colleague Ruth Shaheen in 1944, three days after his 23rd birthday. He also attended Columbia University in New York at 1955–56.
Hugh Downes Education
He was educated at Lima Shawnee High School in Lima, Ohio; Bluffton College, a Mennonite school in Bluffton, Ohio; and Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan during the period 1938–41.
Hugh Downes Career
He is the son of Edith and Milton Howard Downs, who worked in business. He attended Lima Shawnee High School in Lima, Ohio; Bluffton College, a Mennonite school in Bluffton, Ohio; and Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan between 1938 to 1941.
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After his first year of college, he worked as a radio announcer and program director at WLOK in Lima, Ohio. Later, in 1940, he transferred to WWJ in Detroit. During World War II in 1943, Downes served in the United States Army and later joined NBC’s WMAQ radio network as an announcer in Chicago, Illinois, where he lived until 1954. Back at WMAQ, Downs also acted as a “co-pilot”. »On the Uncle Ned Squadron program at 1951 years old.
Downs made his first television news broadcast from the still experimental studio WBKB-TV, now WBBM-TV, in September 1945, a station then owned by Paramount Pictures’ theater subsidiary Balaban and Katz.
In 1950, Downes became a regular television viewer, announcing the first successful television series, Hawkins Falls, sponsored by Lever Brothers Surf. He also hosted Burr Tillstrom’s children’s show Doll, Fran and Ollie from the NBC studios at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart after the network took over the program from WBKB. March 19At age 54, Downs moved to New York to accept the position of announcer for Pat Weaver’s The House Show, starring Arlene Francis. The program lasted until August 1957. From 1956–1956, he was also the host of Sid Caesar’s “Caesar Hour”. 57 seasons and one of NBC Radio’s “Communicators” from 1955 to 1959. Downes became a bona fide broadcaster as Jack Paar’s host on The Tonight Show from mid-1957, when he replaced Franklin Pangborn, until Paar’s departure in March 1962. and then continued hosting The Tonight Show until the summer of 1962 years when Ed Herlihy took the reins and continued to host until October 1, 1962, when Johnny Carson took over the show and brought in Ed McMahon as his announcer. .
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He graduated from Hunter College with a master’s degree in gerontology while hosting the PBS television program on aging, Over Easy, which aired from 1977 to 1983. In later years, he rose to prominence as an Emmy Award-winning co-anchor, pairing again with Walters of the ABC TV news show 20/20, a primetime newsmagazine program, from the show’s second episode at 1978 until his retirement in 1999.
In 1985, Downes was inducted into the International Air and Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
In 1985, he was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the record holder for the most hours on network commercial television “15,188 hours”, although in 2004 he lost the record for the most hours on all types of television to Regis Philbin. … Downes, the composer who was published, was the host of the PBS classical music show Live from Lincoln Center from 1990-96.
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Hugh Downs today
On August 25, 1958, Downs simultaneously began his more than a decade-long series hosting the original version of the Concentration game show. He also hosted the NBC Today Show for nine years from September 1962 to October 1971, and co-hosted the syndicated television program Not for Women Only with Barbara Walters in 1975 and 76. He also appeared as a panelist on the television game show To Tell the Truth, and in an episode featuring himself on the NBC police comedy series Car 54, Where Are You?, set in New York City.
Hugh Downs Health
He has also appeared in commercials for Bottom Line Publications, including their greatest treasure trove of health secrets, and in another commercial as a personal trainer. He also made a commercial for ‘Where there is a will, there will be an A’ in 2003. Its commercials have since generated controversy, with many claiming the products are scams.
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Hugh Downes Death
American TV presenter Hugh Downes has died at the age of 99.
The Downs family says Hugh passed away peacefully on Wednesday at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona and was surrounded by his family.
His career spanned over 60 years. Notably, Downs was a co-host on NBC Today from 1962-1971, he later hosted 20/20 on ABC from 1978 to 1999 and announced Tonight starring Jack Paar.
He also hosted the Concentration game show from 1958 to 1969 year.
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Facts about Hugh Downs
Here are a few facts about Downs that should not be missed. Full name : Hugh Malcolm Downes
Date of birth : February 14, 1921
Place of birth : Akron, Ohio, United States of America
Nationality : American
Marital Status : Ruth Shaheen
Height: 5’3″
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Who is Hugh?
Downs is a retired American television personality, broadcaster, news anchor, television producer, author, game show host, and composer.
How old is Downs?
Hugh, US citizen, age 14 th February 1921, Akron, Ohio.
How tall is Hugh?
Downes stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches
Is Downes married?
Yes, he was married to Hugh in 1944. They married in 1944 and together they have two children.
How much is Hugh worth?
Downs’ net worth is about $20 million. This amount was received for his leading roles in the entertainment industry.
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Where does Downs live?
For security reasons, Hugh did not give his exact location. We will update this information immediately if we receive the location and images of his home.
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A trip to Greece is a journey through time. The Acropolis of Athens and the Parthenon are impressive examples of ancient Greek architecture. But Athens attracts not only antiquities. New areas of the city are the center of modern culture and a paradise for fans of shopping, and the numerous islands located along the Greek coast are a dream come true for any beach lover. Snow-white houses with blue roofs and doors, scattered along the coast, resemble a postcard come to life. Indulge in a blissful holiday on the beaches of Crete or arm yourself with a scuba gear and explore the underwater world of Zakynthos – in any case, you will not be bored on your vacation.
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Spain is not accidentally so popular among tourists. An unparalleled atmosphere reigns in Santiago de Compostela, the end point of the Way of St. James, a famous pilgrimage route that still attracts visitors from all over the world today. Those who want to soak up the hot climate should head to the south of Spain, to Seville. The aroma of blossoming orange trees fills you with the joy of life, and the sight of graceful bright buildings from the time of Moorish rule uplifts your mood. Almost in the center of the country is the capital of Spain, Madrid, with numerous attractions. Be sure to try the traditional tapas and the churros con chocolate dessert.
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This country embodies the harsh northern beauty. A land of deep fjords and dense forests, covered in legends, provides a huge number of opportunities for recreation. Here you can fish, go hiking, swim and just enjoy life. The city of Bergen, whose ancient Hanseatic embankment is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, is famous for its Fish Market, where you can taste traditional Norwegian dishes. Austrian Airlines flights will take you to the Norwegian capital Oslo or to the ports of Kristiansand and Bergen. From there you can continue your journey by car, bus, train or boat. If you’re ready to head further north, Austrian Airlines will take you to Bodø or Evenes Airport (Harstad-Narvik), north of the Arctic Circle.
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Romania may be different. In Wallachia, these are endless plains, and in the Carpathians and Transylvania, mountain valleys that seem cut off from the outside world. The Danube Delta is famous for its unique flora and fauna and is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Where the widely spread Danube flows into the Black Sea, many popular resorts are located. But there is plenty to see further away from the coast, such as the well-preserved medieval quarters in the cities of Brasov and Sibiu, the latter being the European Capital of Culture in 2007. To enjoy the sights of Romania, book a flight with Austrian Airlines to the capital Bucharest or the cities of Baia Mare, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi, Sibiu or Timisoara.
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No wonder France is considered one of the most romantic countries in the world. Rich in historical sights and architectural monuments, Paris is the capital of love itself. In addition to the famous Louvre, the monumental Eiffel Tower and the majestic Notre Dame Cathedral, the hallmarks of Paris are the snow-white Sacré-Coeur Basilica and the colorful Montmartre district with the world-famous Moulin Rouge club. Outside of Paris, there are beautiful castles, ski resorts and azure shores. In this elegant country, a unique atmosphere reigns, in which delicate aromas of perfume and fresh pastries are intertwined. Sounds of chanson and church bells. Exquisite cuisine and expensive wine. Having visited France, you will not be able to resist its charm and you will certainly want to return there again.
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Croatia’s Adriatic coast is a favorite beach destination. Especially popular among tourists are the Istrian peninsula and the rocky coast of Dalmatia near the city of Dubrovnik. A truly Mediterranean atmosphere reigns on the countless islets of the Kornati archipelago. But even far from the coast, there are places to swim or fish: numerous lakes and rivers, such as the Danube, Sava or Mura, are at your service. The Plitvice Lakes National Park, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, is also widely known with stunningly beautiful waterfalls. Enjoy the beauties of Croatia. Austrian Airlines will take you to Bol, Split, Dubrovnik or directly to the capital Zagreb.
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The Czech Republic has no access to the sea, but it is rich in picturesque mountains: Šumava, Krušne Gori, the Sudetes and their part of the Giant Mountains, the highest point of which is Snezhka . Ancient towns such as Karlovy Vary or Pilsen and picturesque villages, among others, will delight you with local delights such as succulent roast pork with dumplings and cabbage or mushrooms, as well as the famous Czech beer. Book tickets for a direct flight with Austrian Airlines to Prague, the capital and cultural center of the Czech Republic. The city, located on the picturesque banks of the Vltava, is often compared to Paris and Budapest, but Prague is something very special. What is the Prague Castle alone with St. Vitus Cathedral worth!
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Let yourself be enchanted by the magnificent and diverse nature of Switzerland. Here you are guaranteed an excellent holiday at any time of the year. Skiing in the winter Alps, mountain hiking and mountain climbing in the summer, attractions and cultural and entertainment programs of cities – Switzerland has something to offer for every taste. Soak up the atmosphere of the old town in Zurich, discover the secrets of Swiss watchmakers in Geneva, visit the famous jazz festival in Montreux or enjoy the atmosphere of the Mediterranean resorts in the middle of the Alps – in Lugano. Holidays in Switzerland without chocolate? It’s impossible! Don’t forget to take more with you.
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For many, Sweden is associated primarily with the heroes of Astrid Lindgren’s books – Emil from Lönneberga and Roni, the daughter of a robber. When you come to Sweden, you will find that in reality this Scandinavian country is even more beautiful than in children’s books. Crystal-clear lakes beckon you to take a dip; among the wide fields and dense forests, traditional multi-colored houses are scattered. Austrian Airlines will take you to Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö or the picturesque port and university town of Luleå in Swedish Lapland. If you’re lucky, you’ll see a moose on holiday, one of the country’s most popular symbols.
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Iceland
The land of fire and ice, the kingdom of elves and trolls, the birthplace of the heroes of ancient sagas – all this is Iceland, an incredibly beautiful island on the northern outskirts of Europe. Almost a third of the country’s population lives in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. The Althing, the oldest parliament in Western Europe, has been meeting in the Thingvellir Valley for centuries. In 2004, Thingvellir National Park was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The close proximity of volcanoes and glaciers forms a unique landscape. Here you can see active volcanoes, such as Hekla, or ride a snowmobile on the Vatnajökull glacier. In Iceland, you can always soak in warm water: the country is famous for its thermal springs, the most famous of which is the Blue Lagoon. Hot springs are mentioned even in ancient sagas. But keep in mind: it is strictly forbidden to disturb the elves!
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Sacred places, trendy clubs, healing waters of the Dead Sea and great weather, that’s all – Israel. In this country, everyone will find something to their liking. History buffs will be able to visit the most ancient city in the Middle East – Jerusalem. A city of three religions, combining many different cultures, a sacred place for Jews, Muslims and Christians, where pilgrims from all over the world arrive daily. Fans of outdoor activities will definitely like Tel Aviv, the cultural and entertainment center of Israel, which combines resort holidays and vibrant nightlife. A bustling atmosphere, versatile local cuisine, and friendly people make Israel a great destination for your next holiday.
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Jordan
Jordan is an amazing country of contrasts, full of legends and legends. Lovers of history and art will be interested in visiting its historical and holy places, numerous medieval mosques, churches and historical monuments. Spa and medical tourism connoisseurs will be able to relax their body and soul at the Dead Sea and plunge into the healing waters of hot springs. Those who love outdoor activities will certainly enjoy diving, snorkeling and other sea sports that are offered here at affordable prices. Jordan’s capital Amman is an important economic and cultural center with numerous museums, shops and oriental markets. Here, among the hills of the “White City”, under the bright sun of the desert, you can feel all the beauty and sophistication of the East.
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Iraq
The State of Iraq is one of the most ancient and remarkable places in the world. After all, it was here that the famous Babylon was built – the oldest city on the planet – and the legendary cultures of Parthia, Assyria, Persia and Akkad were born. Alexander the Great visited this unique country, tourists will be interested in visiting the ancient city of Baghdad, the port city of Basra – the birthplace of Sinbad the Sailor – and the holy cities of Karbala and An-Najaf. Iraq has amazing mosques, narrow streets and bustling markets. As well as many restaurants where you can taste the national dishes of this colorful country. If earlier it was impossible to get to Iraq, then today almost everyone can touch the ancient secrets of the mysterious East.
Flight Erbil
Iran
Iran is a country where the tales of the Thousand and One Nights come to life. The Golestan Palace, whose facade is decorated with tiled patterns of incredible beauty and complexity, seemed to be transferred to us straight from the story of Scheherazade. You can wander endlessly around the Grand Bazaar in Tehran. With many stalls, exotic goods and enterprising traders, this market is a very special world. Here you will find souvenirs for every taste. Located in the middle of the desert, the ancient oasis of Isfahan will amaze you with its majestic and graceful architecture. At Imam Square, you can cozy up with the locals and have a picnic or just enjoy the leisurely flow of life.
Flight Tehran
China
Mysterious China invites its guests to visit two opposite worlds at the same time – firstly, modern megacities with colossal skyscrapers, large shopping centers and various modern entertainments, and secondly, many examples of traditional Chinese architecture, including including majestic temples and small houses with sloping roofs, where local Chinese honor ancient traditions and sip tea slowly. Today, China is the tourist center of Asia, which annually receives a huge number of inquisitive foreigners. Arriving in China, you can visit countless unique architectural monuments, admire the rural landscapes and, of course, climb the world-famous Great Wall of China.
Flight Shanghai
Mauritius
Mauritius is a tropical paradise, an emerald island with a strip of white sandy beaches, luxurious hotels and extinct volcanoes. Here you can take riding lessons, go surfing, start a friendly game of tennis or golf, go fishing. Fishing on the high seas is one of the main attractions of Mauritius. Record specimens of blue marlin are caught here at any time of the year. Diving also occupies a special place among the entertainment of the island: the rich underwater world of Mauritius attracts divers from all over the world. The local cuisine is a colorful mixture of different culinary traditions – from Indian and Chinese to French and British. You should definitely try the curry with local spices and coconut milk cocktail with rum
Flight Mauritius
Maldives
The Maldives is warm, calm ocean, white sand beaches and colorful tropical vegetation. It is not surprising that newlyweds often choose the Maldives. Here, lying in the shade of coconut trees, you can look at the endless blue sky, listen to the sound of the surf and feel like in a Bounty advertisement. One of the most popular activities on the islands is diving. The stunning coral reefs are home to 1,100 species of fish, 5 species of sea turtles and 21 species of whales and dolphins. Travelers will also be interested in visiting the National Museum, Sultan Park and numerous mosques in the capital – Male. The national cuisine of the islands consists mainly of rice, fish and coconut milk, as befits such an exotic paradise.
Flight man
Thailand
Today, Thailand is one of the most popular Asian countries, attracting tourists from all over the world. Tourists are waiting for snow-white beaches, turquoise sea and a high level of service. The natural diversity of Thailand allows everyone to choose entertainment to their taste. Whether it’s big shopping centers and trendy nightclubs where the nightlife is bubbling, or tropical islands where you can get away with nature or go diving. Of the historical sights in Thailand, there are mysterious Buddhist temples, magnificent palaces with intricate Asian decor and monumental sculptural compositions with a long history. A special flavor of Thailand are well-groomed gardens, parks and reserves, where you can ride elephants or feed crocodiles.
Flight Bangkok
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Flight CairoCanada
Canada is, first of all, amazingly beautiful nature, picturesque landscapes, national parks with mineral springs, glacial lakes and ski resorts. It is impossible not to mention the world-famous Niagara Falls falling from a height of 50 m – a miracle of nature and one of the attractions of Canada and the United States. In Canada, you can walk along the historical routes of the indigenous people and European colonists, visit ancient cities or walk around the ultra-modern shopping centers, doing shopping. Winter sports are popular in Maple Leaf Country and water activities of interest to tourists, such as river rafting and rowing, are enjoyed in many parts of the country. In the northern regions of Canada, from September to April, the mesmerizing northern lights are observed.
Flight Montreal
USA
The United States of America receives more than 50 million tourists every year, arriving here at any time of the year. In winter you can ski here, and in summer you can relax on the numerous beaches, rivers and lakes. The diverse landscape of the United States is represented by hot deserts, dense forests, mountain ranges, northern lakes, traditional resort towns on the ocean shore. New York is one of the most famous cities in the world – the center of shopping, the city of skyscrapers and the very embodiment of the American dream. Another symbol of the United States is Los Angeles, a place of pilgrimage for all fans of the film industry, an international center of culture, fashion and cinema.