…we will be back to our regularly scheduled content (waterways, trash mitigation, and more) after this weekend’s Fall Pop-Up event that we are sponsoring for our community. While you’re waiting, please enjoy a little look at this trouble spot one of our next project areas.
Why is the Fall Pop-Up such a big day? “Over the years, residents have watched this site that held so many fond memories fall to ruin. To have the opportunity to gather the community and the city together to share ideas that will one day bring back the vitality of this site is an honor.”,…
This video is a record of a community wanting to take action and fix an issue that had been bothering them for a long time. Kary Burns-Bailey and Harley Bailey reached out to Summit Soil and Water Conservation District earlier in the year about a watershed running through Hyre Park and their back yard. They…
Our small group of residents met Wednesday to add more finishing touches on the event plans which including installing event banners!! Please help us get the word out by sharing our posts and telling your friends and neighbors. It will only be a success if people attend! Thank you!!
Long story short, enter Summit Soil and Water Conservation District and River Guardians Ohio. Sarah from SSWCD and I along with the property owner and 4 of her young children, built a trash boom, installed it and then proceeded to remove about 450 pounds of trash in a couple hours. Best part of the entire…
The city dropped off some nice cement trash cans as part of the activation of the former Young’s site on Nesmith Lake.. AND our Fall pop-up 🍁 to be held Sat., Oct. 17th from Noon- 4 pm! – we hope to see 👀you there!!
Picnic tables and some trash cans have already arrived for the Fall Popup Event noon to 4, October 17 where we will be having fun, eating good and looking for your input on what you would like to see at the site in the future! City of Akron, River Guardians Ohio, Ward 9 Councilwoman and…
Walked into the festival site and what did we see… Zero Waste Event Productions with Shanon and Rural Action with John! I originally stopped to ask if they were separating water bottles because River Guardians Ohio could use them! They said yes and we will be picking some up at the end of the event….
You may have noticed that the site of the former Youngs restaurant has been getting a makeover in recent weeks. It’s part of a collaboration between the City of Akron, OH Ward 9 Councilperson Tina Brode Boyes, a small group of Castle homes/ Kenmore residents and River Guardians Ohio to reactivate this site once again….
Come join us some time during the dates and times listed on the flyer. We will be cleaning out the trash collected in the .75 mile stretch of waterway with the community. We have already deployed strategic trash booms in a few areas so once we get this section cleaned up it will stay cleaned…