City of Akron employees spent some volunteer time with River Guardians Ohio pulling out 446 pounds of trash below the storm water outfall off of Cordova, much of which has been collecting there since 1962! The crew commented that every step they took had trash underneath and could only hear the crunching of plastic. The…
Its was a dirty job but someone had to do it! Actually, went down to remove this boom for a number of logistical reasons but the plan is to repurpose it in a couple of locations over the weekend by splitting it, cleaning it and giving it a new home on Summit Lake and the…
The area in this video is the headwaters of a couple storm sewer outfalls. Every time it rains, trash pours in and for the past few months, we have been catching and removing it right here. “The Trash Stops Here!” In addition, we have started the long hard process of removing the phragmites where we…
I must say that working with Let’s Grow Akron, the Black Hawk Foundation and in this case Jeff Wilhite from Summit County Council has been and continues to be inspirational to say the least. Over the past year I have witnessed the dreams of a few folks dedicated to giving back blossoming into a reality….