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The best community solutions often arise from connected people and organizations working together across sectors and subject areas to leverage their strengths.

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Major Initiatives

Elevate Greater Akron

Elevate Greater Akron is a collaboration of government, business, and civic leaders working together to bring greater prosperity to the Greater Akron region.

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Students at the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center. Photo by Anthony Boarman

Major Initiatives

Essential Experiences

Essential Experiences℠ provides preschool through fifth-grade students at Akron Public Schools with a meaningful co-curricular field study.

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GroundWorks DanceTheater dancers Madison Pineda, Matthew Saggiomo and Ahna Bonnette (left to right) in David Shimotakahara's "Aperture." Photo: Dale Dong

Major Initiatives

Akron/Summit Cultural Plan

The Akron/Summit Cultural Plan is an investment in Akron’s future as an innovative and creative place to live.

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2019 Cultural Plan: Torchbearers' Emerging Leaders Event

Major Initiatives

ArtsForward

ArtsForward is a grant program operated by ArtsNow that provides resources to support projects and programs that move the Akron/Summit Cultural Plan’s ten key priorities forward.…

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Major Initiatives

IN-Akron

Immigration Network-Akron (IN-Akron) is a community-wide connection of program and service providers in the Akron-area focused on the shared goal of seeing every immigrant and…

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