Simply the most amazing promotional piece for any hotel anywhere…

A little old lady yelled at me as I rode my bicycle into work this morning. “You should be on the sidewalk!” she screamed out of her passenger side car window as we proceeded down Exchange Street near Akron General Hospital. Oh, yeah, little old lady? Why don’t you get a clue and read the newspaper?!

Akron and Ohio have so much going for them. It is time to take pride in where we live. Take it from a new-comer who is happy and proud to be back in the Midwest as an Akron resident in the great Buckeye State.

In 1916, Harvey Firestone embarked on creating a neighborhood with tree-lined boulevards curved around a central park to accommodate his growing work force. He saw many families of different income levels living together in diverse styles of homes. He saw churches, schools and stores within walking distance…