Prior to the launch of the community planning process, over 150 stakeholders, representing hundreds of cultural organizations, artists, and residents throughout the city, were engaged to ensure the cultural planning process was equitable, engaged best practices, and ensured all voices were represented. The significant and in-depth input from stakeholders formed the basis of the overall community engagement strategy. 

  • 91.3 The Summit

  • Acid Cats

  • Akron Art Museum

  • Akron Children’s Museum

  • Akron Children’s Hospital

  • Akron City Council

  • Akron Civic Commons

  • Akron Civic Theatre

  • Akron Community Foundation

  • Akron Film Collective

  • Akron Parks Collaborative

  • Akron Public Schools

  • Akron Soul Train

  • Akron Summit County
    Public Library

  • Akron Symphony Orchestra

  • Akron Waterways Renewed

  • Akron Zoo

  • Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank

  • Akron/Summit County Convention & Visitors Bureau

  • Alchemy, Inc

  • Amber Cullen Art, LLC

  • Arlington Church of God

  • Art Bomb Brigade

  • Art of Matt Miller

  • Art Speaks Ohio

  • ArtsCleveland

  • ArtSparks

  • ArtxLove

  • Big Love Network

  • Bluff Blue Door

  • Build Corp

  • City of Akron

  • Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley  National Park

  • Corbin Foundation

  • Countryside

  • County of Summit

  • Crafty Mart

  • Crain’s Cleveland Business

  • Creative StartUps

  • Curated Storefront

  • Design Innovation Initiative,
    Kent State University

  • Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities

  • Don Drumm Studios

  • Downtown Akron Partnership

  • Dreams Academy

  • East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation

  • environmntl

  • EY

  • Friends of Metro Parks

  • FRONT International

  • GAINS

  • GAR Foundation

  • Goodyear

  • Growing Mindz

  • Hale Farm & Village

  • Hands On Sustainability

  • Harwick Standard Distribution

  • Hazel Tree Design Studio

  • Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival

  • Himalayan Arts Language & Cultural Academy (HALCA)

  • House of Kung Fu

  • Hower House

  • Huntington Bank

  • Inlet Dance Theatre

  • Jaron LeGrair Studio

  • Jewish Community Board
    of Akron

  • Kenmore Neighborhood Alliance

  • Kent State University

  • Kent State University,
    School of Theatre and Dance

  • Knight Foundation

  • Krunchworks

  • Leandra Drumm Designs

  • Lieberth Consulting Group

  • Love Akron Network

  • Magical Theatre Company

  • Akron’s Senior Citizen Commission

  • Mural Arts Philadelphia

  • Mustard Seed Market & Cafe

  • National Center for Choreography at The University of Akron

  • Neighborhood Network

  • New Millennium Baptist Church

  • New World Performance Lab

  • Northeast Ohio Healing Alliance

  • Ohio and Erie Canalway Coalition

  • Ohio Shakespeare Festival

  • One View Communications

  • Peg’s Foundation

  • QuTheatr

  • Research Triangle Foundation

  • Roetzel & Andress

  • Rubber City Theatre

  • Shane Wynn Photography

  • South Street Ministries

  • St. Sebastian Church

  • Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens

  • Students with a Goal (SWAG)

  • Summit Artspace

  • Summit Choral Society

  • Summit County ADM Board

  • Summit County Historical Society

  • Summit County Landbank

  • Summit County Environmental Sustainability Task Force

  • Summit DD

  • Summit Education Initiative

  • Summit Food Coalition

  • Summit Metro Parks

  • The Chameleon Village

  • Tuesday Musical

  • UDS

  • University of Akron

  • University of Akron Theater and Arts Administration

  • University of Akron, Buchtel College of Art and Sciences

  • University of Akron, Cummings Center for the History of Psychology

  • University of Akron, EX[L] Center

  • University of Akron, Myers School of Art

  • VIBE Collective

  • Weathervane Playhouse

  • Well Community Development Corporation

  • Woodrow Nash Studios

  • YEPAW

CULTURAL PLAN: Table of Contents

  • Planning Foundations

  • Equity Statement

  • Letters of Support

  • Akron Landscape

  • Akron’s Creative Economy

  • Cultural Landscape

  • Mapping Cultural Assets

  • Cultural Planning Process

  • Public Priorities Overview

    • #1 Equity

    • #2 Accessibility

    • #3 Education

    • #4 Talent

    • #5 Engagement

    • #6 Resources

    • #7 Connections

    • #8 Placemaking

    • #9 Economic Impact

    • #10 Public Art

  • Implementation Strategy

  • Acknowledgments

  • Appendices