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Two-time winner of the All-American City Award: 1980-1981 and 1995-1996
1st place in the City Livability
Award competition by the United States Conference of Mayors in
1999
High Quality affordable housing
Founded in 1825 by Simon Perkins and developed into a canal town on the Ohio & Erie Canals
Median Household Income $39,381
Median Age 34.2
World-reknowned center of Polymer Research
6,600 acres of Metroplitan Parks
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
Hale Farms
Home of the Ohio Ballet and The Akron Symphony
E..J. Thomas Performing Arts Center
Blossom Music Center
Akron Art Museum
Inventure Place & The Inventors Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame Canton, Ohio
Stan Hywet Hall
Canal Park home to the Akron Aeros. The Cleveland Indians AA baseball team
Home of the All-American Soap Box Derby
Hunting , Fishing, Boating, hiking, and swimming
Akron Zoological Society
Quaker Square, former site of the Quaker Oats Company
Home of the world's largest model train display
Theater, Shopping and major Sporting events
NEC Invitational Golf Tournament and numerous private and public golf courses
Six Flags Amusement Park
Fifty-four Fortune 500 companies have facilities in Greater Akron
The largest concentration of plastics and rubber plants, machines and materials in North America
Akron is the world renowned center of polymer research
Site Selection Magazine in 1999 ranked Ohio third in the U.S. for new and expanded business facilities
Strategically located within 500-mile radius of 42 major U.S. cities
Market potential of 111 million people lives within a days drive of Akron
Exceptional transportation network
Akron-Canton Airport
Major chain hotels
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