AKRON, Ohio -- A forest on the Innerbelt and 18 unique Akron neighborhood projects won spots in the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's 2017 Knight Cities Challenge. Both recipients ...

AKRON, Ohio - A new initiative launching this month ... The year-long project in Akron, funded in part through a $120,000 Knight Foundation grant, will be groundbreaking for Strong Towns.

The Knight Foundation is also granting $2 million to redesign and rebuild Lock 3, the prime gathering and events spot on South Main Street in the heart of downtown Akron. Kutuchief said the Ohio & ...

Austen, a Harvard professor, well-known surgeon and longtime booster of Akron, Ohio, and its university, chaired the board of the Knight Foundation for 14 years before stepping down in 2010 at age 80.