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Akron holds public hearing on Commerce Park Drive redevelopment plan

6492392 · October 21, 2025
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Planning committee heard from staff and residents on a proposed 8.5-acre Commerce Park Drive redevelopment area that would enable tax-increment financing; committee did not vote and will reconvene at 5 p.m.

The Planning and Economic Development Committee of the Akron City Council held a public hearing on a proposed Commerce Park Drive redevelopment plan that would cover roughly 8.5 acres north of the Home and Evans avenues intersection.

Planning staff described the project area as six parcels that include three commercial buildings, adjacent parking lots and vacant parcels along Commerce Park Drive. Staff said the area is zoned U-5 (ordinary industry) and that the city would not change…

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