It is a VERY ambitious project but with the help of Akron City Council, the City Service Department, Black Hawk Foundation, Let’s Grow Akron, Summit Soil and Water Conservation District and the surrounding property owners, we can show what passionate people can accomplish.
To my knowledge (I certainly could be wrong) this is a first. Mark Greer of the Akron Bicentennial Commission, Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition, Dan Rice and his Team, City of Akron and Riverkeepers Ohio have put together a plan that will truly leave the waterway cleaner when we are done than what is there…
Can you guess what might be going on here? I hope to have the phone video tomorrow. #riverkeepersohio UPDATE: Akron is planning a luminary display if weather permits. They are doing the right thing and being proactive with concerns that what they want to do will not pollute the waterways. My hat is off to…
102 pounds in 4 bags. Thanks again to the Service Team at the City of Akron for picking up what we collect! With the weather warming, we will get to service some of the other booms soon and start deploying new ones in the near future. Not just the same old places.
From designing our trash boom, getting it approved by ODNR at the beginning of the year, to coordinating with Summit Metro Parks, City of Akron, City of Norton; working with property owners for access, South Street Ministries and Ohio Erie Canalway Coalition, who help pull out some of the trash collected in the booms. Our…
Summit Lake, Kenmore side. 72” outfall that has been dumping storm sewer trash directly into the lake for decades. This STOPS next week! Thank you to the City of Akron, the Ohio & Erie Canal Way, South Street Ministries, Ward 9 Councilperson – Tina Boyes, Summit Metro Parks and all the people that support and…
This will be a multi day event as there is still so much trash in these waters! Summit Metro Parks reached out to us on this one and we thank them for their assistance. I will throw a couple other pics in the comments too. This is all from just one storm sewer outfall from…