By Joe Tucker Throughout the pandemic, with various seasons of work from home or lockdowns, I began to walk the South Akron neighborhood more and more. One of my favorite loops takes me around the Summit County Jail. Over those walks, I witnessed a unique conversation unfold: Signs and balloons would be tied to [...]

  “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” ― Charles Dickens   In the middle of the Fall 2022 semester, I looked at the seemingly war-torn backpack of one of my students, and a sweatshirt that doubled as a coat, and decided that South Street needed to find a [...]

We had a celebration this week.  Over the past 14 months, the largest gatherings I have attended were generally funerals, so it was all the more joyful to commence and celebrate the installation of some outside seating on the south-side of the Front Porch this week! The benches were made possible by a gift from [...]