HOSTED BY: The City of Akron, Greater Akron Chamber, The University of Akron and Summit County
In Partnership with Greater Ohio
SPONSORED BY: Akron Tomorrow, Akron General Health System, Akron Community Foundation, Akron Children's Hospital, Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, and Summa Health System
The Building Prosperity in Akron Forum will frame new approaches to ensure a strong
Akron future and prepare for the next economy while building upon Akron's
accomplishments and major initiatives already underway. A series of discussions will
focus on the interconnections between select strengths of the Greater Akron area,
supporting talent and workforce development, promoting unique Greater Akron
innovation clusters, and stabilizing and strengthening our urban core and
neighborhoods.
The featured keynote speaker, Paul S. Grogan, President & CEO of The Boston
Foundation, will talk about the importance of using clusters and how metric research
can help guide future policy decisions.
The forum will also examine the importance of Akron and its metro area in contributing
to the economic prosperity of the state and the link between state policy and Akron's
ongoing redevelopment.