Cuyahoga Falls

Officials lauded the removal of the dam, which won't take place for another eight years, as a way to clean up the Cuyahoga River and promote recreational and economic opportunities on the river.

The partnership will give Merriman Valley residents and business owners in Akron and Cuyahoga Falls a say on development in line with the Merriman Valley Schumacher Area Master Plan, officials said.

Cuyahoga Falls has proposed a new zoning code for the Merriman Valley and Schumacher area. The city's planning commission approved the proposal Tuesday night after making changes based on resident input.

The city of Akron has released a new zoning code for the Merriman Valley and Schumacher Area. City officials answered questions from residents and business owners about the new code Wednesday night.

Akron has released a draft of a new zoning code for the Merriman Valley and Schumacher area. The draft would change the community's zoning to form based code.

Residents living in public housing in Cuyahoga Falls are getting free Wi-Fi through a partnership involving the city, Woodridge Local Schools and the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority.

The project began Monday with the removal of trees in a former de facto dumpsite at Cascade Valley Metro Park which will be used to hold approximately 900,000 cubic meters of contaminated sediment that rests behind the Gorge Dam in the Cuyahoga River.

The cities are looking to switch to a form-based code in the Merriman Valley.

The project will remove the last remaining dam on the lower Cuyahoga River. The dam's removal will restore more than a mile of river access for community use, while also reestablishing fish and wildlife habitat and could be complete by 2026.

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