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of health, education, sustainability, and community. The 50-block
neighborhood is strategically located at the center of education,
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  • 3rd Annual Urban Innovators Speaker Series

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  • SAVE THE DATE! Jim Clifton to Keynote Luncheon on May 9

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  • UPA's Model Block Program Refurbishes Homes

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  • UPA Marks Site for First Future Project

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  • Featured Business: Funky Hippy Vintage

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  • UPA Partners with KUD International on Redevelopment of Akron's Core

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  • UPA Invests in Neighborhood Park Improvements

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  • UPA Sponsors First LEED Habitat House

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  • Featured Cultural Asset: New World Performance Laboratory

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  • New! National Hall of Fame School, Center for STEM Learning

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  • The Third Annual Light-UP! Lantern Festival was October 8, 2011. Watch the video!

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  • Featured Business: Don Drumm Studios & Gallery

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UPA Gets Grant From Charter One
For Start UP! Business Plan Competition
UPA Marks Site
for future first project
Banks bolster UPA project
Chase and Fifth Third give grants
Building Community Around Jobs
Akron stands to take on a whole new life
UPA Wins Regional Marketing Awards
UPA honored in chicago
UP Start UP! Announced
Business plan competition launched
UPA Receives Award
for excellence in economic development marketing
WSJ Notes KUD Partnership
Kajima Builds in Akron
Building Blocks
Attracting talent, spurring vibrancy
UPA's Model Block
In Upson/Jewett Area
International Firm in Marriage with UPA
Partnership to redevelop urban core
UPA Partners with KUD
International developer will lead projects
Poised to Grow in Akron
opportunities for real estate investment
Habitat Takes LEED
UA employee owner supports UPA strategy
Lanterns Brighten Arts Fair
lantern workshop part of festivities
Partnership Is "Jolt" for UPA Plans
KUD inks master services agreement
Zipnic Reaches Out to UP
UA picnic builds community
UPA To Buy Former Chevy Dealership
Mixed-use project planned
At Akron's Core
capacity to thrive

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