G.A.B.B.

Eventually, anyway. The ABJ reported earlier this week of a joint effort b/n the CF school district and the city itself to purchase and install 15 miles of fiber optic cable with the intent of deploying a citywide wireless network.

Akron announced a pilot plan last December to begin in Ellet and East Akron. The plan calls for eventually covering all 62 square miles of the city.

Akron also plans to dismantle part of the Innerbelt (finally!) and build a biomedical research corridor linking Akron General and Akron City hospitals. It's a long term plan (yea, governmental foresight!), but probably worth the investment.

At the risk of sounding hokey, such planning makes me glad to live where I do, and given the success of the downtown revitalization, I'm willing to give nearly any development idea this administration has the benefit of the doubt. And this idea, if it bears fruit, will have a long lasting impact in terms of local jobs and economic development.