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Alder Trail at Goodyear Heights Metro Park
A group of kids and young adults sit around a u-shaped table inside the pop-up nature center at Summit Lake.

Pop-up nature center at Summit Lake wins top Ohio award

Summit Metro Parks has won first place in the 2017 Ohio Parks & Recreation Association’s awards of excellence . . .
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A volunteer pulls back a large slingshot preparing to launch tree nuts into the park while a group of volunteers watches.

Thousands of nuts planted as volunteers transform area

Volunteers have fun launching nuts from a sling shot at the former Valley View Golf Club (photo by . . .
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A rendering of the new Shady Hollow Lodge.

District rebuilding Shady Hollow Lodge; Foundation announces fundraising campaign

The new Shady Hollow Lodge is taking shape in the woods of Akron’s Sand Run Metro Park, and . . .
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Red and yellow trees reflected in a lake.

Pro tips: How to finish the Fall Hiking Spree

Fall colors in Munroe Falls Metro Park (photo by volunteer Rob Blair)We hear it a lot: “I/we wanted to . . .
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A group of people play cricket in a field.

Knight Foundation supports new cricket field in Akron to connect diverse residents

A cricket tournament was held Labor Day weekend in Cascade Valley Metro Park.There are an unknown number of crickets . . .
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