Thanks to the work of Marc Divis and local leaders, Akron has one of the most modern steam and chilled water plants in the country. The city used to have a facility that blew up, broke down and was a threat to the city's hospitals.
The immediate impact might be negligible, but a big question hangs over what will become of one of Akron's largest office buildings now that FirstEnergy has decided its employees there won't return from remote work brought on by the pandemic.
From Crain's Akron Business: The building, erected in 1931, had fallen into a poor state of condition before an out-of-state developer bought the senior-housing property and redid it inside and out, city officials say.