The newly renovated Reservoir Park Community Center, located in Akron's Goodyear Heights neighborhood, contains revamped meeting rooms, an art room, gaming room and more.

Outside, a new pool has been built. It will open in spring of 2026.

The $10.7 million renovation was paid for by American Rescue Plan Act funds.

Ward 10 Akron City Councilwoman Sharon Connor loves that the renovation of the Reservoir Park Community Center in Akron's Goodyear Heights neighborhood saved the original building.

"Goodyear Heights," she said, "we value our history, and so the fact that the whole place wasn't demoed really speaks well for the engineers and contractors to do that and make it a little bit of history and a lot of the future — melding that past and present."

After 16 months, construction at the

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