Our office is on Kumho Drive in Fairlawn, and most of what we sell is within a half-hour of it. Here is each city we serve, and what the place is like.
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Our office is here, so this is the town we know best. Fairlawn packs a lot into about 4.6 square miles on Akron’s west side. Summit Mall has anchored West Market Street since 1965, the city runs five parks and a nature center, and the I-77 exit at Route 18 is right next door.
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Bath has been its own township since 1818, and plenty of that history is still standing. The Heritage Corridors of Bath scenic byway connects old hamlets, barns and mills to Hale Farm and Village, where the Hale house dates to 1825. You also get the 404-acre Bath Nature Preserve and O’Neil Woods Metro Park.
The heart of Copley is still Copley Circle, a market-day square from 1831 that farm wagons slowly wore into a circle. Today the township is a mix of farms, subdivisions and strip-mall shopping. Copley Community Park gives you 80 acres with paved trails and a skating pond, and the I-77 exit at Route 18 sits on the Bath line.
Akron grew up around the rubber companies, and you can still see it in the houses. Goodyear Heights and Firestone Park are full of homes built from mail-order plans, while West Hill has older homes in the Oakdale Historic District. Stan Hywet Hall sits on North Portage Path, and the Towpath Trail runs right through downtown.
Kent sits on the Cuyahoga River east of Akron, just over the line in Portage County. Its downtown was rebuilt over the last fifteen years, and Acorn Alley, the Kent Stage and a run of shops and restaurants now fill the blocks around Main and Water streets. The Portage Hike and Bike Trail follows the river right through town.
The city is named for the waterfalls along its southern edge, and Cuyahoga Valley National Park borders it to the northwest. Blossom Music Center, the Cleveland Orchestra’s summer home, is inside city limits. Front Street downtown reopened to cars in 2018, and Route 8 runs straight into Akron.
Stow was founded in 1804 and became a city in 1957. You get 410 acres of city parkland, 11 miles of hike and bike trails, and a stretch of the Summit Metro Parks Bike & Hike Trail. Fox Den is an 18-hole public course the city owns, and Route 8 and Darrow Road make getting around easy.
Downtown Hudson is a National Register historic district, complete with a 1912 clock tower and North Main Street storefronts that are still open for business. First & Main added a newer shopping area in 2004. Hudson Springs Park wraps a trail around a 50-acre lake, and Route 8 and the Ohio Turnpike both run through town.
Akron-Canton Airport is inside Green’s city limits, and I-77 runs right through. Southgate Park covers 197 acres with more than 5 miles of trails and a working farm market. Boettler Park adds pickleball courts and a disc golf course. Green only became a city in 1992, and by 2024 it had 11 roundabouts.
O.C. Barber founded Barberton in 1891, and it grew so fast people called it the Magic City. Lake Anna, a 10-acre lake with a walking loop, sits right in the middle of downtown. The Towpath Trail crosses the Tuscarawas River here. And yes, this is the home of Barberton chicken.
Silver Creek Metro Park is Norton’s big outdoor draw. It covers 1,008 acres of former dairy farm, with a 50-acre lake, boat rentals and almost 8 miles of bridle trail. The city runs 11 more parks of its own. Two I-76 exits put Akron and Wadsworth a short drive away.
Medina is built around its Public Square. After an 1870 fire, the square was rebuilt in Victorian brick, and it is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Band concerts in Uptown Park go back to 1859. Route 18 runs straight to Fairlawn, and I-71 is just outside town.
Wadsworth was a match town. The Ohio Match Company started here in 1895 and for decades was the world’s largest supplier of wooden and paper matches. The Blue Tip Festival, started in 1972, is named for that history. The city keeps more than 15 parks on nearly 300 acres, and I-76 puts Akron about 12 miles away.
These are the cities we work in most, not a hard boundary. If you are buying or selling just outside one of them, call the office and ask. We will tell you straight whether we are the right people for it.