Balch Street Community Center

Balch Street Community Center is a community center in City of Akron, Summit, Ohio. Balch Street Community Center is situated near River of Life Church, as well as near Gale Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Glendale Cemetery and Akron Zoo.

Glendale Cemetery

Cemetery

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Glendale Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Akron, Ohio. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. Glendale Cemetery is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Balch Street Community Center.

Akron Zoo

Zoo

The Akron Zoo, officially known as the Akron Zoological Park, is a non-profit zoo located just west of downtown in Akron, Ohio, United States. The zoo sits on 77-acre of which 35-acre are occupied with by habitats, amenities, and support. Akron Zoo is situated 3,200 feet southwest of Balch Street Community Center.

Akron Art Museum

Museum

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The Akron Art Museum is an art museum in Akron, Ohio, United States. The museum first opened on February 1, 1922, as the Akron Art Institute. It was located in two borrowed rooms in the basement of the public library. Akron Art Museum is situated 1 mile east of Balch Street Community Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akron and Rolling Acres.

Akron

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Akron is a city of almost 200,000 people in the Northeast Ohio region in Summit County. Akron is proud of its heritage as a center of industry, and now offers visitors a wide range of recreational and cultural attractions, food experiences, and shopping.

Rolling Acres

Neighborhood

Rolling Acres is a former shopping district in Akron, Ohio, surrounding the now-demolished Rolling Acres Mall. Planning for the area began in 1960s with Forest City Enterprises, a Cleveland real estate company and the powerful Buchholzer family, whose previous endeavors involved financing much of the Chapel Hill Mall area. Rolling Acres is situated 3½ miles southwest of Balch Street Community Center.

Cuyahoga Falls

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Cuyahoga Falls is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 51,114 at the 2020 census. The second-largest city in Summit County, it is located directly north of Akron and is a suburb in the Akron metropolitan area.

Balch Street Community Center

Type: Community center
Category: building
Location: City of Akron, Summit, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.08634° or 41° 5′ 11″ north

Longitude

-81.53456° or 81° 32′ 4″ west

Open location code

86HW3FP8+G5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 773788155

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=community_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: River of Life Church and Gale Park.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Maple Street and Maple Street Motors.

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