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Vacant 1870 Akron Mansion to See $3.5 Million Renovation
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e5935aa2-e5a3-44c1-94fa-ed1cb060b0c1/331DDF72-5724-47F4-A095-98C477AC3FEC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ohio.com/news/24582224.html" href="http://www.ohio.com/news/24582224.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ohio.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ohio.com/news/24582224.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ohio.com/img/2C6C7CFB-7EED-4976-99E9-86AFCDC50B2A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ohio.com/news/24582224.html"><P class="storytext">A historic mansion near downtown Akron — vacant for more than a decade — will be restored, thanks to the GAR Foundation.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ohio.com/news/24582224.html"><P class="storytext">GAR hopes to move into the brick house at Mill and Union streets in fall 2009.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ohio.com/news/24582224.html"><P class="storytext">''Everyone on the staff is just thrilled,'' said Christine Mayer, chief operating officer for GAR, among the largest private foundations in Northeast Ohio.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ohio.com/news/24582224.html"><P class="storytext">Mayer said moving GAR's offices into a restored historic landmark will reflect the foundation's commitment to ''core city vitality.''</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ohio.com/news/24582224.html"><P class="storytext">City officials also are pleased with the move.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ohio.com/news/24582224.html"><P class="storytext">The mansion ''has kind of languished for a long time,'' city spokesman Mark Williamson said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ohio.com/news/24582224.html"><P class="storytext">Built about 1870, the house is the former Akron headquarters of the Odd Fellows, one of dozens of fraternal groups that once were big on the Akron social scene.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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