Downtown Akron has a new independent book store as part of the growing .
is part of the Downtown Akron Partnership鈥檚 pop-up retail program, which has supported 35 new retail storefronts and vendors since 2015. It鈥檚 in the lower level of the building, and managed by Wendy Geonis. She co-owns the art and clothing gallery on the ground floor, and says shops like hers are attracting people ranging from college students to out-of-town visitors.
鈥淓ven from just Columbus or Dayton who come up to Akron just for the weekend just to see what鈥檚 happening around here. Because they鈥檝e read about it or heard about. We don鈥檛 think of our little community being interesting to other people, but we get a little bit of everybody.鈥�
The bookstore鈥檚 selection is curated by entrepreneur Michael Owen, who owns the building. He says the room is acoustically superb and he plans to host monthly music events there starting this week with musician Bethany Joy performing her new album, 鈥淎fter,鈥� this Thursday at 7 p.m.
The space is also a showroom for Akron-based .
