Does Ohio’s Kent suffer from Ann Arbor envy?

Confirming what U-M fans already knew, another city in Ohio wishes it were more like Ann Arbor.Excerpt:KENT, Ohio — Folks constantly voice Ann Arbor aspirations around here. They admire the Michigan town’s nimble and relatively exuberant economy and its high placing in so many lists of the nation’s most livable cities. They envy the publicity that Ann Arbor gets in newspaper travel sections and magazines. “That’s what we’re striving for,” philanthropist and downtown redeveloper Ron Burbick recently said. But Kent is still a far cry from Ann Arbor. Read the rest of the story here.

Confirming what U-M fans already knew, another city in Ohio wishes it were more like Ann Arbor.

Excerpt:

KENT, Ohio — Folks constantly voice Ann Arbor aspirations around here.

They admire the Michigan town’s nimble and relatively exuberant economy and its high placing in so many lists of the nation’s most livable cities. They envy the publicity that Ann Arbor gets in newspaper travel sections and magazines.

“That’s what we’re striving for,” philanthropist and downtown redeveloper Ron Burbick recently said.

But Kent is still a far cry from Ann Arbor.

Read the rest of the story here.

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