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Local start-up league the NEO Rock `n` Roller Girls is part of the national resurgence and rebirth of roller derby.

Akron is the hometown of Janelle Couts who was crowned Miss Ohio for 2003 and represented Ohio in the Miss America contest. She previously held the title of Miss Medina.

The Akron Racers women`s quicklypitch softball team plays at Firestone Stadium. The National Pro Fastpitch season runs from June to August.

Adjacent to the Derby Downs race hill is a 19,000-square foot outdoor skatepark. The park features concrete ramps, including two bowls going as deep as 7 feet, a snake run, two hips, a stair set with handrail, many smaller quarter pipes and a variety of grind boxes. Positioned just a few feet from the Akron Skatepark is a BMX course where organized races are often held in the warmer months.

Each summer Akron hosts the All US Soap Box Derby. Children from across the country race their homemade, gravity-powered race cars down the steep hill at Derby Downs in the shadow of the Lockheed Martin Airdock.

Highland Square, located in near West Akron and anchored by the historic Highland Theatre, is a well-known entertainment district, featuring popular local antique stores and retail stores, such as Square Records. It is also home to several unique restaurants and taverns. Other unique and historically significant Akron neighborhoods include Goodyear Heights and Firestone Park, originally developed and designed during the First World War for employees of the large Akron rubber companies. Likewise, Northwest Akron is home to a number of large mansions, many of which, like the famous Stan Hywet, were built early in the twentieth century for the upper management of these companies, as well as the city`s many other successful industries.