Akron Children's Pediatrics (ACP) - Wooster, OH

Community Overview:

It’s something you know as soon as you experience it. Our communities — the Northeast Ohio community — are deeply ingrained into our work, our volunteerism, and our daily lives. We are truly a part of the communities we serve, and the communities are a part of us. You’ll be proud to tell people you meet that you work at Akron Children’s as their faces light up, and they tell you their own connection to the Hospital. Working at Akron Children’s gives you so many opportunities to live in, work in and love Northeast Ohio.

Ohio Magazine chose Wooster as a Best Hometown because of its strong sense of community, access to arts and culture and thriving downtown with a host of shops and restaurants that draw residents and visitors alike. Wooster, Ohio is a mid-sized community of approximately 26,000 people located in the center of Wayne County, midway between Cleveland and Columbus, just off of US 71. 

Downtown Wooster is the cornerstone of the community….dedicated to the development of public/private partnerships, maintenance of small-town tradition, development of specialized retail, professional, and governmental businesses/offices, and celebration through events. Wooster offers excellent educational options, from a Montessori School to public and private schools and excellent local colleges. The College of Wooster is America’s premier college for mentored undergraduate research, offering an excellent, comprehensive liberal arts education.

Given the local presence of the Ohio State University, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC, a teaching and research facility dedicated to agricultural science) and the College of Wooster, a unique range of opportunities is presented here. Experiences such as the Ohio Light Opera and Wooster Symphony Orchestra provide a charm that a town of Wooster’s size might not ordinarily possess.