Winter 2007 Canton Connection
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In This Issue… Canton’s Official Publication Volume One • Number Two • Winter 2007 The Mayor’s Appreciation Breakfast Welcome City Council President Allen Schulman Meet Our Canton City Municipal Court Important Information For Your 2006 Income Taxes Canton Community Improvement Corporation Nonprofit P.O. Box 24218 Organization Canton, OH 44701-4218 US Postage PAID “Friends of Canton Ohio” Canton, OH Permit No. 736 Postal Customer Published in the interest of the good citizens of Canton Free! Canton Quarterly Newsletter — Volume 1 Number 2 — Winter 2007 Table of Off to a Contents Good news is everywhere in the city! Canton Quarterly Great Start! is the official publication of the City of Canton, Ohio. his is the second issue of Canton Quarterly, the On the Cover Special Interest City of Canton’s official 8 . The Mayor’s 10 . Ray Denczak Remembered news publication. Canton T Appreciation Breakfast 10 . Meet Our New Quarterly is mailed to more than 9 . .Welcome City Council Equal Opportunity 64,000 residential and business President Allen Schulman Compliance Officer postal customers in and around the City of Canton. It’s packed with 11 . Canton City Municipal Court 14 . Canton City Police Dept. useful information, and Canton 16 . Information for 14-15 Canton City Fire Dept. 2006 Income Taxes Quarterly is an excellent vehicle for 17 . Canton City Parks Display local businesses to advertise their products and services. Feature Article What People are Saying . .CCIC Annual Report - Businesses are Investing in Canton The calls and letters praising 2 Canton Quarterly started coming in as soon as the first edition Columns In Every Issue was delivered to homes in mid- 12 . Law Department . Facts & Figures September. Here are just a few 4-6 of the comments: 13 . WPCC 7 . Quick Reference Guide From our voicemail: 13 . Water Department 18 . Arts & Entertainment I’m very, very happy with this, 17 . Canton City Treasurer 19 . Canton Civic Center “or maybe I should say surprised. January-March Calendars Canton Quarterly 20-25 . I mean it. It’s got a lot of useful Published by Canton Joint Rec. District information in it and I thank you Canton Media Works Publishing, LLC 26-27 P.O. Box 21105, Canton, Ohio 44701 very much and I hope to continue Phone: 330.456.9811 • Fax: 330.456.9812 28 . Youth Development Dept. to get this. From the “Market” Heights Resolve”: Digital Specifications (their neighborhood newsletter) For best results, digital artwork should be supplied conforming to the …by now all of you should have following specifications: “received the new City of Canton • Images should be PDF, TIF, EPS or JPG, listed in order of preference. newsletter or should I say magazine. • 300 dpi resolution at full size. • Illustrator, InDesign, EPS or PDF files are preferred with fonts converted to outlines. 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Ad size Rate per issue Ad size Rate per issue Content is directed entirely by the Back Cover . $3,975.00 Half Page . $1,500.00 Inside Front Cover $3,495.00 Third Page . $1,250.00 7.5” x 4.875” City of Canton. No paid editorial Inside Back Cover $3,000.00 Sixth Page . $750.00 content is solicited or accepted. 2.375” x 4.875” Full Page . $2,800.00 Business Card . $295.00 7.5” x 3.25” Published in the interest of the good citizens of Canton 3.5” x 1.875” Feature Economic Development Article is the engine that drives the Economic Development Annual Report – entire life cycle of our community. Come grow with us in Canton! When .Canton .increases .its .good .paying .jobs, . families .move .into .the .area .and .invest .in .our . neighborhoods . .When .our .neighborhoods .flourish, . our .schools .benefit . .And .our .schools, .of .course, . are .the .mechanism .that .produces .the .skilled . workforce .that .attracts .more .businesses . In .fact, .a .skilled .workforce .is .the .first .thing .a . company .looks .for .when .it .is .deciding .where . to .locate .or .expand . By .encouraging .businesses .to .locate .in .Canton . and .providing .appropriate .incentives, .we .are .able . to .create .real .economic .momentum .that .will . provide .financial .returns .to .Canton .for .years .to . come . .It’s .a .big .push .toward .building .momentum . in .the .life .cycle .of .Canton . Program Statistics Businesses are Investing in Canton 004 Jobs 53 New ,49 Retained 005 Jobs 402 New 394 Retained 006 Jobs 75 New 309 Retained TOTALS ,00 New ,95 Retained This .feature .is .about .the .2006 .Annual .Report .of . In 3 years, the private sector has the .Economic .Development .activity .for .the .City .of . pledged, created or retained 3,05 jobs. Canton .and .the .Canton .Community .Improvement . Corporation .(CCIC) . .Together, .the .City .of .Canton . Investment # of Projects and .the .CCIC .are .bringing .and .keeping .jobs .in .our . 004 $7,445,785 4 area .through .robust .and .innovative .programs .that . encourage .public .and .private .investment . 005 $,933,449 4 Featured Businesses: 006 $39,436,746 34 (above) Phoenix Rising First Ladies Tea Room Behavioral Healthcare TOTALS $34,85,980 99 421 .Tuscarawas .Street .E . 1930 .Fremont .Place .SW In 3 years, the City of Canton and the CCIC have invested (top right center, page 2) Metropolitan Centre $,376 per () job that has been pledged, created, or retained. B & Mary’s Spread the Word . 601 .Cleveland .Avenue .NW . IN 3 YEARS THE CITY OF CANTON AND THE CCIC HAVE ASSISTED: 920 .Tuscarawas .Street .W . (bottom left corner, page 3) (clockwise - top, page 2) Greystone Ltd Partnership 38 New Businesses Average Cash $37,663.40 Taggart’s Ice Cream Incentive Per Company 121 .Cleveland .Avenue .SW . 6 Retained Businesses 1401 .Fulton .Road .NW (top right corner, page 3) Minority or Women Touch of Faith Alterations RTI Titanium Co. 99 Three Year Total Owned Businesses 19 716 .12th .Street .NE 1935 .Warner .Road .SE Canton Quarterly Newsletter — Volume 1 Number 2 — Winter 2007 The City of Canton and the CCIC .are .working .to .fuel .the .local .economy . -- .and .it’s .working . .Over .the .past .three .years, .the .total .investment .in .Canton .from . both .the .private .and .public .sectors .has .been .almost .$136 .million .dollars . Feature What .does .that .mean? .It .means .that .by .helping .companies .invest .in .their . businesses, .those .companies .can .hire .more .people . .As .a .result, .Canton .has .created . 1,100 .new .jobs .and .retained .1,952 .jobs .in .just .three .years . .Each .of .those .jobs .is . Article held .by .a .person .who .pays .the .City’s .2% .income .tax, .which .helps .the .city .pay .to . protect .us .and .make .our .community .a .better .place .to .live .and .work . There .are .many .businesses, .large .and .small, .that .benefit .from .the .incentives . offered .through .the .CCIC .and .the .office .of .Community .and .Economic . Development . .But .the .biggest .winner .is .you . .As .a .citizen .of .Canton, .all .of .the . efforts .that .go .into .job .creation .and .retention .ultimately .benefit .the .citizens . The .world .around .us .is .changing .and .Canton .is .strong .and .growing .stronger, . thanks .to .these .efforts . CCIC Board of Trustees Featured Program: Eligible Uses of CCIC Funds President .Janet .Weir .Creighton Vice .President .Steve .Katz City of Canton Economic Resources from the CCIC may be Secretary .Joe .Concatto Growth Initiatives used for the following: Treasurer .Sam .Dorto Real .estate .pre-development .cost, .including . Director .Donald .Casar Job Creation Incentive Program: architectural, .engineering .and .legal .cost; . Director .Deloris .Angeli The .City .of .Canton .shall .provide . titles .and .appraisals; .environmental .analysis . Director .Joe .Carbenia a .yearly .payment .to .an .enterprise . and .remediation; .surveys .and .mapping .and . City Council based .on .50% .of .the .employee’s . geotechnical .studies, .provided .these .are . 2% .income .tax .withholdings .that . Council President related .to .a .specific .economic .development . Allen .Schulman . are .paid .to .the .City .of .Canton . or .housing .project . Fixed .asset .financing .for .real .estate . Councilmembers Net Profit Tax Incentive Program: development, .redevelopment, .rehabilitation, . Members-At-Large Any .enterprise .that .relocates .to .the . renovation or. reuse,. including. land,. building. Mary .M . .Cirelli . City .of .Canton .will .be .eligible .for .a . and .machinery .and .equipment . Bill .Smuckler yearly .payment .equal .to .50% .of .the . Donald .E . .Casar . “net .profits .tax” .that .are .paid .to .the . Infrastructure .cost, .including .utilities, . WARD ONE WARD SIX City .of .Canton . streets .and .streetscapes .and .parking .areas . Greg .Hawk . David .R . .Dougherty . Capitalization .of .grant .or .loan .programs . WARD TWO WARD SEVEN Under both programs the administered .by .established .intermediary . Thomas .E . .West Richard .Hart . company must create 10 or organizations .to .fund .the .above .eligible . WARD THREE WARD EIGHT more new jobs to receive these program .activities . James .E . .Griffin Karl .“Butch” .Kraus . incentives and receive approval Administrative .and .operating .costs, . WARD FOUR WARD NINE from City Council. The term employee .training, .conferences . Kelly .Zachary Joe .Carbenia . may not exceed 5 years. or .workshops .