AUGUST 2021 ACTION WWW.CANTONCHAMBER.ORG ONLINE NEWSLETTER SAVE THE DATE! 2021 THURS SEP. 16 4:30-9:30 pm DOWNTOWN PRE-EVENT $30 GROUP DISCOUNT DAY OF EVENT $40 20 for $25 each UTICA GREEN - Save The Date | Golf Par-Tee | West End Block Party | Small Business Showcase | AultCare QuickConnect Luncheon MAGNET | Stark Manufacturing Workforce | SCORE | Member Mingle | HOFEF Canton Repository Grand Parade Members Helping Members | Canton Inc. Magazine | Leadership Spotlight Class | ystark! Tour de Patios | ystark! Meet Up: Night at the Movies ystark! Young Pro Conference 2.0 | Young Professional Pro le | New Members | New Member Renewals | BizBitz OUR MISSION: To lead the region in business and community development through collaboration and innovation. 1 BEING WELL We connect all aspects of care. Comprehensive, coordinated care with you in mind. AultCare members have access to a team of local physicians, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, and other clinical and non-clinical staff to help you live a life of well-being. Because you matter. 330-363-6360 | 2600 Sixth St. SW, Canton aultcare.com/healthandwellness 7282/21 ACTION AUGUST 2021 Joseph J. Feltes Chairman Offi ce Partner in Charge Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC Dennis P. Saunier President & CEO SAVE THE DATE Steven M. Meeks Vice President & Chief Operating Offi cer TUESDAY, OCT. 12, 2021 Collyn Floyd Vice President of Marketing & Communications THE NASH FAMILY EVENT & Molly Romig Advertising Sales / Action 330.833.4400 CONFERENCE CENTER AT THE Sarah Lutz PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME Editor and Graphics Manager CANTON, OHIO ACTION NEWSLETTER is published monthly for the members of the Canton Regional + Chamber of Commerce. The subscription + cost is $25 per year and is included in the + + price of membership. + Reader questions and comments are + welcome and encouraged. Contents may Celebrating 90 Years! be reprinted with credit. Address all inquiries to: Editor, Action Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce 222 Market Ave. N Canton, Ohio 44702 or call (330) 456.7253, or e-mail [email protected] + Advertising rates are available + Business Advisors and Certified Public Accountants for Chamber members. + Advertisement does not constitute endorsement by the Canton | 330.966.9400 maloneynovotny.com Canton Regional Chamber of + Commerce. Golfpar TEE FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 Skyland Pines Golf Course contests and prizes • delicious food and beverages • networking opportunities “come back and play free” certificates • tons of fun on A Great course REGISTER NOW! www.CantonChamber.org SPONSORS TO DATE: Baker, Dublikar, Beck, • Office Est. • Retail 1985 Wiley & Mathews Tim Putman Wick Hartung • Medical President Broker, V.P. attorneys at law 330-495-0600 330-495-0601 • Industrial Top 10 Commercial Real Estate Brokers in NE Ohio Top 10 in Sales & Leasing in NE Ohio • Investments Our team has over 125 years of collective experience! Telephone: (330) 499-6000 • Management Telecopier: (330) 499-6423 • Development • Site Acquisition 400 SOUTH MAIN STREET • 1031 Exchanges NORTH CANTON, OHIO 44720 Jim Bednar Saylor Putman Spencer Hartung Agent Agent Agent 330-417-9034 330-495-8292 330-936-0276 www.bakerfi rm.com 4065 Fulton Dr NW, Canton, OH 44718 330-498-4400 wwww.putmanproperties.com 4 JOIN US AUGUST 12TH! West End BlockCANTON Party REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Canton Regional Chamber is celebrating over two decades of great food, fun and fab networking at the West End Block Party on August 12! Join the Chamber and ystark! at the Furbay Electric Co. along with participating businesses including: PDP, Belden Brick Company, Classic Car Collision, Liberty Ford, Kennedy’s BBQ, and Taggart’s Ice Cream Parlor. You might just take home some great door prizes from the West End Business Association partners! You’ll have a good time (and make great connections!) as you enjoy the hometown fl avors of Kennedy’s BBQ,Taggart’s Ice Cream, The Mustard Man, LA Dick Italian Wines, and Cleveland Whiskey. Water will be provided by Donamarc Water Systems Co. Additionally, West End Fun Booth will also be on-site to capture the fun! Thursday, August 12 BLOCK PARTY 5:00-7:00 pm West End Block Party at Furbay Electric Co. 208 Schroyer Ave. SW, Canton, OH 44702 AT FURBAY ELECTRIC CO. Cost: $5 for members, $15 for non-members Register at www.CantonChamber.org Featuring The Mustard Man, Cleveland Whiskey and Fun Booth! Thursday, August 12 • 5 -7 pm 208 Schroyer Ave SW, Canton, OH 44702 Admission is $5 for members and $15 for non-members. Register at www.cantonchamber.org CANTON REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SMALL BUSINESS SHOWCASE PRESENTED BY: THU., SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 • 4:30-7:30 PM www.CantonChamber.org ADMISSION IS FREE! FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL (330) 458-2070 OR EMAIL ASHLEY WINTER AT [email protected] SPONSORED BY: @ MAPS AIR MUSEUM • 2260 International Parkway • North Canton, Ohio 44720 CANTON REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GROW YOUR NETWORK - MEET NEW CONTACTS - BE INSPIRED AultCare QuickConnect Join us at the AultCare QuickConnect you’ll receive 30 seconds at the microphone to SMALL BUSINESS SHOWCASE Luncheon on Wednesday, August 18! promote your business. The luncheon will feature Renato “Ren” If you would like to bring a door prize and Camacho, President & Chief Executive Offi cer, promote your business in a 30 second PRESENTED BY: Akron-Canton Airport. His core responsibilities commercial, please email Ashley Winter this include leading a 50 member team of airport will be fi rst come fi rst serve. employees, strategic planning for the future of the airport, and directing all capital Featured entree: Small cheese pizza with improvement programs. Specifi cally, Ren salad or a chicken chef salad. ensures the airport is a vital, economic engine that increases economic activity and pride to Wednesday, August 18 Northeast Ohio. 11:30 am – 1:00 pm (Registration begins at 11:00 am) Ren will discuss “CAK - Continued Resiliency 5211 Tuscarawas St W, Canton, OH 44708 & Results”. $20/members, $30/non-members Ren Camacho Register by August 11 at ABOUT THE LUNCHEON: www.CantonChamber.org Each month at the AultCare QuickConnect Networking Luncheon you can obtain business AultCare QuickConnect attendees can obtain leads through enjoyable networking activities, business leads through enjoyable networking hear a compelling speaker, meet new business activities, hear a compelling speaker, meet new contacts and enjoy a delicious meal. Plus, when business contacts and enjoy a delicious meal. you bring a door prize valued at $15 or more, Canton Regional Chamber has partnered with Sedgwick to help you lower your Ohio workers’ compensation premium. Ready to learn how much you can save? Complete our online evaluation form at: sedgwick.com/ac3/canton THU., SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 • 4:30-7:30 PM Taking care of people is at the heart of everything we do. At Sedgwick, www.CantonChamber.org caring counts.® ADMISSION IS FREE! FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL (330) 458-2070 OR EMAIL ASHLEY WINTER AT [email protected] SPONSORED BY: @ MAPS AIR MUSEUM • 2260 International Parkway • North Canton, Ohio 44720 7 A BLUEPRINT FOR MANUFACTURING Make It Better IN NORTHEAST OHIO A roadmap for making Northeast Ohio a “While MAGNET created and launched please contact Janelle Lee, MAGNET, global leader in smart manufacturing with the Blueprint, the future success means Director of Client Engagement at: jlee@ the workforce to power it was recently that it now must be owned by all of us, manufacturingsuccess.org. You may launched. The vision plan, called Make it’s a community initiative,” according also visit the MAGNET website www. It Better: A Blueprint for Manufacturing in to Michael O’Donnell, MAGNET, Vice manufacturingsuccess.org or www. Northeast Ohio, shares success stories and President, Operations. “We’re excited that makeitbetterohio.org. strategies for future growth. there are companies and organizations in Stark County who support the “It is a vision for how Northeast Ohio can Manufacturing Blueprint including the leave behind the Rust Belt moniker and Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce. become the Manufacturing Technology That’s the kind of collaboration and Belt,” says Brandon Cornuke, MAGNET, Vice leadership we need.” President of Strategy and Startup Services. “The Blueprint focuses on four key areas: Cornuke points out “One out of every Talent, Transformation, Innovation, and two jobs, from factories to restaurants Leadership. Manufacturing runs on people to banks, depends on manufacturing. and we need to make sure we have the The people of Northeast Ohio benefit TALENT necessary for the technology- from the health and well-being of our Pictured here (l to r) are a few Stark County focused future of the industry. We need manufacturing ecosystem and we’re in companies supporting the MAKE IT to help our manufacturers TRANSFORM a moment of opportunity for us to focus BETTER, A Blueprint for Manufacturing their factories by using Industry 4.0 on ensuring the jobs remain here and we in Northeast Ohio. Thomas Schmidt, VP, technology to compete on a global stage, grow through manufacturing.” Business Development, Barbco, Inc., Michael and to advance INNOVATION of new Hoffman, President, Lindsay Precast, Inc., products and services. And LEADERSHIP For a free copy of MAKE IT BETTER, James Batchelder, President, The M.K. Morris within and among regional companies A Blueprint for Manufacturing in Company, Allen Green, President, HP- and organizations will get us to our goal.” Northeast Ohio, or to get involved, Products, Inc. 8 STARK COUNTY MANUFACTURING Workforce Development Partnership STARK COUNTY Stark Manufacturing MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP CERTIFIED Workforce Development Partnership The Ohio Manufacturer’s Association (OMA) offi cially recognized Development Board and MAGNET as the three neutral and certifi ed the newly formed Stark County Manufacturing intermediaries. The intermediaries execute the initiatives derived Workforce Development Partnership (SCMWDP). The SCMWDP from the employer led priorities. There are currently 26 Stark is the fourteenth manufacturing industry sector partnership County companies actively engaged in the partnership.