Greetings!
The City of Green is engaging in more regular conversations with our greatest asset, our local businesses, in order to share important City updates, provide information about local business assistance programs, as well as welcome and recognize local business successes.
This is our third edition of Business Matters, and more will come every other month. Please pass this e-mail along to others at your company or additional colleagues in the City of Green and invite them to sign-up. If you would like to read previous editions of Business Matters, click here. |
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Green Alert - New Wireless Emergency Notification System
 In August the City of Green unveiled its new Wireless Emergency Notification System (WENS) to make citizens and those working in our community aware of severe weather, emergency evacuations, exposures, flooding, road closures and other public safety information.
In the event of an emergency, those registered for Green Alert will receive an e-mail, text or voice message to their cell phone, office phone or computer. The Fire Division is asking each business to register their main office line for voice alerts and to encourage employees to sign-up for text message alerts. To sign-up to receive these alerts, click here. |
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Charting the Course 
The City of Green is hosting "Charting the Course," a series of discussions aimed towards issues that affect area business owners. on Thursday, November 5 at 8:00 AM (8:30 AM program to begin) at the City of Green's Central Administration Building, 1755 Town Park Boulevard. The discussion will update business owners on business incentives and assistance programs, road construction updates and much more. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Amy Sehm at 330.896.6602 or asehm@cityofgreen.org by October 30. |
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Portage Lakes Career Center
The Portage Lakes Career Center (PLCC) offers a wide range of professional development offerings geared towards small businesses and corporate employees alike. Best of all, PLCC is located right here in Green and offers training at reasonable and competitive prices. Course offerings range from management/supervision and human resources to sales/customer service, health care and beyond. Some of these courses have been granted CEU's. PLCC recently released their September 2009 through June 2010 Hands-on Computer Training Course schedule and their Professional Development catalog. For more information on PLCC and view their course offerings, click here or contact Pat Conry at 330.896.8110 or pl_conry@plcc.edu. |
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Employment Resource Center at The Job Center
The Employment Resource Center at The Job Center is run by Goodwill Industries and provides services for both businesses and job seekers at no costs. The Job Center offers employers free job posting, applicant matching, recruitment, skill and aptitude testing, pre-screened applicant pool, on-the-job training and much more. For more information on the FREE services available to businesses in Summit County, click here. |
Third Frontier Internship Program
The Ohio Third Frontier Internship Program is geared toward assisting businesses finance the hiring of interns in specific areas. The overarching goal of the program is to develop a pool of talented workers for Ohio businesses and assist students in obtaining full-time, permanent employment in Ohio after they graduate. Businesses who are interested in learning about how they can apply for state support for such programs.
The program will pay 50 percent of the student's wages, up to $3,000. For more information about the program, and how to apply, click here. |
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Welcome New Businesses
ASAP Promotions - 5757 Mayfair Road
Bella Paloma Massotherapy - 4861 South Main Street
Benchmark Die Manufacturing, LLC - 4349 South Arlington Road
Darque Zone Tanning - 445 East Turkeyfoot Lake Road
Grille 39 - 3939 Massillon Road, Suite 1101 McMichael Insurance Agency - 3570 Executive Drive, Suite 200 |
Congratulations
Ultimate Jetcharters
Ultimate Jetcharters, located at the Akron-Canton Airport, recently expanded its hanger space at the airport to accommodate larger aircraft. The 25-year-old company now has three hangers at the airport.
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We've Moved! 
If you haven't heard, the City Administrative Offices have moved to 1755 Town Park Blvd. This new building allows City services that were split amongst several buildings to be located in one space to best serve residents and businesses. This new building is also home to the Green Local Schools Administrative Offices, which were previously located in the basement of Kleckner Elementary School. | |
This newsletter is intended to inform local businesses about news and notes that may impact their business as well as recognize the achievements of businesses throughout the City. If you have information that you would like to share in a future edition of this newsletter or have general questions about the City of Green, please contact Jessica Perko, Community Development Administrator at 330.896.6614 or via e-mail jperko@cityofgreen.org. Sincerely,
Wayne L. Wiethe, AICP
Director of Planning
City of Green |
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About Your Neighbors:
I2C Technologies, Inc.
Jeff Doak
President
1549 Boettler Road, Suite D
Uniontown, OH 44685
888.422.7749 |
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I2C Technologies, established in 2005, specializes in providing integrated and customized security and surveillance solutions for their clients, including cities, banks, shopping center, parks and much more. I2C has established its standard through its Total Solution Provider approach utilizing IP video surveillance technology. IP cameras, also known as network cameras, are the future of video surveillance. The Company's in-house programmers have created customizable software that reacts to the needs of the customer. I2C's surveillance systems boast some of the most robust technology in the industry today, and its cameras have the ability to react to trigger events (such as motion detectors), provide night vision footage and zoom into objects at an optical zoom rate of up to 35X. Furthermore, its surveillance systems are scalable for future needs. I2C's products are in use all across the region and even nationally. Their surveillance systems have allowed their clients to view security cameras from any across the globe using Web access. For more information on I2C Technologies, visit their Web site at www.i2ctech.com.
I2C is just one of several unique businesses located in Boettler Business Park.
Is there a Company you would like to learn more about? If so, please e-mail Jessica Perko at jperko@cityofgreen.org.
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