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Business Matters
The City of Green's Business eNewsletter
Volume 6 Issue 2          
Business Matters is the City of Green's bi-monthly newsletter for businesses in the City of Green to share important City updates, provide information about local business assistance programs, as well as welcome and recognize local business successes.
 
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Have You Heard?
New City Magazine - Coming this Summer

The City of Green is excited to announce that we have partnered with Great Lakes Publishing Co., producers of Cleveland Magazine, Ohio Magazine and Inside Business Magazine, to create a new City of Green magazine. This magazine will be mailed to all residences and businesses in Green as well included in the July/August edition of Inside Business Magazine, reaching more than 30,000 people in Northeast Ohio and beyond.  An electronic version of the magazine will also be available online.    

 

Opportunities are available to business interested in advertising.  For more information about the magazine and advertising opportunities click here or contact Paul Klein at 216.377.3693. Please consider supporting this publication. 

Destination: Excellence Can Lower Workers' Compensation Premium Rates for Your Company

Destination: Excellence is Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation package of programs that rewards employers for keeping their workplace safe and getting injured workers healthy and back to work sooner. Compatible with existing rating programs such as group-experience rating, Destination: Excellence is a cafeteria-style plan that lets employers choose which options create a risk-management strategy that fits the needs of their business and employees.

 

Options are available in 3 categories:

  • Safety Options - Industry Specific Safety Program, Drug-Free Safety Program & Safety Council
  • Return-to-Work Options - Transitional Work & Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Savings Options - Go-green Discount & Lapse-free Discount

As long as the requirements are met, the company will receive the associated discount. Ultimately, Destination: Excellence can reduce costs and increase worker safety, both of which led to lower premium rates for your company. The enrollment deadline is April 30, 2014.

 

Use the Program eligibility look-up tool to find out which BWC programs your company is eligible for. Visit ohiobwc.com, choose Ohio Employers and then choose Program eligibility look-up under Programs on the left-hand menu. Or you can also contact the CAK Safety Council at the Green Chamber of Commerce, 330-896-3023 or info@greencoc.org, for more information on how you can take advantage of these programs.

Does Your Business Have a Succession Plan?
Kent State University's Ohio Employee Ownership Center has prepared "An Owner's Guide to Business Succession Planning" which will help walk business owners through the process of developing a succession plan.  The book also includes some key worksheets to help business owners evaluate their options.  Click here to download the book. 
City Update
Mark Your Calendar - Charting the Course April 22
Charting the Course Mayor Norton will present the next Charting the Course on Tuesday, April 22 at 8:00 a.m. at the Central Administration Building.  The Mayor will provide an update on the City's economic development program as well a lead a discussion about the City's Living Green initiates.  The program will include a panel discussion from local businesses about what they are doing to be sustainable and how it is helping them grow their bottom line.  Registration will open at 7:30 and the presentation will begin  at 8:00 a.m. at the City of Green's Central Administration Building.  Please RSVP to Amy Sehm at asehm@cityofgreen.org or by calling 330.896.6602.  RSVP deadline is April 18.
News & Notes
Welcome
Basil Asian Bistro - 4195 Massillon Road, Suite 217
Patient Centered Network - 3515 Massillon Road, Suite 100
Roesink Laboratories, LLC - 4150 South Main Street
Total Loop, Inc. - 1790 Town Park Blvd, Suite A
High Point Real Estate Group - 3473 Massillon Road

Opening Soon
Dunkin Donuts - 3651 Massillon Road, Suite D
Edible Arrangements - 790 Arlington Ridge, Suite 307
American Tanning - 1840 Town Park Blvd, Suite L
Connyx - 3700 Massillon Road, Suite 110

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 Hyser, Community Development Administrator at 330.896.6614 or via e-mail jhyser@cityofgreen.org.
 
Sincerely,


Wayne L. Wiethe, AICP
Director of Planning
City of Green
In This Issue
New City Magazine
CAK Safety Council
Succession Plan
Charting the Course
News & Notes
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