Talk:Canton, Ohio

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I changed the part about Timken plants closing because they only proposed closing some of their plants. There are still no plans to actually close any plants.

If someone else wants to research this, they should look into the Hoover Company plant closing. Maytag (the owner of Hoover) already announced they intend to fully close their North Canton factory. Hoover is currently (26 Jul 2005) being courted for an acquisition by Whirlpool in addition to a Chinese manufacturer, so that's still up in the air as well.

  • Hoover doesn't have any plants in Canton. I don't think they ever did.. They have a plant in Jackson Township. and in North Canton.

Republic Steel is being bought by a Mexican steel company. That's probably a bigger blow to local pride.

  • Industrias CH out of Mexico City is the curent owner. Jaime Vigil is the Current President and CEO of Republic. He's 25 year sold. Apparently it's a family business..

LTV is in the hands of Mittal Steel

Park Farms and Sugardale Meats are also major contributors to the economy..

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[edit] Gentrification/ Urban Renewal

Plans are under way to turn the old Onesto hotel into Upscale condos The Summit Neighborhood is getting several new homes built

[edit] Web Directory Added

I added a link to CantonWeb as a web directory. Although it's a bit dated I think it's more relevant than the web search link that appears to possibly be a cookie-cutter site that just grabs results from other engines.

[edit] Canton Repository controversy?

I take it there's some controversy in the local newspaper concerning this article? How can we help resolve this? -- SwissCelt 12:31, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

What controversy? Anonymous 04:07, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
There was either an article or online blog in the Canton Repository last year criticizing this Wikipedia article. The resulting controversy may have been resolved since then; I posted the above last April to solicit contributions from Repository readers. -- SwissCelt 04:53, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Newton Zone

Having grown up in Canton in the Summit neighborhood area, I take offence to the "Newton Zone" being considered a "neighborhood". It is not! It is the moniker given to a "red light district" that overshadows the Summit and West Park neighborhoods. The “Newton Zone” started off as nothing but a minor street, practically an alley, named Newton Court where drugs were bought and sold. The “Newton Zone” used to be contained in a small area west of Fulton Road. This area has now spread its tendrils into much of the Summit area neighborhoods. This inner-city "blight" -- overrun with drug dealers and prostitutes -- is an embarrassment to the city and has consumed many fine working-class neighborhoods. What is now coined as the “Newton Zone” runs from West Tuscarawas Street north to 12 Street NW and from McKinley Avenue NW west to Monument Road NW. If you feel you must note “the Newton Zone”, then call it what it is, urban blight, NOT a “neighborhood”.69.221.164.53 20:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Neighborhoods are neighborhoods because people Decide they are? enough people think that it is. So the Newton zone is a neighborhood. What about around Belden School, or around CHIPS?

[edit] Annexation

with Canton about to add about 2 Square miles with all the Annexations that it has added or plans to add in the next year. Does anyone know how long it takes for the Census Bureau to update the Square Mileage figures?

Every 10 years, dummy.

[edit] famouse people

why is most of the list in alphabetical order, but some names (Marilyn Manson, for example) are not? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Purplepurplepurple (talk • contribs) 03:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC).

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