City's Master Plan Website Goes Live

The city's Master Plan website, which features information about the strategic planning process to identify new opportunities for city development and improvements, is up and running.

The city of North Canton, in cooperation with the , spearheaded the Master Plan and just launched the site.

According to a news release from the Chamber, visitors will find a recap of the first public meeting from July 21. The summary includes a list of points of pride, identified problems, identity and characteristics of the city and desired development features, including thoughts such as “vacant structures are visible, but arts are invisible, so why not combine the two?”

Upcoming public meetings:

• 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Francoeur Room inside  Barrette Center; This meeting is a community workshop in which preliminary ideas will be presented and participants will be asked to respond to and revise these ideas, as well as add their own ideas to the mix.

• 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Francoeur Room inside Walsh University's Barrette Center; As the community’s ideas are developed into a plan, participants will have an opportunity to weigh in on their priorities for implementation. 

The Master Plan was initiated by North Canton’s Department of Economic Development, with the support of the North Canton Chamber of Commerce and direction from a steering committee of community leaders and stakeholders.

The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (part of ) is providing technical support to this process. For more information, contact the North Canton Area Chamber of Commerce at 330-499-5100.