Think outside the big box. Innis Maggiore and The Canton Repository shine a light on and encourage the support of local businesses doing their part to strengthen Stark County.

By Dick Maggiore and Mark Vandegrift

What's the Buzz

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Popular Canton jewelry store has grown annually since opening in 2007; will move to a new location with twice the retail space later this year...

Cathy Cowgill Flowers Local Business Spotlight

Florist has been in business since 1909, is still family owned and was Stark County’s favorite again in 2018...

Custom Auto Body Local Business Spotlight

Independently owned Stark County company has put more than 75,000 Northeast Ohio cars and trucks on the road again by mastering the art of auto body repair...

Mids Local Business Spotlight

Locally made pasta sauce is selling in thousands of supermarkets across 30 states; newly upgraded manufacturing facility is enabling additional growth... 

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Family-owned, operated company is sixth-largest U.S. brick manufacturer; has served as ‘standard of comparison’ for 133 years...

Zeigler Main Image

Stark County family business is one of the largest independent tire dealers in the nation; has sold Firestone tires longer than any other dealer...

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Family business' cheese sold nationwide, and in 23 countries; employs 500 locally. When Norman F. Biery founded the business that would become Biery Cheese in 1929, he was working hard to get his family through the Great Depression...

Grove Main Image

Some things haven’t changed much since E.J. Grove started his own refrigeration business in Alliance in 1935. The foundation of E.J.’s business model was to provide quality workmanship and products at a fair price with excellent service...

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Friendly faces, quality products, on-site tailoring and competitive prices make store Stark County’s men’s clothing king...

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Stark County manufacturer has expanded three times since forming in 2008; Company setting itself up for continued growth in 2019 — and beyond...

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