MILLS PARK OFFERS GREAT OPPORTUNITY BY COLLYN FLOYD nce farm land, Mills Business Park is now a 141-acre business park primed for new businesses and jobs. The light industrial park, just one mile off I-77 on Faircrest Street SW in the city of Canton, is owned by the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the DeHoff Family Foundation. The property is ideally suited for high-tech research and design firms, distribution companies, businesses that specialize in light fabrication, and businesses connected to Utica Shale. Already, four companies call Mills Business Park home: Medline Industries, Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc., GE Oil & Gas, and, most recently, I2r Power Cable Co. Securing placement of these businesses at Mills has required a public/private collaboration including the city of Canton, Stark Development Board, Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, DeHoff Development Co., and numerous other entities. “We’re proud of the continued growth at Mills Business Park. Each business we add represents the cooperative spirit of our region, and the exciting developments that take place when business and government work together,” said Dennis P. Saunier, president and CEO of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce. “Each good business that invests at Mills Business Park translates to more good paying jobs. These companies, and future companies, will have a far-reaching impact on the greater Canton community in terms of raising the overall standard of living,” said Robert J. DeHoff, president of DeHoff Development Co. Mills was born out of the need for a top-notch industrial park within Canton city limits, giving existing businesses that require light industrial property room to expand. In addition, with shale development growing throughout the region, Mills provides a convenient hub for oil-and-gas-related businesses in Canton, the Utica Capital. In fact, GE Oil & Gas made Mills Business Park home in 2012. For more information on the Mills site, contact Dan DeHoff at 330-499-8153 or Steve Katz, senior vice president of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, at 330-458-2062.
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