Friday, January 25, 2013
Avon’s newest bank opening Jan. 28
KeyBank’s newest branch, slated to open in Avon on Monday, Jan. 28 was built with energy savings in mind. The 3,900-square foot, freestanding branch, located at 36019 Detroit Road in Avon (on the corner of Detroit Road and SR 83) replaces a smaller branch that was located in the Avon Commons shopping plaza. The new branch was built from the ground up for LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification, the third branch of its kind for Key in Northeast Ohio (and sixth in Ohio). Key’s offices at the Higbee Building and Key Tower in downtown Cleveland, as well as its Tiedemann Road building in Cleveland, all achieved LEED certification. “Key is committed to constructing ‘sustainable’ buildings whenever possible,” Lisa Oliver…
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Joe Firment Chevrolet settles in at new home on Chester Road.
There's a Chevrolet dealership that's new to Avon, but not to Lorain County. And business has gotten off to a quick start. Joe Firment Chevrolet opened its doors in a shiny new facility on Chester Road in Avon on Sept. 10, leaving its Lorain home after 31-plus years. The Firment family made the move with mixed emotions. "Very sad," said co-vice president Jim Firment, who runs the dealership with his brother Paul. "Our family was there for a long, long time. It was considered our home. And to move out of there, I gotta tell you, it was kind of sad." "Now that we're here it's very exciting to be here in a new store," Firment said. "Everything is brand new, it is so nice." The showroom still has that "new car" smell – in part because it's …
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Healthy options for pets is the store's theme
The ASPCA reports that 62 percent of American households have a pet. To provide the basics for a dog or cat -- that's food, medical care, training and other supplies -- owners spend between $600 and $900 per year. And that doesn't include the chew toys, treats and other indulgences. You now have a new place to find much of that. PetPeople opens its new store in City Centre, next to Marc's, on Thursday morning. This is the 14th PetPeople store. PetPeople specializes in natural pet foods and healthy products for pets. Manager Matt Horowitz described it as a "neighborhood pet store." "We're passionate about educating our associates so they can help customers make the best choices for their pet," Horowitz said. "They're not just guessing." …
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35901 Detroit Rd, Avon, OH
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
A good thing to know as time runs down on tax season
Did you put off doing your taxes until the last minute again? Are you anticipating a weekend of sifting through piles of papers, squinting at the calculator and trying not to go through your entire catalogue of profanity when you realize you forgot a decimal point somewhere so now you have to start over? A solution is at hand. We asked Avon residents to name their favorite place to get their taxes done, and the unanimous choice was The JL Smith Tax Advisory Group. Check back on Monday morning when we'll have a new Readers' Choice topic for you to help choose.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Voting ends at 5 p.m. Friday.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Have you done your taxes yet?
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock... Is that getting louder for you as April 17 approaches? Whether you have a lot of paperwork and deductions, or just don't want to waste a nice weekend adding up numbers, a tax preparer can be a good person to have on your side this time of year. We're looking for Avon's top tax preparer. You can make your voice heard by voting in the poll, making a comment or posting a review on your favorite's page in our directory listings. You can find complete rules in the PDF document posted here. We'll select a winner after 5 p.m. on Friday, April 6 and announce it in a story on Saturday, April 7.
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The JL Smith Tax Advisory Group
36610 Detroit Rd, Avon, OH
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Jane R Kuzman, CPA, Inc.
36368 Detroit Rd, Avon, OH
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Post your nominations for this week's Readers' Choice
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Some stores see increase in business, and some don't.
For area businesses big and small, this year’s day-after Thanksgiving sale event was a tale of two Fridays. Wal-Mart in Avon was so busy between 10 p.m. and midnight on Thursday, they stopped letting people in to avoid violating the fire code, said zone supervisor Anna, who refused to give her last name. “We were only letting people in as other people left,” Anna said. Mindi Ellison, who co-owns an Elyria-based food cart called The Shak, set up shop at Best Buy in Avon to feed the huge lines. “At one point, the line stretched all the way around to the back of the building, and was spilling out into the parking lot,” she said. “We did good, but we thought it would bring more business for us.” Managers at Best Buy were not available for …
Some stores see increase in business, and some don't.
For area businesses big and small, this year’s day-after Thanksgiving sale event was a tale of two Fridays. Wal-Mart in Avon was so busy between 10 p.m. and midnight on Thursday, they stopped letting people in to avoid violating the fire code, said zone supervisor Anna, who refused to give her last name. “We were only letting people in as other people left,” Anna said. Mindi Ellison, who co-owns an Elyria-based food cart called The Shak, set up shop at Best Buy in Avon to feed the huge lines. “At one point, the line stretched all the way around to the back of the building, and was spilling out into the parking lot,” she said. “We did good, but we thought it would bring more business for us.” Managers at Best Buy were not available for …
Friday, July 15, 2011
This workshop is part of a economic development series
Learn more social media for small business with this free workshop for local business owners to grow your business. Ask yourself: Should I be using social media? What is social media for business? The Avon Lake Public Library announces the next free small business workshop in the Growing Your Business 2011 series. This workshop will be held on Thursday morning, July 21, from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. at the Avon Lake Public Library 32649 Electric Blvd, Avon Lake, OH. 44012. Please note new location. The subject will be more marketing and social media for your business. We will dive into the details of Facebook and how to use company pages to promote your business. Two experts in marketing and growing a business will present. All small business …
Jim Strang
7:21 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
Nice press release, Key Bank. But I'm far more concerned with how you will impact the already heavy traffic where super-sized Center Road and an engorged Detroit Rd. pump thousands of cars daily through a sclerotic arterial intersection. You've built, on a too-small footprint, a driveway traffic-trap right atop one of the busier intersections in Northern Ohio. In so doing, you've created the … more ›