March 2017 | Business View Magazine

142 143 L ocated in southern Summit County on the Stark County border, Green, Ohio was in- corporated as a city in 1992. Prior to its incorporation, the city was known as Green Town- ship; first established in 1809 and made up of five unincorporated burgs: Aultman, Comet, East Liberty, Greens- burg, and Myersville. Historically, the area was devoted to farming, as well as coal, which became the township’s second leading market product until its decline in the early 1900s. The lo- cal economy then slowly shifted from farming and coal mining to business and industry. Today, Green is a suburban commu- nity that covers 33.5 square miles and has approximately 26,000 residents. Some small farms still dot the land- scape amid 530 acres of city-owned parkland; homes and subdivisions; office parks and businesses; and rec- reation areas. A large portion of the city includes both the Portage Lake State Park in the northwest, and the Green, Ohio Green, Ohio Progressive, prosperous, and promising AT A GLANCE | green, ohio WHAT: A city of 26,000 WHERE: In Summit County, midway between Akron and Canton WEBSITE : www. cityofgreen.org