March 2017 | Business View Magazine

144 145 Akron-Canton Airport in the southeast, which also incorporates the CAK International Business Park. The CAK International Business Park was developed on land that the Akron-Canton Airport acquired with the help of the FAA for noise canceling purposes, and is leased to commercial/industrial users to aug- ment its revenue from non-aviation sources. In the 1990s, the City of Green, along with Summit County and some private investors began to develop the site as the CAK International Business Park. The first two phases were completed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The City, with the help of the State of Ohio, Summit County, and Aqua America (a private water company), recently expanded the park by building a 1.1 mile road to open up an additional 140 acres for Green, Ohio We have a diverse busi- ness base, and that’s something we’ve done, strategically, to help make sure that we don’t have all of our eggs in one basket. jessica hyser Community Development Administrator development. This expan- sion included necessary infrastructure such as san- itary sewer and potable water lines; stormwater basins; and an easement for future electric and gas utilities. The city also extended its foreign trade zone into the new area, “So that any com- pany that’s looking to do international business has