West Side News & Notes
By Stephanie Kist
Peddling in Akron now
requires license
AKRON — A new law that went into effect earlier this month in the city of Akron requires anyone peddling products or services for profit in Akron to first register with the city.
The law also requires the issuance of a photo identification card by the Akron Police Department and subjection to a background check by the city.
The ordinance also instructs that
residents who desire to prohibit uninvited door-to-door
peddlers post a sign on or near the main entrance door
to their residence.
Registration for peddlers will
cost $35 per person and should take five business days
to process, including the background check.
Peddling is defined as “calling
on a residence without an invitation or previous consent
of the owner or occupant” for the purpose of selling
goods or services for profit.
The new ordinance also restricts
peddling in neighborhoods to the hours between 9 a.m.
and sunset.
Anyone with questions may contact
Akron’s 3-1-1 Call Center. Press 3-1-1 from any
home telephone in the city of Akron, or call (330) 375-2311.
Shown from left at a ribbon cutting
for the Akron Urban League’s (AUL) new headquarters
are Ed Pearce, of First Communications; Akron Mayor
Don Plusquellic; County Executive Russell Pry; AUL President
Bernett Williams; Akron City Council President Marco
Sommerville (Ward 3); AUL Board Chairwoman Louise Gissendaner,
of Fifth Third Bank; and Akron Public Schools Superintendent
Sylvester Small. Photo:
Bruce Ford, city of Akron, courtesy of the Akron Urban
League
AUL officially opens new
facililty
WEST AKRON — The Akron
Urban League (AUL) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony
Aug. 16 at its new headquarters at 440 Vernon Odom Blvd.
The AUL moved into the new facility July 9.
Speakers included AUL President
Bernett Williams and Board Chairwoman Louise Gissendaner;
Akron City Council President, Ward 3 representative
and Capital Campaign Co-Chair Marco Sommerville; Akron
Mayor Don Plusquellic;
Capital Campaign Co-Chair Ann Brennan; and Akron Public
Schools Superintendent Sylvester Small. A tour of the
new facility followed the ribbon cutting.
A public community celebration
took place on the grounds of the facility Aug. 19.
The new building is part of the
Helen Arnold Community Learning Center at the corner
of Rhodes Avenue and Vernon Odom Boulevard.
Designed by Moody Nolan Architects,
of Columbus, and constructed by Welty Building Co.,
of Fairlawn, the structure houses the AUL’s new
Presidents Hall, a banquet and meeting space with a
500-seat capacity and on-site catering service, as well
as a child-care center. A computer lab and various meeting
rooms also are available to the public.
A $5 million capital campaign
paid for the new 38,000-square-foot building.
For details, visit www.akron.
urbanleague.us.
Effort under way to change
Republican leadership
SUMMIT COUNTY — A new Web
site and letter from state
Sen. Kevin Coughlin (R-District 27), of Cuyahoga Falls,
are promoting an effort to change the leadership of
the Summit County Republican Party next year.
“The goal of this effort
is to gain a majority of the Summit County Central Committee
in the 2008 Primary Election and to elect a new party
chairman,” said Coughlin in the letter, which
was sent to Republican activists and members of the
media last week.
Coughlin insinuates that under
longtime chairman Alex Arshinkoff, the party “has
slipped into a pathetic state.”
Arshinkoff couldn’t be
reached for comment by press time.
Coughlin and the “New Summit
County Republicans” have posted information at
www.newsummitrepublicans
.com,
including steps that would need to be taken toward a
new party leader.
In the March 2008 Primary Election,
representatives for the Summit County Republican Central
Committee will be elected, and that committee is responsible
for, among other organizational tasks, electing a party
chairman.
The group plans next to perform
a fiscal and performance
audit of the party and develop and support candidates
with the goal of becoming the majority party in the
county.
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