The Resources You Need on the Scale You Want.
Our comprehensive utility infrastructure partners are dedicated to supporting your business.
Utilities play a significant role in Stark County’s economic growth and business success. Our region is equipped with a utility network already in place for light uses to very heavy industrial applications. Multiple public and private providers offer a wide spectrum of service possibilities no matter the size of your business.
Electric Utilities
(generation, transmission, and distribution)
Gas Utilities
(supply transmission, and distribution)
Water
Cities with municipal service include Canton, North Canton, Navarre, Louisville and Alliance.
Some township areas adjacent to these cities have service extended to them. Areas in western Stark and east of Akron Canton Airport are served by Aqua Ohio.
Sewer
Cities with municipal service include Canton, North Canton, Navarre, Massillon, Louisville, and Alliance. Many township areas adjacent to their cities are served by the Stark County Sanitary Engineer.
Telecommunications
(land lines, fiber, wireless)
Additional carriers are available to serve Stark County.
Stark County Utilities are Business-Friendly.
They are involved in every step of the development process.
Stark County stands as more than competitive to attract businesses that seek a healthy economic environment and plan to grow. One significant reason for this is our partnerships with a comprehensive array of utilities, an infrastructure designed to help you with affordable, reliable service.
This partnership works with you from the very beginning and throughout your site search and development process. We’ve adopted this philosophy for quite some time, understanding its increased importance. As Brookings describes it, “In many ways, water and other utilities can function as economic anchors for their communities … (and) serve as informal or formal hubs to bring together public and private partners.” Together, we collaborate with Stark County utilities not only to provide a vital public service, but also because they train and employ local workers and initiate long-term capital investments to stay ahead of the needs of businesses like yours.
That’s important since the expansion of commercial and industrial business often increases energy consumption, which necessitates an extension of the utility infrastructure. As a result, power requirements have emerged as a crucial element in site choice. In Stark County, we understand that businesses have been placing a greater emphasis on the availability, reliability, and sustainability of energy — which makes our Stark County utility partnerships more crucial than ever.
As the American Public Power Association so succinctly puts it, “All economic development is local, and it all relies on a site or building. And every site or building is going to be served with utilities.” That makes Stark County utilities one of the key stakeholders in our economic development team. Utilities provide much more than electricity, gas, and water to a business operation. They contribute more to the Stark County area, such as improvements and investments in the utility infrastructure; special programs to support industrial and commercial customers; and expanded efforts toward sustainability. Our Stark County utility partners often become the deciding factor for companies relocating or expanding.
We agree with an Area Development article which makes the case that regions that successfully attract and retain businesses offer “the strong support of well-organized and well-funded power companies.” That’s what we have here in Stark County for you, a strong group of utility partners ready to provide quality, reliable service for your business.