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Ensuring Business Wins

Canton is a business-friendly city. This is no cliché. It is the truth. What exactly does being a business-friendly city mean in the first place? It means that all aspects of governance, codes and permitting are oriented in a manner that assists private businesses to open and conduct their operations.

When the decision is made to locate in Canton, from start to finish, we stand ready to help. The City of Canton provides everything from site selection assistance to permits, to inspections, to zoning information, to development code information, to incentive information and everything else in between.

In fact, we have our permitting flow chart available for builders, developers and businesses on wide display online and in our Community Development Department at City Hall. This shows what can be expected and what needs to happen for projects and sites to be permitted.

We share our very own A Guide to Starting a Business in Canton with anyone who wants information about how the City operates to get approvals, in a simple A-B-C format. In fact, this guide has even been used as a statewide best practice for other cities and communities to adopt and implement.

By no means are we perfect, but our commitment to customer friendliness lies at the heart of our daily work to ensure that businesses here grow and remain vibrant.

The products of our commitment to business friendliness can be observed in the number of new businesses that have opened, are in the process of opening or are expanding in Canton. Their investment speaks where are our words may fail.

How can these projects happen without the necessary permits and approvals to open? Outside of locational factors, what assures these entities that their plans can be reviewed and approved so their dreams can become realities? How do processes and inspections get done unless the City makes sure they are completed in a timely manner?

They must come from interfacing with those who review and approve the numerous site plans and permits available to businesses in the City, which, again, shows the importance of our business friendly approach. We want to make processes easy and stress-free for all those choosing to do business here.

If you are considering opening a business in Canton, you should pick up or download a copy of A Guide to Starting a Business in Canton. It was first launched in 2013, and it will be revised once the ongoing Branding & Marketing Strategy is completed.

Additionally, rest assured, we will continue to keep a business first and business friendly approach to growth and economic development. After all, customer friendliness can be an incredible differentiator for patrons and those using your services.

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