PLAIN TWP. – The BellStores location at Market Avenue N and Easton Street NE is gone, but it will return this summer.
The Massillon-based convenience store chain is rebuilding at the site on the southeast corner of the busy intersection near Walsh University. In early January, the Stark County Regional Planning Commission approved plans for the new 9,724-square-foot store.
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The company is updating the building to make better use of the space, said E.J. Hanolt, a marketing spokesman. The rebuilt store should be open in July.
“That’s been a great area for a long time,” Hanolt said of the Market and Easton location.
BellStores, which is part of Campbell Oil, generally updates or builds several locations each year.
The new location at Market and Easton will be similar to the old site, with a car wash, drive-thru, store and restaurant. The location will be easier to navigate inside, and changes will be made outside around the fuel pumps.
Food offerings will include Champs Chicken and Hunt Brothers Pizza, as well as DiVitis Italian Market sub sandwiches. But the new location no longer will have Subway sandwiches.
There are 74 BellStores locations around Ohio. Last year, the company remodeled its location at Wales Avenue and Fulton Road NW in Jackson Township and a location in Orrville.
PNC executive selected as CFO with Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment
Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co. announced its new chief financial officer is Benjamin Lee, former CFO of the capital markets and debt products divisions at PNC Financial Services Group.
Lee takes on the duties March 21. He will direct all of Hall of Fame Resort’s financial operations, including accounting, financial reporting, tax, treasury and raising capital.
Michael Crawford, Hall of Fame Resort president and chief executive officer, said Lee’s 20-plus year track record, financial competence and strong leadership will help the company expand its multiple businesses and revenue-generating initiatives.
“We look forward to utilizing Benjamin’s diverse leadership experience, collaborative and inclusive leadership style and analytical mindset to help maintain our growth and ensure we remain financially responsible to our shareholders,” Crawford said in a press release announcing Lee’s appointment.
Lee replaces Jason Krom, who left Hall of Fame Resort at the beginning of the year to be the chief financial officer at Turkey Hill, the fourth largest premium ice cream company.
At PNC, Lee led a team that generated more than $1.2 billion in annual revenue by supporting capital markets and investment banking businesses, institutional broker-dealers and the financial institutions group segment. Before joining PNC, Lee was managing director and controller for Bank of New York Mellon’s Global Markets business, where he directed for the global interest rate and foreign exchange hedging programs.
Hall of Fame Resort also announced last week that Rob Borm has been hired as an executive vice president to lead the gaming business unit.
Borm will manage the company’s gaming division and the strategic direction of the Hall of Fantasy League, a digital fantasy football platform that allows fans to claim a financial stake in fantasy football teams.
Borm also will work with gaming partners Rush Street and Genesis on the company’s gaming initiatives, while expanding the network of partners and finding opportunities where the gaming division can support the company’s other business verticals.
Portman slated for Utica Green event
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Cincinnati, has joined the list of speakers slated for the Utica Green conference later this month at the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Nash Family event & Conference Center.
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Portman — who will leave the Senate at the end of this year after serving two terms — will open the conference, which is organized by the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and Shale Directories.
The Utica Green Upstream & Midstream conference will focus the energy industry’s efforts to transition to cleaner energy and the role natural gas will play.
Portman will discuss the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also called the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, that he helped push through Congress last year. The law includes more than $62 billion to support plans for a clean, low-carbon energy transition.
Sugere guiding factory’s supply chain
An automotive component maker in Fremont is using supply chain management technology developed by Surgere to track parts during production.
The process developed by Surgere uses radio frequency identification (RFID) to collection information while components are being made. Data collected helps the customer, ABC INOAC Exterior Systems, improve productivity, trace parts, track assets, and improve inventory visibility.
It’s the first time Surgere has installed a supply chain system in a factory to monitor production data.
Source: cantonrep.com