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Downtown Canton Flea and Weekly Saturday Market - Aug 17
The Monthly Extravaganza of the Summer, the Downtown Flea, is back this Saturday (August 17) at the Canton Cultural Center for the Arts. From 10am to 3pm, you can shop over 70 local vendors. Stop in for brilliant handmade and vintage items as well as delicious food vendors.
The event itself is FREE and you can easily find parking on side streets nearby or downtown at meters or local parking lots. Parking at the Cultural Center is $6.
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Bikesmart - An Easy Way to Get Around Canton
Canton is such a beautiful city, it would be a shame if you didn't explore a bit before you moved here. BIKESMART is a perfect way to do just that without having to pay to park, then move your car, then pay to park again, etc.
Quite simply, BikeSmart, is the Stark County Bike Share program. This allows you to stop by any of the Stark County Zagster bike share locations and rent a bike.
The Zagster App is easy to use! All you'll need to do is enter the bike's number into the app, enter the unlock code into the on-bike keypad, remove the cable and enjoy your ride!
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The Founding of Canton
As I am a resident of Canton, I did some research recently into the etymology of the name Canton.
I thought maybe it was named after someone with the name Canton. Turns out, the origin is much different!
In 1805, Canton was first founded by Bezaleel Wells, a surveyor, hailing from Steubenville, Ohio. He named our beloved city out of respect for trader John O'Donnell. O'Donnell was the first to ship goods from Canton, China to Baltimore, Maryland. He even called his property in Baltimore, "The Canton Estates."
Guangzhou, China was called by the Portugese "Cidade de Cantão" which the English ended up pronouncing as Canton. Th...
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Events of the Real - Service Industry Night!
Service Industry Night 6pm-10pm
Canton Brewing Company
120 3rd St NW, Canton, OH
Join the crew at Canton Brewery Comp...
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Events of the Real - the Plain Township Farmers' Market
Plain Township Farmers' Market - 4pm-7pm
Veteran's Park
1714 Schneider Park St NE, Canton, OH
For the uninitiated, the Plain Township Farmers' Market is a diverse group of vendors that create a wide array of locally grown farm products and regional...