Main Street Kent kept downtown lively in 2021
Main Street Kent carried out a full slate of projects and programs in 2021, all while navigating the many challenges presented by operating in the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Richie Koch
Garrettsville’s indie bookstore celebrates 15 years
For the past 15 years, Ellen Eckhouse of the Village Bookstore in Garrettsville has offered book lovers from all over Portage County a warm welcome, lively conversation and personalized book recommendations. The bookstore has continued as a local landmark, surviving the 2014 Garrettsville fire that burned down several small businesses just across the street and is now persevering through the Covid-19 crisis.