Category: Blog & Resources

Grand Opening at Heather’s Place

Heather’s Place, formerly Athens Restaurant, will have its grand opening Wednesday, September 9. This breakfast and lunch diner offers an Americana menu with homemade meals including signature plates created by co-owners - mother Heather Howell and her three daughters Brittaney Stiver, Rachell Vorhies and Emiley Howell. One of the menu items called mom’s deluxe waffles includes mashed potatoes and gravy drizzled on a homemade waffle. “Growing up on Christmas morning we always had homemade waffles,” Rachell said. She recalls her mother adding mashed potatoes to her waffles. So, Rachell tried it years later. “It is ten times better than I…

Former Athens Restaurant will reopen as Heather’s Place

We’re excited to announce that Heather’s Place will celebrate its Grand Opening on September 9! Located in the former Athens Restaurant, Heather’s Place represents an exciting new chapter for a space that has served as a neighborhood gathering place for many years. When Canton for All People purchased the Athens Restaurant property, our goal was to preserve an important community asset and ensure that this space continued serving the neighborhood. Rather than seeing another longtime local gathering place disappear, we wanted to help create an opportunity for a new locally operated restaurant to take root and thrive. We’re thrilled to…

Canton For All People cuts ribbon on Newton Family Apartments

Canton For All People officially cut the ribbon on Newton Family Apartments. About 100 people joined the celebration including partners, developers and philanthropic supporters. Sharing about the project included Don Ackerman, executive director of Canton For All People, and Gino Haynes, deputy director of Canton For All People, City of Canton Mayor William V. Sherer ll, and Erica Green, regional vice president of Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. "We want to figure out a practical sustainable way and build some infrastructure that supports the people who live here in Canton," said Gino Haynes, the deputy director of Canton For All People.…

Homes for youth in foster care

Our partnership with Chasing Hope House Canton For All People received a $1.5 million grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, which funneled through PNC Bank, to build three homes for our partner Chasing Hope House. Chasing Hope House is a nonprofit organization in Stark County supporting teens age 19 and under who are at risk of homelessness, young parents and teenagers who are in the foster care system. The homes will include four bedrooms each and house a total of 12 teenage girls. Chais Ross, founder and executive director of Chasing Hope House, grew up in the…