STOW — After lengthy study and discussion, the city has decided to join with four other government entities in a regional dispatch center operation.

Stow City Council on Thursday voted 5-1 to enter into an agreement to participate in the new center with Cuyahoga Falls, Fairlawn, Summit County, and Tallmadge that will be housed at the former Weaver Workshop building at North Avenue and Howe Road in Tallmadge. The engineer’s estimate to renovate the 35,800 square foot building is approximately $11.2 million, according to Brian Nelsen, chief of staff for Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro… READ MORE