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Park group to sell books and souvenirs at former Blue Heron in Peninsula
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008
A bookstore in northern Summit County is getting new life.
The now-closed Blue Heron Bookstore in Peninsula is being taken over by the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association, a friends-of-the-park group.
When it reopens in early summer, it will operate as Park Place in Peninsula and will combine books, merchandise and snacks to appeal to park visitors.
The new store will focus on local, environmental, nature, train, health and children's education books. It will also sell higher-end souvenirs, outdoor-oriented items and environmentally friendly goods.
The store off state Route 303 in the heart of Peninsula also will be a park-related store and information center, selling park maps and guidebooks, said Deb Yandala, chief executive officer of the association, based in Boston Township.
The facility will be similar, in part, to Trail Mix, the association's small snack shop next to the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail in the hamlet of Boston near the park's Boston Store, she said.
It will also give the friends' group a highly visible location in the heart of Peninsula to help promote the 33,000-acre federal park, she said.
The association will lease the store from the Blue Heron owners. The agreement was signed Monday.
The Blue Heron Bookstore had hosted numerous activities, including ranger-led story hours in the Cuyahoga Valley park.
The store ''makes the perfect locale and venue for the CVNPA's initiative of building awareness, participation and support for the CVNP,'' said Debbie D'Andrea, an owner of the Blue Heron.
The park maintains a small visitor center at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad depot in Peninsula.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
A bookstore in northern Summit County is getting new life.
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