Many of these businesses are owned by independent-minded entrepreneurs who strive to serve their customers and grow their dream businesses. Others are managed by talented supervisors who offer a local flair to the firms they work for.

Avon is a community that celebrates and supports locally-owned enterprises, making the city a fertile ground for entrepreneurship. The people featured in this section are some of Avon’s most talented and interesting business owners and managers. They not only help to keep the local economy vibrant, but they live among us as our neighbors and friends. You may know some of them personally, others by appearance or name, or maybe only by their storefronts or signs. Here’s a chance to learn more about who they are and what they do in our community. They are the Faces of Avon.

Front Row: Shannon Andrews, Laura’s Learning Treehouse; Cindy Sears, #1 Express Car Wash & Detail Center; Dr. K. 
Anne Jacobs M.D., Jacobs Eye Center; Lisa Sebastian, Ridge Cleaners; Nate Root, St. Mary of the Woods. 
Second Row: Charlotte Picha, Lorain Public Library System; Brad Calabrese, EMH Regional Healthcare System; Jeff 
Brunner, Brunner Landscape; Kris Sharer, Flipper’s Gym; Lee Belardo, Attorney at L.E.Belardo LLC. 
Third Row: Kristy Cain, Health Source; Keith Porchetta, Budget Blinds; Karen Stewart, Avon Montessori; Ed Oley, 
Community Health Partners; Bill Hricovec, Tom’s Country Place; Ray Gilles, Ray’s Auto & Truck Service Inc.; 
Jennifer Toth, Northridge Health Campus. 
Fourth Row: JoAnn Moell-Widok, Kiddie Kollege ; Todd Armanini, Armanini & Associates Co., LPA; Arthur Stewart, 
Avon Montessori; Billy Hricovec, Tom’s Country Place; Mike Gilles, Ray’s Auto & Truck Service Inc.

Lisa Sebastian - Ridge Cleaners

Edwin Oley - Community Health Partners

Ray & Mike Gilles - Ray's Auto and Truck

Joan Wenk - Westlake Montessori & Child Care

Bill & Billy Hricovec - Tom's Country Place

Brad Calabrese - The EMH Center For Health & Fitness

Cindy Sears - #1 Express Carwash & Detail Center

Kris Sharer - Flippers Gym

Shannon Andrews - Laura's Learning Treehouse

Kristy Cain - HealthSource of Avon

Karen & Arthur Stewart - Avon Montessori School

Nate Root - St. Mary of the Woods

Keith Porchetta - Budget Blinds

Jeff Brunner - Brunner Landscape & Lawn Sprinkler, Inc.

Paul L. Schwartz, D.D.S. Inc

Jennifer Toth - The Northridge Health Center

Dr. K. Anne Jacobs - Jacobs Eye Center

Todd Armanini - Armanini & Associates Co., L.P.A.

JoAnn Moell - Kiddie Kollege

L.E. Belardo, LLC

Charlotte Picha - Lorain Public Library System's Avon Branch Library

Bob Nemo - Nemo Grille