Canton Township trustees declare Be SMART week, approve $4.3M park renovations, ADA path work, transit agreement and Fire Station 4 letter of intent

Supervisor Ann Marie Graham Hudak said the board at its Aug. 12 meeting adopted a resolution declaring August Be SMART Week and highlighted multiple approvals for parks, transit and fire-department projects.

The Be SMART campaign—an initiative aimed at promoting safe firearm storage to reduce child gun deaths—was the first item Hudak summarized. Hudak defined the Be SMART acronym on the record: “Secure,” to secure all firearms; “Model,” to model responsible behavior; “Ask,” to ask about unsecured firearms in other homes; “Recognize,” to recognize the role of firearms in suicide; and “Tell,” to tell peers to be smart. She said Canton Police have distributed hundreds of gun locks at community events and added, “I personally have lost two family…