Mike spends his days as the Events Supervisor at the Akron-Summit County Public Library. There, Mike manages major events for the Library including groundbreakings, author series, festivals, and community events. He coordinated the Library system’s social media outlets on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, and Pinterest. Articles about his social media expertise have been published in the Akron Beacon Journal, Philadelphia Inquirer, Indiana Gazette, Stars and Stripes, Virgin Islands Daily News, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, The Post-Star, AmericanLibrariesMagazine.org and LibraryJournal.com.
In the past, Mike crafted delicious caramels and sold them at area specialty retailers, farmers’ markets, festivals and events. Made By Mike Treats caramels were voted #1 Favorite Dessert item by the readers of the Akron Empire blog in 2014.
An avid baker and photographer, Mike wrote a food blog that was featured on MarthaStewart.com and craftzine.com. He has presented televised cooking segments on FOX8′s New Day Cleveland.
Mike resides in a downtown Akron “deluxe apartment in the sky” with his husband Greg and their dog Ted.
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