Please join your fellow Canton Rotarians on Friday May 15th via Zoom for our second 'videoconferencing' Friday meeting! Don’t miss this important virtual meeting.
We will open up the meeting room at 11:30 am to give everyone a chance to log in and socialize a bit. It will be an open forum until 12 noon when the formal meeting will kick-off.
Mayor Thomas Bernabei and the City of Canton's Planning Director, Donn Angus, will be our guest speakers for this Zoom Rotary meeting. Mayor Bernabei and Mr. Angus will update our members on the progress of the Centennial Plaza project, as well as discuss the actions that the City of Canton is taking during this pandemic.
Please check out the information below for instructions on how to join the meeting and some tips for how to participate. Hope to see you there!
Mayor Thomas Bernabei is a lifelong resident of Stark County and lives in Canton, Ohio. He is a 1964 graduate of Canton Lehman High School. He graduated from Brown University in 1968 and THE Ohio State University College of Law in 1975. Between college and law school, Mayor Bernabei served four years in the United States Army, including one tour of duty in Vietnam.
Mayor Bernabei entered public service as Assistant Prosecutor in Massillon Municipal Court. He later served as an Assistant Law Director in Canton and was elected Canton Law Director in 1989. After retiring from the Law Department in 2000, Mayor Bernabei was elected to Canton City Council and served one term as Councilman At-Large. He subsequently worked as Director of Public Service in Canton from 2008 to 2009 and as SARTA’s interim Executive Director in 2009. Mayor Bernabei was then elected Stark County Commissioner and served from 2010 to 2015.
Mayor Bernabei proudly practiced law with his father, Joseph, from 1975 to 1989. He is married to Bebe, a Canton Central Catholic High School graduate. They have three daughters and five grandchildren.
Donn Angus is an award winning designer and Planner. Educated in landscape architecture, urban design, and city/regional planning – as well as classic cultures - he has over 20 years of professional experience, specifically focused on providing design and planning services to both the private and public sectors. Donn has had a unique and rewarding career with prominent design firms, federal agencies, and local governments in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Boston, Chicago, and London, as well as the Walt Disney Company in Orlando. This experience has afforded him the opportunity to develop a diverse portfolio, having built & planned both large & small scale projects, located in 17 states, the District of Columbia, and 9 foreign nations.
Donn has been with the City of Canton since June of 2017.