As we hope you know, the Rotary Club of Canton provided a $100,000 donation to the City of Canton to provide the original planning of the new Centennial Plaza. We were one of the first organizations to support this project. This was pledged in 2015 from income accumulated in our Endowment Fund during Tom Clevenger's presidency, and paid during Paul White's presidency 2015-16. Amongst other members, Past President Mark Rojek was also highly involved in establishing this partnership with the city.
THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2021, AT 7:15 PM, THE CITY OF CANTON WILL HAVE THEIR OFFICIAL DEDICATION OF CENTENNIAL PLAZA.
We'd like to invite ALL CANTON ROTARIANS to join us at 6:45 PM at 4th and Market, to join in this celebration. We also encourage anyone attending to wear some Rotary stuff, so that those in attendance can see who it is that provided this support for this jewel in our city!
The OSU/Tulsa football game will be broadcast at 3:30 PM on the BIG screen, and Jimmy & the Soulblazers will perform following the dedication and ribbon-cutting!
So COME ON DOWN TO 4TH & MARKET AT 6:45 this Saturday to celebrate Rotary's impact on our city and have some fun with your fellow members!
(Here's the full article from the Repository re: this event:
PARTY SET for SEPT 18 to DEDICATE CANTON CENTENNIAL PLAZABy Kelly Byer, Canton Repository 9-13-2021The city has planned a party to officially celebrate the opening of Centennial Plaza.Although the plaza opened to the public last year, its dedication was postponed because of the pandemic. It’s since hosted movies, live music, and community events.The dedication events will begin at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 18 with a showing of the Ohio State University v. the University of Tulsa, according to a city news release. A ceremony and ribbon-cutting will occur at 7:15 p.m. by the donor wall at Fourth Street and Court Avenue NW.'This is an opportunity to thank all of Canton, our citizens, our donors, our elected and other officials who were so instrumental in making Centennial Plaza a reality,' Mayor Thomas Bernabei said in the news release.Jimmy & The Soul Blazers will play after the football game until 10:30 p.m., and fireworks will occur at 9 p.m. There will be food trucks, face painting, balloon artists, and crafts for children or 'kids at heart' during the afternoon and evening, according to the release.'After talking to health officials, this being a fully outdoor event with more relaxed health protocols in place, we are comfortable moving forward this year,' Bernabei stated. 'We encourage anyone with health concerns to wear a mask.'In the event of rain, the dedication will be postponed to Oct. 2.