Meeting Recap
Zach Pipoly gave the invocation and led the pledge.
Students
We had the yearbook staff in. They have expanded the yearbook by 32 pages.
New Member Bio
Zach Pipoly gave his new member bio. Born and raised in Northeast Ohio he lived in Medina most of his life. He attended Walsh Jesuit High School, and then University of Dayton where he played football. He moved back to Strongsville with his fiance, a licensed professional counselor, and they will soon be moving to Broadview Heights. Zach is a managing partner with Raymond James in Cleveland, with offices in Medina, Beachwood and Westlake.
Announcements
- Clambake: November 12th at Rosewood.
- Historical Society Fall Cleanup will be on November 4th. We will have a signup list at the meeting Friday, or you can signup on ClubRunner.
- The Strongsville Community Band will be partnering with the Rotary to raise money for the victims of the fires in Maui. The concert will be at 7pm on November 8th in the Rec Center Event Center. The Strongsville Rotary Foundation will match up to $2,000 of donations made either at the concert, or online at https://trcs.info/maui
- Winter Wonderland November 19th. We will be serving hot chocolate and treats. We will have a signup list at the meeting Friday, or you can signup on ClubRunner.
- Senior Christmas Lunch will be December 1st, and Photos with Santa Dec 2nd. Signups lists will be available soon, save the dates if you are able to volunteer.
Speaker
 Our speaker was Mayor Perciak. The discussion started with the Mayor and Brent Painter talking about the business expo and how well represented the Rotary Club was there. The expo, which was orginially started by the Rotary Club and held at Camp Cheerful was held up as an example of how the business community and city come together to make the city a vibrant community. Since the city depends largely on income tax for it's funds it works hard to identify and attract good businesses.
This was followed by an update on the Town Center Initiative, which broke ground earlier in the year. Over a million visitors come to the center of town every year for various events, and the initiative aims to enhance the area by improving both accessibility and the quality of facilities there. The project is largely possible due to grants from civic groups and businesses in the city along with county and state money.
Next Chief Draves of the fire department explained the need for a fifth fire station in the center of town. This should allow faster response times in many cases, especially with the anticipated increase in visitors to the town center, and also provide more coverage when more than one call comes in at the same time.
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Barry Kuzmickas' table won the table drawing and are responsible for putting up the banners and selling tickets this week. There are 20 cards left and the Queen is worth $1001. Since the Queen is over $1,000 the take will be split 3 ways, with the winning ticket taking a third, and a chance to draw the queen..png)
