

Sitting down at the Canfield metropolis mayor’s desk is Don Dragish, who took the oath of business for his to start with term on Jan. 5. He stated he is keen to get started off to shift the metropolis in the ideal path in 2022. He earlier served on Canfield City Council.

CANFIELD — The town has a new mayor.
Don Dragish was presented the oath of office Jan. 5 by Mahoning County Frequent Pleas Court docket Choose R. Scott Krichbaum. Dragish changed Mayor Richard Duffett, who chose not to operate for re-election.
For Dragish, politics had been considerably from his designs when he completed university. He grew up on the West Facet of Youngstown and attended Ursuline High Faculty, graduating in 1991. He went on to attend Youngstown State College where by he earned his degree in structure, promoting and advertising.
“My very first task was at Ski Limited in Boardman,” Dragish explained. “I was designing catalogs for the company.”
He explained just about every yr the business would send out a couple of million catalogs. That all transformed in 2000 with the net explosion and individuals starting up to get on-line. Dragish claimed he had to transform the catalog he served design and style and make it digital.
“In the first month, we manufactured $30,000 from the on the internet profits,” he reported. “Plus we experienced less printing charges.”
Right after five a long time with Ski Constrained, Dragish moved on to the Cafaro Company. He claimed he was tasked with promoting and constructing sites for 16 Cafaro malls. He also labored with the Cafaro serious estate division as effectively, and helped with the concerts at Eastwood Field. He stayed with Cafaro for five decades ahead of transferring on.
He place in a few years at the Prodigal Media Company, then determined to open his very own business he referred to as Adtronico, which was right in line with his expertise in promotion and income. He claimed he held the enterprise heading even though he worked for B.J. Alan for a pair of seasons.
Close to 2011, Dragish moved to Canfield and along with his new bride, Tasha Dragish, commenced a spouse and children when his son George was born.
When he moved to Canfield, he had stepped up his organization and renamed it Dragish Advertising. As a resident of Canfield, Dragish wanted to be a lot more included in the neighborhood, so he joined Canfield Rotary. He learned a great deal about the town, and he reported it was at a Rotary assembly that he was urged to get associated in local politics.
He stated in 2012, voters permitted constitution amendments that diminished the phrases for council users from four a long time to two decades. That meant in 2014, the late Councilman Andy Skrobola experienced to move down early, and there was a need to fill the seat.
“A great deal of men and women in Rotary said I should operate for workplace,” Dragish mentioned. “I did run and was unopposed.”
From 2014 by way of 2018, Dragish served as a councilman, with the latter 3 decades as council president. He was capable to be a part of Mahoning County’s to start with Joint Financial Enhancement District (JEDD) when the Windsor JEDD was finalized with a partnership involving the city and township.
“The 4 many years I served as councilman was a superior practical experience,” he reported. “I uncovered a lot about our city, the ins and outs, and what can make it perform.”
He also served throughout a time when cities have been caught in a tricky economical position. State cuts to entities like Canfield experienced council associates scrambling to meet the demands of the metropolis.
“We experienced absolutely nothing (from the condition) and it was tricky to get the job done without having money,” Dragish said. “That is when we actually pushed the situation of increasing the town and annexing the Purple Gate home the city owns.”
For the duration of his council time period, he included to his relatives when his daughter Genevieve was born.
In the vicinity of the close of his expression, Dragish dropped his council seat and determined to make a operate for mayor. Then Mayor Bernie Kosar introduced he was stepping down, and Richard Duffett also threw his hat in the ring and received the election.
4 several years later when Duffett determined to step down and Dragish made the decision once again to operate, he was elected. He took office officially Jan. 5 prior to the to start with council conference of 2022. Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Widespread Pleas Court docket issued the oath of office environment.
Dragish will have to just take a exclusive class on working a mayor’s court docket right before he can place on the robe and offer with situations.
As for the potential, he explained he enjoys Canfield and believes it is a excellent and a safe and sound position to increase a family.
“Canfield is evolving from where it was 10 decades back,” he explained. “We have a wonderful community, and people want to go here. I assume as council we can do so substantially additional. We will be ready to do some definitely amazing issues in the coming months.”
Dragish is a devoted, tough-working person, but he does have two passions that enable him unwind and be artistic. One particular is a enthusiasm for golf, and the other is cooking.
“I appreciate to prepare dinner,” he claimed. “Anything from backyard barbecues to Sunday dinners. During the several years, my good friends and I would get with each other for football game titles or other gatherings, and we just started off cooking. Now I just enjoy executing it.”
His father, Don Dragish Sr., served as a Youngstown law enforcement officer for 30 several years and as a federal deputy marshal for 25 yrs. Don Sr. attended the swearing-in ceremony and claimed he was very pleased of his son.
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