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That is the main layout right off 224 and right on the I-76 Turnpike Between Raccoon and Tippecanoe. Or Route 11 and I-76.

 

Here is some info from the Youngstown Vindicator and the groups site [/member] www.westfordlife.com

450 Residential Units

77 Villas

78 Condos

64 HIGH RISE Condos

Around 231 Single Family Homes.

 

Here is a clearer view via ROUTE 224 (below)

 

This all and all will pump 3.4 million into the cash striken Mahoning County via Taxes.

 

 

This Company is trying to bring a FLORIDA Like Community To a Great Developing Township.

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Finally someone is putting a Golf Course in a Lifestyle Center.  Actually, this place looks like a country club more however.  The placement of those towers is awesome.  Really, that does remind me of a Florida developement.  IMO, Florida has some of the greatest developement. 

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This is going to be great for the county.

 

Lets see around 450 Total Units. Lets say most of which will have 2 people and some even more. There will be upwards of 1,000 people living in this development alone. That should continue to stabilize Mahoning Counties population and make Canfield at around 10,000....

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That is the image from the Vindicator.

 

WYTV:Months of planning are complete, and now a group of people looking to redevelop the Smokey-Hollow neighborhood are showing off their ideas to transform the historic part of Youngstown.

 

The Wick Neighbors Board of Trustees says they want to convert Smokey-Hollow into a cultural center, with more than 400 townhouses, condos and other housing, along with shops.

 

The focus will be a three-acre central park, now known as Harrison Field.

 

Executive Director Margaret Murphy says, “Where else can you go and find at your door, Bliss Hall, McDonough or Butler Institute of Art?”

 

The group hopes the $250 million mixed income/mixed use project will be a catalyst for other development and an example of how other urban neighborhoods can be reborn.

 

“This plan is about connections, connections between the Smokey Hollow and the university, connection between Smokey Hollow and the city of Youngstown. It’s a very exciting time.” says Walt Ulbrict with Youngstown State University.

 

The City Planning Commission and Youngstown City Hall must now sign off on the deal so they can take the next step.

 

They hope to start construction in 2006.

 

 

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From the 6/25/05 Youngstown Vindicator:

 

 

City hires firms to tie downtown area to YSU

The plans should be done in eight to 12 weeks

By DAVID SKOLNICK

VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER

 

YOUNGSTOWN — The city hired two firms Thursday to develop urban renewal plans for two key sections of Youngstown that will help tie the downtown area to Youngstown State University.

 

The board of control approved a contract, with the cost not to exceed $48,500, with D.B. Hartt Inc. of Cleveland and MS Consultants of Youngstown to have the firms develop plans for the area on and near Lincoln and Rayen avenues and Wood Street, and the Wick District-Smoky Hollow area. Hartt and MS prepared the community development plan for the city's convocation center.

 

http://www.vindy.com/basic/news/289009905495861.php

 

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From the 7/29/05 Youngstown Vindicator:

 

 

YMHA considers new housing units

Friday, July 29, 2005

By SEAN BARRON

VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER

 

YOUNGSTOWN — Within the next few weeks, a section of Wirt Street on the city's North Side could start receiving a face-lift.

 

Board members discussed at Thursday's Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority meeting 30 homeowner units that are slated to be built near the Westlake housing project. They will be part of Arlington Heights, a new section that will replace 289 units at Westlake that were demolished, said Eugenia C. Atkinson, MHA's executive director.

 

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http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/283877278261060.php

 

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From the 8/24/05 Youngstown Vindicator:

 

 

Rezoning issue to come before council next month

Wick Neighbors envisions a $250 million revitalization plan for the area near YSU.

By DAVID SKOLNICK

CITY HALL REPORTER

 

YOUNGSTOWN — The next stop is city council for a major rezoning proposal for the Wick District-Smoky Hollow area.

 

City Council Clerk Arlene Thompson-Bahar held a public hearing Tuesday for the zone change request. The city's planning commission recommended the change June 21. A public hearing is required after a zoning proposal is heard by the planning commission and before council can vote on it.

 

Council is scheduled to meet Sept. 21, but the legislative body is expected to hold a special meeting before that. At least six of the seven-member council would have to vote to overturn a planning commission recommendation.

 

 

http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/284076140746706.php

 

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From the 10/12/05 Youngstown Business Journal:

 

 

YMHA Breaks Ground for Homes at Arlington Heights

Oct 12, 2005 8:40 a.m.

By George Nelson

 

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The city’s near North Side, for years synonymous with crime, drugs and other urban problems, took another step away from its troubled history Tuesday morning with a ground-breaking ceremony at 750 Park Ave. for the new Homes at Arlington Heights, a planned development of 30 new homes.

 

The barracks-style housing that comprised the old Westlake Terrace housing projects, Eugenia Atkinson said, made it difficult for residents to come in and out of the community.

 

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http://www.business-journal.com/YMHAArlingtonHeights.asp

 

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From the 10/6/05 Youngstown Business Journal:

 

 

Rezoning for Smoky Hollow Development Stalls

Oct 6, 2005 3:00 p.m.

By Dan O’Brien

 

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- A major step in revitalizing one of the city’s most historic neighborhoods is on hold after a measure to rezone the area failed to win enough support in City Council Wednesday.

 

Second Ward Councilman Rufus Hudson and Seventh Ward Councilman Mark Memmer voted against the ordinance, submitted to council last night as an emergency measure. Emergency legislation needs at least six votes of the seven-member legislature to be approved. Thus it was moved to a second reading.

 

http://www.business-journal.com/SmokyHollowDevelopmentStalls.asp

 

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From the 10/24/05 Youngstown Vindicator:

 

 

Homes crop up for new buyers

Homes are priced so mortgage payments are competitive with area rents.

By NANCY TULLIS

VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER

 

YOUNGSTOWN — A new neighborhood of 30 homes designed to attract first-time home buyers is springing up on the city's North Side.

 

Eugenia Atkinson, executive director of Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority, said construction has begun on five model homes west of St. Elizabeth Health Center, centered at 750 Park Avenue. The homes will range between 1,300 and 2,000 square feet and have a base price of $54,400.

 

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http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/311858910064471.php

 

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From the 12/6/05 Youngstown Business Journal:

 

 

Wick Neighbors Issues Request for Proposals

Dec 6, 2005 1:08 p.m.

 

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Wick Neighbors Inc. today issued a request for proposals that seeks developers to carry the Wick District-Smoky Hollow Development Plan.

 

RFPs have been sent to developers across the nation experienced in mixed-use, urban developments with an emphasis on developers in northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania, said Margaret Murphy, executive director of Wick Neighbors Inc.

 

The RFP will be advertised in newspapers and business publications in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The document also is being posted on industry Web sites and circulated electronically within the real estate and development community, Murphy said.

 

http://www.business-journal.com/WickNeighborsRequestProposals.asp

 

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Given that the Youngstown City Council has essentially shown that they are not getting behind this project to get it done, and would rather stand in the way of it, it is going to be harder to attract qualified proposals.  Developers hate to deal with political uncertainty.  Proposals are expensive to create, and a developer can only create so many.  Why waste your time with a city that says they don't want to give any money for it to happen, and won't even approve the zoning change, which has nothing to do with the funding. 

 

If they aren't going to help, the least they could do is step aside and change the zoning.

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From the 12/14/05 Youngstown Business Journal:

 

 

Liberty, Smoky Hollow Development Gets Boost from Bill

Dec 14, 2005 12:24 p.m.

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The proposed Smoky Hollow project in Youngstown got a boost Tuesday from legislation originally designed to aid development in Liberty Township.

 

A concurrence vote is expected in the Ohio House of Representatives today on House Bill 193, which received unanimous support on the Senate floor yesterday, state Sens. Robert Hagan of Youngstown and Marc Dann of Liberty jointly announced.

 

Visit Wick Neighbors Inc. at www.wickneighbors.org.

 

http://www.business-journal.com/LibertySmokyHollowBoostfromBill.asp

 

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From the 1/18/06 Youngstown Vindicator:

 

 

Planners will study urban-renewal ideas

The commission could consider the plans as early as next month.

By DAVID SKOLNICK

CITY HALL REPORTER

 

YOUNGSTOWN — The planning commission once again opted to take no action on proposals to turn two sections of the city into urban-renewal areas.

 

The commission voted to table the motions Tuesday so city officials could meet with those who designed plans for the Wick District-Smoky Hollow and Lincoln-Rayen-Wood development districts.

 

The plans could be in front of the commission as early as its next meeting, Feb. 21, depending on how discussions progress, said William D'Avignon, the city's deputy director of planning.

 

[email protected]

 

http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/289016784205853.php

 

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From the 1/27/06 Youngstown Vindicator:

 

 

Downtown revitalization plan ready

Ordinances will concern diagonal parking, residential use and business incentives.

By PETER H. MILLIKEN

VINDICATOR TRUMBULL STAFF

 

WARREN — The city's first comprehensive downtown revitalization plan recommends continued city safety and health code enforcement to eliminate blight in the residential area on downtown's northern fringe.

 

It also recommends better use of the community reinvestment area — a mechanism for tax abatements — for improvements, explained Anthony Iannucci Jr., director of the Warren Redevelopment and Planning Corp., which coordinated the plan's development.

 

The locally generated master plan is to be unveiled at a public forum at 6 p.m. Monday at the Comfort Inn on Courthouse Square. This is a "very important meeting for the future of this city," Mayor Michael O'Brien said.

 

The plan, titled "Warren G.R.O.W.s," stands for Grassroots Revitalization of Warren and has been a year in the making by more than 70 volunteers. It says the downtown revival effort "has to be comprehensive. In other words, just a design plan is not sufficient," said Iannucci.

 

 

http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/293219252689385.php

 

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From the 2/4/06 Youngstown Vindicator:

 

 

Companies show an interest in urban area's redevelopment

The goal is to break ground this year.

By DAVID SKOLNICK

CITY HALL REPORTER

 

YOUNGSTOWN — The head of the organization leading the effort to redevelop the Wick District-Smoky Hollow area is pleased that three companies are interested in handling this effort.

 

Three developers from the Northeast Ohio-Western Pennsylvania area submitted proposals for the work by Friday's deadline, said Margaret Murphy, Wick Neighbors Inc.'s executive director. She declined to name the companies.

 

 

http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/320216072534402.php

 

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"You have to understand that a mixed-use urban development project is a rather limited expertise," she said.

 

Uh, yeah, maybe in Youngstown that's true, but not in cities elsewhere in the nation. In fact, it's becoming pretty commonplace.

“What is the meaning of this city? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?”
Or “We all dwell together to make money from each other”? -- TS Eliot’s The Rock

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From the Warren Tribune Chronicle:

 

 

Business leaders discuss plan

By AMY McCULLOUGH

Tribune Chronicle

 

WARREN - The general reaction from city business owners following the fourth downtown revitalization plan since 1980 appears to be an overwhelming "cautious'' enthusiasm.

 

Although some business owners, mostly those involved with the planning process itself, are dropping the cautious and jumping full throttle into the enthusiastic role.

For example, Thomas O. Duma, owner of Thom Duma Fine Jewelers and a member of Warren Redevelopment and Planning Corp. Economic Restructuring Committee, repeatedly was referred to as the "cheerleader'' of the group.

 

The excitement in his voice reverberated through the banquet hall in the Comfort Inn Jan. 30 as members of the four committees presented their 15 goals and 74 business strategies that encompass Warren GROWS - Grassroots Revitalization of Warren.

 

But his excitement was catching.

 

Even some of the business owners who once doubted the successful follow-through of any Warren plan, seemed to have walked away from the meeting with renewed hope for downtown.

 

 

http://www.tribunechronicle.com/news/story/026202006_new04plan06.asp

 

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From the Warren Tribune Chronicle:

 

 

Music hall tied to revitalization

By AMY McCULLOUGH

Tribune Chronicle

 

WARREN - Mayor Michael J. O'Brien said the W.D. Packard Music Hall and Convention Center might be just the thing needed to kickstart the success of the latest downtown revitalization plan.

 

Christopher Stephenson, music hall director, said he expects an 11 percent increase in revenue in 2005 from the year before, saying the annual report should be complete in about a month. Although in August the music hall was seeing an overall revenue increase of about 55 percent and a 28 percent increase in venue usage, the numbers still are promising for a city trying to stop the cycle of businesses coming and going downtown.

 

"It kind of evened out over time, but business is strong, and we are doing quite a bit better than what's been done in the past,'' Stephenson said, adding that the renovations to the dressing room and bathrooms, which are slated for completion in about a month, should bring in even more business.

 

The municipal auditorium and theater was awarded a $100,000 state capital appropriation with the help of Rep. Randy Law, R-Warren.

 

Gov. Bob Taft signed the bill Feb. 3.

 

 

 

http://www.tribunechronicle.com/news/story/0214202006_new04music14.asp

 

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Mayor wants $1 million to eradicate blight

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Associated Press

 

Youngstown- The mayor, looking at a large surplus, wants to use $1 million to speed up plans to demolish blighted areas, work that he says is critical to revitalize the city.

 

Mayor Jay Williams said about 750 houses and 100 commercial sites are on the city's list of properties that need to be demolished.

 

If City Council approves the allocation, it would be the largest amount Youngstown has dedicated to demolition. The council, which passed a quarterly budget to start the year, plans to approve the 2006 budget by next month.

 

Full story at:

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1141119004121440.xml&coll=2

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Yeah, I've seen.  It's going to take tons of money to take down all of the abandoned houses.  I'm a bit surprised by the 100 commercial structures though.  When they are done, I would think that Youngstown's commercial streets will be almost entirely vacant lots.  It's not as if Youngstown has that many commercial structures left.

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YOUNGSTOWN — A downtown businessman has visions of turning another vacant building into a sports museum and sports center.

 

Jeff Kurz, one of the owners of Imbibe, a martini bar that opened in July in the former First Federal Building, presented a proposal Tuesday to members of the Youngstown Central Area Community Improvement Corp.'s property committee....

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From the 4/15/06 Youngstown Vindicator:

 

 

Council to vote on YSU project

Some business owners in the area criticized the plan.

By DAVID SKOLNICK

CITY HALL REPORTER

 

YOUNGSTOWN — City council will consider Wednesday authorizing the board of control to move ahead with a proposed major redevelopment project to link Youngstown State University to downtown.

 

The project, known as the Lincoln-Rayen-Wood development district, focuses on a 38-acre area bounded roughly by Commerce Street as well as Lincoln, Fifth and Wick avenues.

 

[email protected]

 

http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/310411864593897.php

 

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http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=1907

 

The Incredible Shrinking City

Facing steep population decline, Youngstown, Ohio, is repositioning itself.

 

By Belinda Lanks

Posted April 17, 2006

 

When the mills shut down in the 1970s and '80s, the smokestacks and foundries that symbolized steel belt manufacturing cities gave way to factory shells and rust. First unemployed, workers then began to move away for good. Unlike former steel powerhouses, such as Pittsburgh and Allentown, that have tried to attract new industry and grow their way back to prosperity, Youngstown, Ohio, is hitching its future to a strategy of creative shrinkage.

 

Last year Youngstown 2010--a partnership between the city's planning department and Youngstown State University--unveiled a comprehensive plan to reduce nonessential infrastructure, attract new businesses, and rehab deteriorated and abandoned spaces. In fact Youngstown is the first city in the United States to adopt this disarming approach to the problems of population decline. "It's politically and professionally uncomfortable to face the shrinkage of a city or region, even though it may be staring you in the face," says Frank Popper, an urban-planning professor at Rutgers and Princeton universities. "I think it's enormously brave and creative and innovative of Youngstown to be taking on this task."

 

 

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Are housing prices in Cleveland or Pittsburgh high enough to justify 70 mile commutes?  Are gas prices low enough?  I wouldn't hitch my wagon to that horse.

 

I'm still unsure of the Youngstown 2010 Plan.  Creative shrinkage is an interesting concept, but honestly, when I look at the plan I largely see a plan that is based on a few not very innovative concepts-

 

urban triage- certain neighborhoods are more or less going to be allowed to rot because there aren't the resources to stabilize them, or even properly demolish them.  Focus resources on the remaining stable hoods.

 

suburbanization- the plan's "green industry" is really just a euphamism for suburban style light industry, there isn't any sort of innovative (eco) "green" substance to it

 

"green space"- when it doubt, let the land go fallow

 

That isn't to say it is a bad plan, just that I'm not as impressed by it as I am told I should be.  I'll give them credit for making tough choices, though.  But let's see if they will be carried out when the politicians need to hold firm and say, "none for you, my voters"

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From the 4/20/06 YSU Jambar:

 

 

City Council delays redevelopment vote

By: Bill Rodgers

Issue date: 4/20/06 Section: pageone

 

The Youngstown City Council sent a city redevelopment plan to the safety committee for review during a meeting on Wednesday. The safety committee will have a public hearing for the topic 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 16.

 

The plan, which seeks Youngstown State University redevelopment in the area bordered by Lincoln Avenue, Rayen Avenue and Wood Street, was recommended to the council by the city planning commission in a unanimous vote on Tuesday.

 

http://www.thejambar.com/media/storage/paper324/news/2006/04/20/Pageone/City-Council.Delays.Redevelopment.Vote-1863754.shtml?norewrite200604212010&sourcedomain=www.thejambar.com

 

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Thing is this, if Delphi and/or GM go bye-bye, Youngstown is gone. So many people still think manufacturing runs this city, well now if you want a good job, you need a college education. If you do have a college ed, you can easily get jobs $16-23 an hour.

 

Ytown 2010 works on a focus of goals, first set of goals is to institute 2010 throughout the entire city by 2010, after that work on 2020 plan.

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From the 5/5/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle:

 

 

Expert lauds city’s change in direction

By JOE GORMAN Tribune Chronicle

 

YOUNGSTOWN — Rich Harwood wrote about the need for the city to change in 1999.

 

Thursday, he got to see some of the changes he’s been hearing about in recent weeks.

 

The head of the Harwood Institute was in town Thursday to speak at the annual banquet for Wick Neighbors, a non-profit group that is trying to revitalize the Smoky Hollow area located next to Youngstown State University.

 

[email protected]

 

http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=3479

 

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From the 5/17/06 Youngstown Vindicator:

 

 

Council decides not to OK legislation

The project's key component is a $30 million YSU business college building.

By DAVID SKOLNICK

CITY HALL REPORTER

 

YOUNGSTOWN — City council members say they won't approve legislation today to move ahead with a plan to link Youngstown State University to downtown.

 

But that doesn't spell the end of the project.

 

Questions about the proposal led council to give first readings on April 19 to four pieces of legislation related to a project, known as the Lincoln-Rayen-Wood development district.

 

 

http://www.business-journal.com/CityHearsOppositionYSURedevelopmentPlan.asp

 

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From the 5/18/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle:

 

 

Youngstown Council OKs rezoning near YSU

By JOE GORMAN Tribune Chronicle

 

Youngstown — Despite protests, City Council on Wednesday moved four pieces of legislation into third reading that would allow for rezoning and financing an improvement project on the outskirts of Youngstown State University.

 

The ordinances are for the collective plan by the city, YSU and the Youngstown Diocese to improve Rayen, Wick and Lincoln avenues near the university, including linking Hazel Street to downtown and rezoning some of the land to institutional to allow YSU to build a new business school.

 

 

http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=4023

 

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From the 5/18/06 Youngstown Business Journal:

 

 

Grand Opening Set for Arlington Heights Development

May 18, 2006 6:52 a.m.

 

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Arlington Heights Homeownership Inc. will hold a grand opening celebration May 19 from 1 to 6 p.m. for its new housing community on the city’s north side.

 

The grand opening will feature tours of the new homes and is open to the public. Festivities will take place on Park Avenue between Wirt and Griffith streets. Refreshments will be served.

 

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http://www.business-journal.com/GrandOpeningArlingtonHeights.asp

 

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A Sparkle Market!  A skate park in Struthers!  Habitat for Humanity!!!  :drunk:

 

 

Canfield Township Bustles with Growth, Village Built Out

Youngstown Business Journal, 4/8/06


Library Hires Architects for South, East Branches

Youngstown Business Journal, 4/29/06

New locations for the South and East branches of the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County moved closer to reality Thursday with the selection of architects for the sites...


CIC endorses Salem restaurant plan

Salem News, 5/10/06

A proposal to place a fine dining restaurant in the Quaker Place little shops space on State Street in Salem earned a tentative blessing from the Columbiana County Community Improvement Corporation...


Delays putting a damper on North Pool's opening

Youngstown Vindicator, 5/12/06

It's going to be a long, hot and unfortunately dry summer for kids who planned to enjoy swimming at the proposed new and improved North Pool...


Western Reserve Road to Be Site of New Sparkle Market

Youngstown Business Journal, 5/12/06

Vince Furrie Jr., owner of four area Sparkle Markets, is set to break ground this afternoon for his newest store...


Chief pleased with new station

Youngstown Vindicator, 5/15/06

For city police, it's out with the old, in with the new.

 

The new $1.4 million police station is less than three weeks from completion. Officers and personnel should be moved into the facility sometime in July...


Mahoning Valley Hospital Is Moving to Boardman

Youngstown Business Journal, 5/16/06

Evicted from its inner city home in Oakhill Renaissance Place, Mahoning Valley Hospital is moving to Boardman where it will lease space in the Greenbriar Rehabilitation Hospital, 8064 South Ave...


Poland Is Site for HBA's 2006 Parade of Homes

Youngstown Business Journal, 5/17/06

Catarina Place in Poland is the setting for this year's Home Builders/ Remodelers Association 2006 Parade of Homes, presented by Home Savings and 84 Lumber Co...


Architectural firm to update Wick plan

Youngstown Vindicator, 5/17/06

A revamped plan for Mill Creek MetroParks' largest recreation area is expected in about 21/2 months.

 

Mill Creek Park commissioners signed an agreement with a Cleveland landscape architectural firm to develop a master plan for the Wick Recreation Area...

 


Habitat for Humanity home is first that will be built handicap-accessible

Youngstown Vindicator, 5/22/06

 

...The ranch-style house will be built on Kenmore Avenue behind the Elm Road Plaza in Howland.


Niles hearing set for condos rules

Warren Tribune Chronicle, 5/22/06

City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday before formally enacting rules and regulations governing new condo developments.

 

Under the old legislation, only duplex units were permitted in condo developments. The new legislation would allow up to 12 family dwellings in one unit, provided the lot is large enough...


Entertainment will be in park, director says

Youngstown Vindicator, 5/22/06

A full schedule of free summer outdoor entertainment, including some nationally known talent, will once again appear in the city's downtown, but the events will be in the gazebo in Courthouse Square park, not in the Warren Community Amphitheatre...


Skateboard park building day planned

Youngstown Vindicator, 5/29/06

The donors for a new skateboard park at the corner of Elm and Stewart streets in Struthers are having a build day June 10.

 

The park's sponsors are asking for volunteers to help build ramps for skate-boarders and bicyclists to use at the park, which is located at Elm and Stewart streets...

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From the Youngstown Business Journal, 5/31/06:

 

 

Don’t Fast Track YSU Business School Project, Merchants Warn

May 31, 2006 7:22 a.m.

By Dan O’Brien

 

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Youngstown State University’s proposal to build a new business school and redevelop 38 acres south of campus is moving along too fast, say some city lawmakers and property owners affected by the plan.

 

“A pause might be necessary,” First Ward Councilman Artis Gillam told the 25 or so who attended a meeting he held Tuesday to discuss the development plan with interested parties. “It’s only fair, the people are a part of this. You can’t stop progress, but you don’t want to shove it down somebody’s throat.”

 

 

http://www.business-journal.com/FastTrackYSUPlanMerchantsWarn.asp

 

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From the 6/3/06 Youngstown Vindicator:

 

 

Councilman brings new idea for rezoning

A councilman no longer favors extending Hazel Street as part of this plan.

By DAVID SKOLNICK

CITY HALL REPORTER

 

YOUNGSTOWN — Councilman Artis Gillam Sr. is proposing changes to legislation on a plan to link Youngstown State University to downtown.

 

Gillam, D-1st, organized a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the Lincoln-Rayen-Wood development district proposal with YSU officials and business owners in that area.

 

Some business owners oppose the plan largely because it recommends rezoning the 38-acre area to industrial, a designation that complies with the city's 2010 comprehensive land plan.

 

 

http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/297505724115369.php

 

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From the 6/8/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle:

 

 

Mahoning County OKs YSU redevelopment

By JOE GORMAN Tribune Chronicle

 

YOUNGSTOWN — City Council Wednesday amended four ordinances that would rezone and redevelop property around Youngstown State University.

 

Some of the legislation has met with opposition from some of the affected property owners.

 

The amendments, presented by Councilman Artis Gillam, D-1st Ward, allows necessary agreements for the project to move forward, but also calls for more planning and input from affected businesses, residents and property owners.

 

The ordinances were placed in third reading Wednesday as well.

 

[email protected]

 

http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=4818

 

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