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Idora Neighborhood Association seeks solutions
YOUNGSTOWN — Lottie and Eddie Lockett love their Volney Road neighborhood and they want problems like corner stores in disrepair cleaned up.
The couple, who have lived in their home since 1975, were two of the roughly 100 people who attended the Idora Neighborhood Association meeting Wednesday night at the Rescue Mission Distribution Center. Corner stores were the meeting topic.
Lottie pointed to the corner of Glenwood and Warren avenues as a problem.
“The South Side is going to be beautiful again,” she said. “We mean business this time.”
James London, association president, said there are five stores located within a 0.7-mile stretch on Glenwood Avenue, four of which sell alcohol. He points to about 100 calls for service in the last four years around those stores that range from homicide to robbery to drunkenness and menacing.
In his three years of living in the neighborhood, London said he’s witnessed littering, loitering and buildings in disrepair. He also hears gunshots at night.
“It looks terrible out there,” he said.
Read more in Thursday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com
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I find it a little disconcerting that Idora area residents have to form their own coaltion to get some action done. These are issues that should have been and should be properly administered and managed by the City of Youngstown and its zoning department. Who works in the Youngstown Zoning Department and what in heaven's name are they doing with their time?!
OldManGrump, I'm not going to pretend that the city doesn't have problems, and that the old Idora Park neighborhood isn't a particular problem area. My question is why, exactly, do you constantly attack Mayor Williams, whether or not his name is mentioned in the story? He hasn't been in office long, and he inherited quite a mess. I think it's pretty clear that the mayor is working; you just don't like what he's been working on (like bringing to fruition the award-winning and nationally recognized 2010 plan).
Out of curiosity, did you also refer to our former Mayor as Mayor GEORGE, instead of Mayor McKelvey? Just wondering. Consistently, you disrespect the mayor and the office by referring him as Mayor Jay instead of Mayor Williams. I was raised better than that.
Kudos to the citizen group. Real power comes from the people, not from the top down.