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Magazine gives kudos to Mayor Williams
YOUNGSTOWN — “Governing” magazine chose Mayor Jay Williams as one of its eight 2009 Public Officials of the Year for his developing “an aggressive plan to create a Youngstown that will be smaller, but better.”
“I am truly honored to have our work here in Youngstown recognized by ‘Governing,’” Williams said. “This award reflects not just my efforts as mayor, but rather the collective efforts and accomplishments of the many people working to transform the city of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley. It is an honor to work with and amongst such talented and determined individuals.”
This is the magazine’s 16th annual awards program that recognizes leaders from state, city and county government who made a notable positive impact on their community or state.
The profile article, “Urban Realist,” written by Alan Greenblatt, praises Williams for being the driving force behind the Youngstown 2010 development plan, approved five years ago as an effort to accept its declining population and work to properly redevelop neighborhoods.
“No one in America has more forcefully articulated the notion that for economically devastated cities, a leaner future still can be a healthy future,” the article reads.
For the complete story, read Tuesday’s Vindicator or Vindy.com
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"Urban Reality", this town will never come back. with what culture of bullet-riddled SUV's remains. The YPD cannot even find a place to get a cup of coffee in the City Limits on 3rd Shift. All Jay Williams is doing is filling a slot in local governemnt; that being Mayor of Youngstown. Now, I am not blaming him for it all. You have to go back to Pat Ungaro to find the last time any "thought-process" was used to even try to make forward progress in this urban-blight of a municipality.
If you don't like it, keep living where you are and shut the f up about it.
Ungaro? Thought process? If that were so, the city would have been in better shape by the time Williams came into it, right?
Your mind is an urban blight.
Crack cocaine is pumping huge amounts of tax free money into the economy of Youngstown . Is the town destined for greatness or will it implode ?
Now "Tigerlily", I did not personally attack you as you have just done to me, but since we are talking about "Urban Blight", I'll describe it and hopefully after you finish checking your Instant Lottery Tickets for any winners you'll comprehend. Take a ride in your car (or the WRTA) from the Mahoning Avenue Bridge (west) towards Meridian Road and what do you see; "Urban Blight". Now take the WRTA from the Market Street War Veteran's Bridge (south) to Midlothian Blvd. and what do you see; "Urban Blight". Next, take the WRTA from the Mahoning County Jail on Belmont Avenue (north) to Gypsy Lane and what do you see; "Urban Blight". And finally, take Rayen Avenue towards Oak Street and go (east) towards Lincoln Knolls Plaza and what do you see; "Urban Blight". I've now covered every "Main Artery" into Youngstown, now ask yourself, who/what would want to relocate in this area; especially after you pick up the newspaper and see that for a city of 70,000 residents we have a murder rate comparable to a city of 500,000; our schools rank LAST (612th) out of 612 School District's in the State of Ohio. The person who wrote the magazine article is probably half my age, was born with a remote-control in his hand, and was given a trophy for finishing 6th.
Either that, or the person who wrote the article sees hope in the new leadership in Youngstown, which has been absent for so long, which lead to such deterioration.
Youngstown didn't fall to the point it's at because of Jay Williams. Things have improved under his watch.
"Tigerlily", please enlighten me, what has "improved under his watch"? Now, I will tell you, nothing improved under McKelvey's watch either; except his PER pension. But this town is not "in decline" anymore, that was in the McKelvey (eight year) reign, it is now dowgraded to "decayed"; a point of "no return". I am not going to argue with you because you have hope for this town, and I've labeled it "Hope-less". The Article was lauding Jay Williams, I just want to know from the eyes of people who reside in this area, what he's really done that has "improved" Youngstown.
He's made opening businesses downtown more possible, and has fought to acquire funds to demolish as much of the blight as can be afforded at the moment through grants. Which is more than I can say anyone before him has done.
Many of the other problems will take miracles to fix, and I won't lay that at the feet of one man.
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