A continuing series

A continuing series
Series: A three-day Vindicator series in May outlined reader views on blight across the Mahoning Valley.
Recently: The role schools play in a community's look as seen through Ursuline and Liberty schools; councilman pulls together East Side churches and community agencies to adopt their neighborhoods; rallying alumni to clean up around old East High School.
Today: Volunteers plant bulbs now so downtown blooms first thing in the spring.
Tell us: If you know of people or groups doing extraordinary work to get beyond the blight, tell us. Contact staff writer Roger Smith at rgsmith@vindy.com or write to him at The Vindicator, P.O. Box 780, Youngstown 44501.