Group to rally at City Hall on Monday to object to 3 liquor-license renewals

YOUNGSTOWN

As part of its commitment to clean, healthy and safe neighborhood stores

in the city, the Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative Health

Equity Committee will gather to object to liquor license renewals for three

city stores.

The committee will gather outside of downtown Youngstown’s City Hall on Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. during the liquor-license renewal hearings for Belmont Drive-Thru, 1840 Belmont Ave.; Gina’s Food Market, 1942 Glenwood Ave. and One Stop Food Mart, 1395 Wick Ave.

As part of the two-hour

program, the group will offer prayer for the community, share testimony from

neighborhood leaders and provide local leaders’ plans for change.

The group is objecting to the renewal because of the stores having a long-term

history as “nuisance properties” in their neighborhoods, the group says.