Asbestos removal completed at city hall annex

YOUNGSTOWN — An asbestos-removal project at the City Hall Annex building is finished.

The city received $200,000 from the state to remove asbestos from the 80-year-old building at 9 W. Front St.

The work was done by Safeco Environmental, a Marion, Pa., company in about two weeks.

The 80-year-old building houses the city’s community development agency, and its litter control and recycling department as well as the Mahoning and Columbiana Training Association.

The annex was built by the federal government and served as a post office and federal courthouse before being bought by the city.