Report: Close 6 Youngstown parks

YOUNGSTOWN — An assessment of the city’s park properties recommends transferring ownership of 12 to various entities and consider closing another six.

The park and recreation commission hired Youngstown State University’s Center for Urban and Regional Studies to help provide data on 30 properties: parks, fields, playgrounds, the Northside Swimming Pool and the Henry Stambaugh Golf Course.

About a dozen other park properties — including a cemetery, various islands along Fifth Avenue, and undeveloped land — weren’t included in the report.

YSU received $13,000, $8,000 from the park commission budget and the rest from the city’s Community Development Agency, for the assessment.

The complete assessment will be discussed with the commission at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 22 on the sixth floor of city hall.

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