Residents voice complaints, concerns to Youngstown officials tonight

YOUNGSTOWN

It irritates Karen McGarry when motorists drive too fast and ignore stop signs on streets near her Colby Avenue home on the East Side.

“Armstrong [Avenue] is ridiculous.” McGuffey [Road] is like a raceway too,” she said, referring to drivers who regularly exceed a safe speed while calling for a greater number of speed-limit signs in the area.

McGarry was among the estimated 35 people who attended Tuesday’s Northeast Homeowners and Concerned Citizens Association meeting.

The two-hour session at Price Memorial AME Zion Church, 920 Dresden Ave. on the East Side, gave residents an opportunity to meet and express their concerns and compliments to several elected officials and department heads.

The nonprofit association, started in the early 1970s, offers neighborhood-beautification and litter-control efforts, block-watch assistance and other improvement projects for area residents, noted Artis Gillam Sr., president.

The organization is continuing to work to revitalize neighborhoods, in part by bringing together a greater number of homeowners and partnering with other such groups to maintain and improve property standards as well as promote residents’ interests, he said.

McGarry added that she’s happy with the direction the city is taking and wants to see more people make their voices heard.

Read what the officials had to say to residents in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.