Poland leaders review township advances at chamber event today

POLAND

Community leaders presented themselves Friday as forward-thinking and action-oriented at “Good Morning Poland,” an event hosted by the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber.

Representatives from the chamber, event sponsor Armstrong Cable, the township and school district addressed a crowd of mostly other community and business leaders.

“This is what we’re doing for people,” said township Trustee Eric Ungaro, detailing the initiatives he, Trustees Joanne Wollet and Bob Lidle, and other township officials have accomplished recently, such as making trustee meetings and township services more accessible to the public.

“Our interactions on the Internet have really increased over the last year,” he said, highlighting the upgraded township website.

Ungaro described township officials’ approach to issues as “proactive,” pointing to police-department initiatives such as adding a student-resource officer, getting a canine officer, starting a senior watch program, getting a prescription drug drop-off box and training officers to use Narcan, a heroin overdose-antidote.

Read more about the community overview in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.