Oakhill Renaissance Place to lease space to agency for special needs individuals

YOUNGSTOWN

Mahoning County officials have entered into a six-month lease agreement with Golden String Inc. to provide the agency with additional office space at Oakhill Renaissance Place on the South Side.

The move will mean about 2,000 extra square feet for the nonprofit organization, which offers recreational activities to adults and children with special needs, Jimmy Sutman explained during Thursday’s county commissioners meeting.

The cost for the lease is $1,147 per month.

Sutman, executive director of Iron and String Life Enhancement, which operates Golden String, noted that the extra space will be used for day programs that include vocational training, art and music. In addition, between 15 and 20 clients are employed at Gallagher’s Lunch Bucket, a café that opened about two years ago in the Oakhill building’s basement and serves breakfast and lunch, Sutman continued.

The added space is vital also because in a few months, ISLE is to begin providing services for three clients with the Youngstown Developmental Center in Mineral Ridge, which is slated to close next summer.

Read more about the plan in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.