Event to kick off census

YOUNGSTOWN

Mahoning County commissioners, along with Mayor Jamael Tito Brown, will host a news conference at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the county courthouse rotunda, 120 Market St., to help promote the federal government’s kickoff of the 2020 U.S. Census on April 1.

Representatives from the federal government will be in attendance. The goal is to bring awareness and encourage participation in the census. The commissioners and the city will be reaching out to community leaders to support the efforts of the Census Bureau in ensuring that every individual in the county is counted. A complete count committee will be formed to assist with the initiative with the bureau’s help.