YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Former Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams had a career in banking when he decided to go into public service, first as the Youngstown community development director.
Former Mayor George McKelvey tasked him with leading the 2010 plan, a framework for guiding the city from its post-industrial past to a smaller city. That plan involved the work of McKelvey, City Council and outside consultants, with input from residents, businesses and community groups.
“There was a huge concern that this would be seen as a self-defeating sort of slap in the face, that the citizens just spent considerable time and effort and energy putting their voices to this plan, and then seeing that there was a mayoral election where this plan wasn’t front and center,” Williams says.
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