Neighborhood Champion Award Ceremony Held in Wick Park

Tuesday,
August 29, 2017

On Tuesday,
August 29, twenty-nine Neighborhood Champion Award nominees were recognized in
a ceremony held at the Wick Park Pavilion on the city’s North Side.

The
nominees were as follows:

Mohammed
Azam

Peggy Bosela

Mason
Carratt

Mary Danus

Joyce
Davidson

Marguerite
Douglas

Tom Forestal

Rick Giles

Peggy
Griffith

Kyle Johnson

Eric Jones

Gary Koerth

Keland Logan

Nancy and
Russell Martin

Rita
McKinley

Shalene
McRae

Gennarro Mitchell

Jerry O'Hara

Father Kevin
Peters

Tom Pipoly

Maggie Pentz

Thomas and
Elnora Sipp

John B.
Slanina

Dorothy
Smith

Southside
Recycling

St. Patrick’s
Church

Claudia
Sturtz

John Swierz

Raul &
Victoria Valentine

From the 29
nominees, five winners were chosen and awarded with $1,000 for a neighborhood
improvement project of their choice. Winners chosen by the selection committee
were Peggy Bosela, Joyce Davidson, Marguerite Douglas, Keland Logan, and Thomas
and Elnora Sipp. All the nominees and their projects will be highlighted on
YNDC social media in the coming weeks. We would like to thank all the nominees
for their dedication to improving Youngstown’s neighborhoods!