Here is the list of contractors provided to us from administration-
City of Youngstown-Grass Cutting Contractors
As of 5/24/18:
Dare to Dream
Shauna Scott-Barry
Wards: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th (City Wide)
Tucker and Son's Lawn Care
Roney Tucker
Wards: 2nd and 3rd
United Returning Citizens (URC)
Dionne Dowdy
Wards: 6th and 7th
Art's Lawn Care
Esperanza M. Cabrera
Wards: 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th
Phylum, LLC
Christina D. Anderson
Wards: 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Eartha Shade Enterprises
Colaundree Holcomb
Wards: 5th, 6th and 7th
Craig's Lawn Service
Craig Whitfield
Wards: 6th and 7th
Two of these are run by convicted drug traffickers. One for food stamp fraud. One for multiple felony assaults. Real nice.
According to a June 1 story in the local newspaper, the use of these various contractors has increased the cost per cut from $10 (under YNDC) now to $30 per cut.
What I find disturbing is that a few cuts will be made and then future cuts will be made as the city receives complaints about them.
:P
Get ready to make a lot of phone calls to the city in the coming months.
A recent grass cutting story on WKBN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KgqtFoSRM0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KgqtFoSRM0)