Youngstown loses Soapbox Derby event.
"MINERAL RIDGE - The Greater Youngstown Area Soap Box Derby will move its annual local competition from Youngstown, where it has been held for nearly a decade, to Mineral Ridge June 5."
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In 1998 I facilited the return of the derby to Youngstown by working with the Uptown Kiwanis Club and Youngstown Fire Fighters Local #312. I got off the Board of Directors last year. The Fifth Ave site was great and the city worked with us as well as YSU. It was a big site and required alot of work. We used the smaller Mineral Ridge site for spring and fall rallies. That site is smaller and required less manpower and provided a large parking lot for staging. We had a proposed site to build a permanent site , however it must not have worked out. I would hope that it will return to Youngstown again in the future. This is a great organization with a dedicated board, they could use volunteers and funding.