Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church passes its Sunday collection plate to a congregation of 1,500 — including a few top Youngstown city officials — while county and state agencies wait for the thousands of dollars they are owed.
The Youngstown-based church has amassed a public record trail of debt that includes $257,950 in unpaid income tax, $38,000 in delinquent and potentially delinquent property taxes, $11,786 owed to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and loans totaling $2.5 million taken against properties it owns in Youngstown.
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The land that featured a well-known roller coaster, big-name performances and legendary french fries now offers dangling power lines, obscene graffiti and a patchwork of weeds sprouting from asphalt cracks.
Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church proposed building a $50 million City of God when it purchased the former Idora Park property on Youngstown’s South Side for $300,000.
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In 1985, Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church bought the former amusement park, Idora Park, and planned to transform it into the City of God. In 2011, the 26-acre parcel remains vacant and the church faces thousands of dollars in back taxes. NewsOutlet reporter Christine Keeling looks into what happened to the project and the troubles...
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By CHRISTINE KEELING and COURTNEY DENEN
Published in the Vindicator on Dec. 2, 2009.
YOUNGSTOWN — Large, old trees line a winding road on Youngstown’s South Side near Mill Creek Park and Glenwood Avenue. Majestic homes exude the past glory of the Idora neighborhood.
Just one block away, abandoned, windowless houses with dangling...
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