SOBE Concerned Citizens, Youngstown, Ohio, Urges Renewal of Pyrolysis Moratorium Ordinance

UPDATE!Mayor Jamael T. Brown signed Ordinance 23-470 into law on December 26, 2023, and renewed the Moratorium Ordinance Ordinance 24-437 on November 21, 2025, with support of the Youngstown City Council. Read ordinance here

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT:   SOBE Concerned Citizens 330-333-1264 sustainableyoungstown@gmail.com                        Lynn Anderson, SOBE Concerned Citizen  330-792-0428 Kayshia Washington, SOBE Concerned Citizen 330-261-6733

YOUNGSTOWN – SOBE Concerned Citizens (SCC) is calling on Youngstown residents to contact Mayor Brown and Youngstown City Council to urge them to renew Moratorium Ordinance #24-437 on pyrolysis and gasification in Youngstown, Ohio.

The purpose of Moratorium Ordinance #24-437 is to protect public health and safety by prohibiting the polluting of our air by pyrolysis or gasification industrial operations in the city. 

On November 21, 2025, Moratorium Ordinance #24-437 will expire. SCC is reminding our City Council representatives and Mayor Brown to approve renewal of this ordinance at the next City Council meeting on November 19, 2025.

To contact Mayor Brown, call (330) 742-8701, email mayor@youngstownohio.gov, or mail a letter to: 26 S Phelps St # 1A, Youngstown, OH 44503. 

To contact Youngstown City Council, you can call (330) 742-8709, email the Clerk of Council vmarrow@youngstownohio.gov or mail a letter to: City Hall, 6th Floor 26 South Phelps Street Youngstown, OH 44503.

For more information, visit our website www.stop-sobe.com and read our blog Moratorium Protecting Youngstown, Ohio.