Iron and String Life Enhancement (ISLAND) and Purple Cat President, Jimmy Suttman is voicing issue over the absence of wheelchair availability at the McGuffey Wildlife Preserve.

island is a family or companies consisting of The Purple Cat and Golden String Inc., which have actually supplied services for grownups with specials needs in the Mahoning Valley for over 20 years.

In his letter, Suttman revealed worry about the elimination of the dock and the absence of upkeep at the pond at McGuffey Wildlife Preserve mentioning that it “rejects those coping with an impairment access to the only park center in the northeast part of Mahoning County that has a water function.”

Suttman informs 21 News he was wanting to utilize the wildlife maintain for its Gabba Camp task due to its distance both the Purple Cat Day Program and Golden String’s 30-acre resort advancement.

“This is something that straight might benefit folks who are wheelchair-bound and my folks who are going to Gabba Camp,” Suttman said.

However, as it stands, the maintain has actually fallen under a “state of disrepair” and is no longer wheelchair available.

Suttman went on to ask for the metroparks to move ownership of the wildlife maintain to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). This would permit it to end up being a State Nature Preserve.

“A State Nature Preserve will promote tourist, stimulate financial advancement, bring state dollars to the Valley and include status to the county,” Suttman composed in his letter.

Suttman says he’s already gotten questions from as far as Tennessee and Massachusetts due to the availability that Gabba Camp would provide those coping with an impairment.