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The city’s board of control agreed to the sixth change order for a major downtown improvement project to sections of Boardman and Walnut streets.

The board voted 2-0 Thursday to the change order that increases the project by $49,646 to a total of $2,932,043 for Parella-Pannunzio Inc., the Youngstown contractor doing the work.

Finance Director Kyle Miasek and Law Director Adam Buente voted in favor of the change order. Mayor Derrick McDowell was absent.

The city’s Board of Control approved Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.’s grant application Thursday for a federal grant to remediate several environmentally contaminated sites in the city, including a former gas station property on the South Side.

A former gas station property on the South Side is among seven sites that Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. is seeking funds to remediate, the city’s community planning and economic development director said.

City Council on Feb. 2 approved measures to revitalize Ward 2, paving the way for new homes in the low-income area.

The beer will be ice cold at the Groundhog Craft Beerfest, but the event will be warm and friendly.