Press Coverage


The messaging that frames our lives and perceptions of ourselves isn’t always necessarily obvious. It can be as simple as the broken playground play sets that never seem to get repaired, the absence of seats in the waiting area at your local pharmacy or the boarded windows marking yet another failed business in your community.

Students at Youngstown State University are improving Mahoning Valley neighborhoods through work with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation.

Lit Youngstown’s sixth annual Fall Literary Festival kicked off Thursday with a reception at Concept Studio in Youngstown and will conclude Saturday with the screening of the documentary “The Place That Makes Us” at 7 p.m. at The Youngstown Playhouse, 600 Playhouse Lane.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) started in 2009 and has since grown to become the go-to organization for revitalizing the city.

I was asked a question yesterday about The Sharonline neighborhood on Youngstown’s East side.