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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

On Wednesday, March 15, AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team Maple 7 arrived in Youngstown to fight blight with YNDC for the next six weeks.

Friday, March 10, 2017

YNDC is offering the second round of the Youth Greening Grant as part of a 3-city study of youth violence and vacant land reuse run by the University of Michigan.

Friday, March 10, 2017

In February and March, YNDC hosted two free garden workshops in the Mercy Health Foundation demonstration kitchen.

Friday, March 10, 2017

On Wednesday, March 1, the spring session of YNDC’s Bright Idea to Business Plan course kicked off, with 35 aspiring entrepreneurs enrolled.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

In January of 2017, seven South Avenue business owners were awarded small grants, ranging from $1,000-$2,000, to make safety-related improvements to their buildings following the principles of CPTED, or Crime Prevention through Environmental Design.