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Friday, March 18, 2016
On Wednesday, March 16, 2016, YNDC was presented with a Community Impact Award for its Better Block projects on Midlothian Boulevard and Mahoning Avenue.
On hand to receive the award were YNDC Neighborhood Planner Tom Hetrick, Eastgate Regional Council of Governments Community Development Program Manager Sara Wenger, Brownlee Woods Neighborhood Association President Nancy Martin, and Fourth Ward Councilman Mike Ray, Jr.
In Fall 2015, YNDC and many partners planned and coordinated two Better Block style events to re-activate and revitalize underutilized sections of two of Youngstown’s primary neighborhood commercial corridors: Mahoning Avenue (September 26, 2015) and Midlothian Boulevard (October 25, 2015). The objective of these events was multifold: 1) to demonstrate the potential of vacant storefronts and dead spaces to produce an economic impact and community revitalization, 2) to reconfigure poorly designed streetscapes in a way that encourages pedestrian and bicycle activity and street life, and 3) to engage residents and corridor stakeholders in planning and reimagining these spaces in a way that produces lasting change along these corridors.
Each year through a competitive process Dominion recognizes organizations that have made an impact on communities throughout northeast Ohio. YNDC has received five Community Impact awards since the organization began operations in 2010.