Neighborhoods

Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. is sponsoring a cleanup in a South Side neighborhood Saturday.

Volunteers should meet at 8:30 a.m. at 820 Canfield Road before proceeding to Clearmont Drive in the Newport area. Cleanup will end at 12:30 p.m. To volunteer or get information, call YNDC at 330-480-0423. To read the full story from The Vindicator, click here. 

Monday, December 17, 2018

On Saturday, December 15, seventeen volunteers helped to clean up vacant properties on Clearmont Drive at the Newport Neighborhood Workday.

Volunteers from Tabernacle Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Team Rubicon, and YSUscape cleaned up 40 cubic yards of debris, removed 5 illegally-dumped tires, scraped 300 linear feet of sidewalk, and installed 7 LED security lights. We'd like to thank all the volunteers for their hard work!

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

On Monday, December 10, the Ohio CDC Association awarded YNDC
with a $35,000 Ohio Microbusiness Development Grant.

The grant will be used to
provide technical assistance to entrepreneurs in Mahoning County. Many thanks
to the Ohio CDC Association for their support!

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

On Thursday, December 13, 2018, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation was awarded two $750,000 grants, totaling $1.5 million from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh’s Affordable Housing Program for housing development in the City of Youngstown.

PNC is the member bank supporting YNDC’s application and partnering on both projects. One grant award will be used to construct three new homes for affordable homeownership and the second grant award will be used to complete the rehabilitation of twenty homes occupied by low-income homeowners in the first, second, and sixth wards of Youngstown. “YNDC and our partners are excited to announce these major investments that will allow continued progress in stabilizing neighborhoods and improving the overall housing quality of the City of Youngstown, one house at a time. We are grateful to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh for the grant awards and to PNC, the Mahoning County Land Bank, City of Youngstown and other partners for their support of these projects,” Ian Beniston, YNDC Executive Director.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh has awarded Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. two grants totaling $1.5 million to build and renovate houses as part of the bank’s Affordable Housing Program.

One grant will be used to build three new homes, while the second will rehabilitate 20 homes for low-income homeowners. PNC served as the Federal Home Loan Bank member supporting YNDC’s application and will serve as a partner on both projects.

“YNDC and our partners are excited to announce these major investments that will allow continued progress in stabilizing neighborhoods and improving the overall housing quality of the city of Youngstown, one house at a time,” said Ian Beniston, executive director of YNDC, in a release. “We are grateful to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh for the grant awards and to PNC, the Mahoning County Land Bank, city of Youngstown and other partners for their support of these projects.” To read the full story from the Business Journal, click here. 

The Federal home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh’s Affordable Housing Program awarded the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation with two grants totaling $1.5 million.

The two $750,00 grants will be used for housing development projects throughout the city of Youngstown. To read the full story from The Vindicator, click here.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation was awarded two $750,000 grants on Thursday, December 13, totaling $1.5 million from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh's Affordable Housing Program for housing development in the City of Youngstown. 

According to a news release, PNC is the member bank supporting YNDC's application and partnering on both projects. One grant award will be used to construct three new homes for affordable homeownership and the second grant award will be used to complete the rehabilitation of twenty homes occupied by low-income homeowners in the first, second, and sixth wards of Youngstown. To read the full story from WFMJ, click here.

Friday, December 21, 2018

Dan Wakefield and Lauren Handwork of Ursuline Ministries sat down with us to talk about their organization’s mission and how they are using their space at the Glenwood Business Center.

Ursuline Ministries comprises the Ursuline Center, the Beatitude House, and the more recent Housing Program started in 2015. They use their space at the Glenwood Business Center to stockpile furnishing donations for their Housing Program, which leases houses and apartments to previously homeless people enrolled in the Ursuline Program. Dan said they had outgrown their old space due to a high volume of donations and started looking for another warehouse earlier this year. They found out about the space from YNDC’s eNewsletter and from having worked with YNDC in the past to lease rehabilitated homes to their tenants. They say the new space has opened up their old community space for other programming and has allowed them to expand their donations. Dan said the location is perfect for them, being close to many of their residential rental properties. We’d like to thank Dan and Lauren for taking the time to talk to us and for being great tenants and partners in revitalization!

Friday, December 21, 2018

Monica and Domingo Vega are YNDC rental residents on Bonnie Brae Avenue in the Idora Neighborhood.

They moved into their home in May 2017 with their three children and have made great relationships with neighbors and the community since. Monica and Domingo met while working midnights together at Walmart. Monica now works as a freelance painter and Domingo works as a security guard. Monica said the neighbors watch out for each other on Bonnie Brae and that they feel blessed to be able to have a home after Domingo lost his previous job. Monica grew up in Columbiana County and moved to Youngstown with her family as a young girl. Domingo grew up in Chicago and spent ten years in Puerto Rico before relocating to Youngstown in 2006. They are active at Victory Christian Center where their oldest son is a youth pastor, Domingo plays guitar, and Monica serves in the nursery. Both said they appreciate the alertness and friendly attitude of YNDC when it comes to property maintenance and other rental issues. “It’s hard finding such a responsive landlord sometimes,” said Monica. We’d like to thank Monica and Domingo for taking the time to talk to us and for being such great tenants and Idora neighbors!  

Friday, December 21, 2018

Donald
Robinson grew up in his residence at 493 West Princeton Avenue and has lived
there his entire life.

His parents moved to Youngstown from Morgantown, West
Virginia and left Donald the house when they passed away. After a house fire in
2015, Donald started applying for assistance with addressing code violations on
the home. He heard about YNDC from friends and applied for the Limited Repair
program. Donald’s project was completed in August 2018. The exterior of the home was painted, electrical was
updated, and new windows were installed, among other repairs. He said both he
and his sister Rhoda V. Nelson are thrilled to see their old family home
brought back to life. “It’s had such a tremendous positive impact on my life,”
he said. “I get compliments on the house all the time now.” He said the process
was very easy and the workers were respectful of his work schedule. Donald
hopes to live in the home with his cat, Red Midnight Robinson, for many years
to come. We’d like to thank Donald for taking the time to talk to us and
sharing his story.