Neighborhoods

Neighborhood group to meet, host speakers

YOUNGSTOWN

The Garden District Neighborhood Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Colonial Hall of St. John Lutheran Church, 1420 Mahoning Ave.

Guest speakers will be Ian Beniston and Jack Daugherty of Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. that works to improve neighborhoods throughout the city.

It began in 2009 in partnership with the city and The Raymond John Wean Foundation. Beniston is the organization’s executive director. To read the full story from The Vindicator, click here. 

Over 70 lights will be installed in Youngstown residences Wednesday.

YNDC, area volunteers, and Youngstown police will work to put up the LED lights. They're being donated by the Raymond John Wean Foundation to individuals who cannot afford outdoor lighting.

The City of Youngstown has a goal to make the community safer, Captain Simon of Youngstown Police Department says this project help that goal. To read the full story from WKBN, click here. 

Monday, April 15, 2019

On Friday, April 13, community leaders from the non-profit and public sectors in the City of Erie, Pennsylvania visited YNDC to learn more about the history of YNDC, neighborhood action planning, housing development, neighborhood stabilization, use of data for planning and evaluation, and funding.

The group discussed these topics with the YNDC team and visited multiple project sites. They will apply the information to improving neighborhoods in Erie. REVITALIZE. 

The Garden District Neighborhood Association will have a meeting at 6:30 p.m. today in colonial hall of St. John Lutheran Church, 1420 Mahoning Ave.

Guest speakers will be Ian Beniston and Jack Daugherty of Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. Councilman Mike Ray, D-4th, will give an update of activities concerning Youngstown and the West Side. To read the full story from The Vindicator, click here. 

Take a look around Youngstown these days and you'll see a neighborhood that's changed.

There is less blight, less vacant houses, and a lot of that is thanks to the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation.

Wednesday, YNDC celebrated a big milestone -- the renovation of its 100th vacant home in the city. 

The renovations resulted in 106 units of quality, move-in ready housing in the city. To read the full story and watch the videos from WYTV, click here. 

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) and partners celebrated the renovation of 100 vacant residential structures resulting in 106 units of quality, move-in ready housing in the City of Youngstown.

REVITALIZE.

According to a press release, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) and volunteers including officers from the Youngstown Police Department and staff from Youngstown State University will be installing solar-powered LED lights east of Cottage Grove and west of South Avenue and from Florida Avenue south to Midlothian Boulevard on Wednesday, April 17.

Over 70 lights were donated and installed free of charge by The Raymond John Wean Foundation and will benefit homes of individuals or families who cannot easily afford to improve their outside lighting, the release said. To read the full story from WFMJ, click here. 

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) and Youngstown Police Department installed 40 solar-powered LED lights on 14 homes on the South Side in the Community Based Crime Reduction target area.

This is a small part of our overall Community Based Crime Reduction program and lights were something residents said were a priority. This is the second neighborhood wide LED light install. In 2018 LED lights were installed on approximately 90 homes in the target area.

Turning blight into bloom is what the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) has been doing for the past eight years.

Wednesday, the organization celebrated a major milestone -- the revitalization of its 100th home. The home is on Rush Boulevard in Youngstown. YNDC gave it new life, refreshing the neighborhood around it.  Mary Danus is a neighbor, and she is happy to see the newly-revived home. She said more vacancy wasn't the only thing that this home was attracting. "If a home is vacant and if there's any opening, critters find a home," she said.  Danus said unattractive landscape was also an issue, making it a priority for YNDC to fix the home from the inside out.  Danus said everyone deserves a comfortable, clean, place to live, complete with a neighborhood welcoming them with open arms. To read the full story from WKBN, click here. 

Wednesday afternoon, two Youngstown policemen volunteered to install 74 outdoor LED, solar-powered lights on houses along South Avenue, Marmion Avenue and other neighborhoods on the south side.

It's part of the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation's community-based crime reduction program.

"Well, the more lighting you have, the better. Obviously, it's less of an opportunity for people to hide or less of an opportunity for them to look at a house and say, 'Hey, this is a target.' The more lighting you can put on a house, the better," said Youngstown Police Captain Jason Simon. To read the full story from WKBN, click here.