Neighborhoods

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

On Tuesday, August 20, YNDC, the City of Youngstown, and PNC Bank kicked off the renovation of twenty owner occupied homes with an event at 3124 Miltonia Ave in the Sharon Line neighborhood of Youngstown.

Through a partnership with PNC Bank and a $750,000 grant award from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, YNDC will renovate twenty owner occupied homes in the first, second, and sixth wards of Youngstown. The homeowners served by the project will also be provided free access to multiple community services and resources. REVITALIZE.

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

On Wednesday, August 21, YNDC replaced sidewalks on W. LaClede and Sherwood Avenues proximate to Glenwood Community Park and the Glenwood Avenue Corridor.

This work is part of Clean Up Glenwood Avenue, a program aimed at systematically cleaning up and transforming Glenwood Avenue and its adjacent neighborhoods into a safe, stable community with a vibrant corridor that provides a high quality of life and economic opportunity for residents.

Nearly two dozen homeowners in Youngstown are getting a hand with some much-needed remodeling and improvements. 

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation recently received a $750,000 grant through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.

To read the full story from WKBN, click here.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation kicked off a $750,000 multi-home rehabilitation campaign Tuesday morning at an event on Miltonia Avenue in the East Side Sharonline neighborhood.

Twenty homes owned by individuals with low income in the first, second and sixth wards will receive upgrades and repairs through the YNDC and its partnership with PNC Bank and The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.

To read the full story from Vindy.com, click here.

Funding for the project is provided by a $750,000 grant from Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh and a grant and loan from PNC Bank.

To read the full article from Business Journal, click here.

Bradley Young has lived on Miltonia Avenue on the East Side for a decade.

The house, however, has been there much longer. With faded, cracking paint on the sides and aging mechanical systems in dire need of replacement, fixing everything that needs repairs is a constant cause of concern. 

“Floors, windows, ceilings,” he says. “All of those things I never would have been able to do myself. It’s just too much.” 

As one of the first 20 homes in Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.’s home rehabilitation efforts, Young and homeowners like him won’t have to worry any longer.

To read the full story from Business Journal, click here.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation is rehabilitating 20 homes.

To read the full story from WFMJ, click here.

Monday, August 26, 2019

On Thursday, August 22, YNDC Housing Director was named a 2019 Gems of the Valley Honoree by the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley their annual fundraiser for the Fund for Women and Girls.

Other honorees included Dionne Dowdy, Patsy Kouvas, Susan Laird, Karen Schubert, Abby Webb, and Altrusa International of Youngstown. 

Monday, August 26, 2019

On Saturday, August 24, 55 students from the YSU Honors College participated in a workday to clean up multiple vacant properties that will be renovated or redeveloped on the south and west sides of Youngstown.

The volunteers removed approximately 100 cubic yards of brush and debris from outside of the properties. Many thanks to the YSU Honors College for their hard work and dedication!

A new book about cities that are creating new
food-distribution systems includes a chapter on the Youngstown-Warren area.

“Food Town USA: Seven Unlikely Cities that are Changing the
Way We Eat” looks at communities that are being forced to revitalize the way
they raise and feed their inner-city populace.

It was written by Mark Winne, a food-system expert, who
visited Youngstown and Warren plus six other cities: Bethlehem, Pa.; Sitka,
Alaska; Alexandria, La.; Boise, Idaho; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Portland, Maine.

Each community faces unique challenges – ranging from
poverty to opioid abuse to climate change to inaccessibility by road – and is
finding ways to overcome them.

To read the full story from Vindy.com, click here.