Neighborhoods

Monday, June 28, 2021

On Tuesday, June 22, 2021, the Mahoning Valley Historical Society presented a Community Revitalization Award to YNDC for the renovation of 1810 Volney Road at its 146th Annual Meeting at the Tyler Mahoning Valley History Center.

 
The property is often referred to as "The Monastery" because of its strong association for decades as a Carmelite monastery and worship center. The structure's original use was a single-family home built by Emery McKelvey in 1927. Upon acquisition, YNDC staff engaged Faniro Architects to develop three, market-rate apartments and a Neighborhood Action Center for public gatherings. 
Many thanks to MVHS for honoring our team with the Community Revitalization Award!

Monday, June 28, 2021

YNDC has received a Dominion Community Impact Award with a $10,000 prize for the results of its Roof Replacement program from July 2019 to November 2020.

During that time, YNDC replaced roofs for 148 low-income homeowners throughout the city, representing $1,104,743 in housing reinvestment that benefited not only the families immediately served, but the market strength and reinvestment potential of the surrounding neighborhoods. YNDC has operated home repair and roof replacement programs in Youngstown since 2012 and has been working to expand the number of homeowners served each year in order to better meet community needs. Many thanks to the Dominion Foundation!

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

On June 4, 2021, Elliot and Christine Legow provided a $3,000 donation to support YNDC’s emergency repair program.

The funds will be used for the emergency home repair program to assist residents of owner-occupied, single family homes with emergency repairs such as furnace and plumbing repairs at NO COST. Big thanks to Elliot and Christine Legow!

The Union Home Mortgage Foundation, a charitable organization whose mission is to equip families with the tools and resources to achieve economic self-sufficiency, has announced its grant recipients for the second quarter of 2021.

The list includes five recipients across three states and includes a new nonprofit partner. 

Through this cycle, the Foundation is providing support to organizations making critical contributions to communities in the areas of financial literacy, community development and education in Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. The grants total $25,000 and will help these organizations develop permanent solutions to improve the lives of those families and individuals with access to these services. The UHM Foundation is pleased to partner with Soteria for the first time in 2021.

To see the full story from Business Wire, click here.

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

The City of Youngstown has awarded HOME and CDBG funds to YNDC for multiple housing and neighborhood improvement projects

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HOME47 Strategic Acquisition and Rehabilitation - $570,000
CDBG47 Limited Repair - $490,699
CDBG47 Emergency Repair - $203,418
CDBG47 REVITALIZE - $40,000
CDBG47 2915 Glenwood Avenue - $100,000

Many thanks to the City of Youngstown, Community Planning and Economic Development, City Council, and Mayor Brown for the support and partnership!

The Mahoning County Land Bank turns 10 this year. It’s where the rehabilitation of abandoned properties often begins.

The success of the land bank ban be seen in a recent study done by Youngstown State’s college of business, which shows that for every dollar the land bank spends, it returns anywhere from $1.43 to $1.50 in benefits.

Mahoning County Land Bank Executive Director Debora Flora showed First News an example of what a land bank property might look like Wednesday afternoon.

“So, this is the footprint of the building of where the building was,” Flora said.

It’s the corner of Mahoning and South Portland avenues on Youngstown’s lower west side, where a commercial building once stood. The hope is to eventually have another business occupy the corner, but until then, it can still be used.

To see the full story from WKBN, click here.

Thursday, July 1, 2021

YNDC is proud to announce the publishing of its performance report from the 2nd Quarter of 2021!

 
The performance report highlights the work of YNDC from April to June 2021. An electronic copy can be downloaded below.

Thursday, July 1, 2021

On Thursday, July 1, 2021, the KeyBank Foundation awarded a $10,000 grant to YNDC for emergency repair.

The funds will be used for the emergency home repair program to assist low income homeowners with emergencies such as furnace and plumbing repairs at no cost. Thank you to the KeyBank Foundation!

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

108 Emergency Repairs

780 Cubic Yards of Debris Removed

38 Owner Occupied Home Repairs/Rehabilitation

30 Vacant Houses Boarded

REVITALIZE

Neighbors and motorists passing by the Foster Theatre on Youngstown’s South Side in recent years probably know it mostly for its seedy, run-down image.

But it always hasn’t been that way, and we are hopeful that new plans being laid by the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. to reinvent the theater soon will help ring in a new perception not only of the building, but also of that part of the community, triggering new visitors and new growth.

YNDC, a planning and development organization that provides housing and neighborhood stabilization services in Youngstown, last month announced it had purchased the 800-seat theater at 2504 Glenwood Ave. for about $100,000, with plans to close it to pornographic movies and preserve the structure for other uses.

Steven “Shags” Shagrin of Walnut Creek, California, recently relayed a story to Vindicator reporter Ed Runyan about his grandfather’s vision to be the first to build a theater in Fosterville, then the city’s suburbs, in the 1930s.

Predicting the expansion of business into the neighborhood long before shopping centers became popular, Joseph Shagrin Sr. built and operated the Foster from 1938 until 1965.

To see the full story from The Vindicator, click here.