Neighborhoods

Monday, December 12, 2022

On Monday, December 12, The Mercy Health Foundation Mahoning Valley awarded a $112,845 grant to the Glenwood Fresh Market.

The market, located at 2915 Glenwood Avenue, provides year-round access to FREE fresh fruits, vegetables, and other healthy food items for residents of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley. The market also provides free health screenings, nutrition literacy courses, cooking demonstrations, and other resources to members. The Mercy Health Foundation Mahoning Valley and Mercy Health's Community Health team are primary partners in the Glenwood Fresh Market. Hats off to The Mercy Health Foundation Mahoning Valley for their ongoing support and partnership!

A couple of Youngstown council members are coming together to provide holiday dinners to residents.

Councilwoman Lauren McNally, 5th Ward, and Councilwoman Anita Davis, 6th Ward, organized a community outreach event to help community members.

“With the increased cost of groceries and the shortages being reported at food pantries across the country, we wanted to try and ease the burden for our residents,” McNally said.

The event will take place December 20, from 2 – 4 p.m. at Glenwood Community Park in Youngstown.

Food boxes will contain one ham, an apple pie, cans of corn and beans and a box of hot chocolate. The boxes will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis.

Glenwood Grounds will also be giving out hot dogs and drinks at the event.

“The holidays are such a financially difficult time for so many people. Hopefully, this gesture of support will allow them to enjoy a family meal,” Davis said.

Davis and McNally worked with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation and Glenwood Grounds to put the event and giveaway together.

To read the full story from WKBN, click here.

140 dinners are being assembled that will include a ham, apple pie, cans of corn and beans, as well as a box of hot chocolate.

Two members of Youngstown City Council are working with a local business and community organization to offer free ham dinners for the holiday season.

Sixth Ward Councilwoman Anita Davis and Fifth Ward Councilwoman Lauren McNally announced that 140 dinners are being assembled that will include a ham, apple pie, cans of corn and beans, as well as a box of hot chocolate.

The dinners will be distributed on a first come, first served basis at Glenwood Park between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Tuesday, December 20, 2022.

In addition, hot dogs and drinks will be available during the giveaway, courtesy of Glenwood Ground coffee shop.

"With the increased cost of groceries and the shortages being reported at food pantries across the country, we wanted to try and ease the burden for our residents,” McNally told 21 News.

The two council members worked with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation and Glenwood Grounds to make the giveaway possible.

To read the full story from WFMJ, click here. 

Two city officials are helping to make the holidays more cheerful.

Councilwomen Lauren McNally, 5th Ward, and Anita Davis, 6th Ward, will help give away ham dinner boxes from 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 20 at Glenwood Park.

Residents will be able to pick up a ham for their holiday dinners as well as an apple pie, cans of corn and beans and a box of hot chocolate. They will also be able to get a hot dog and drink at the giveaway, courtesy of locally owned coffee shop Glenwood Grounds. All items will be given away on a first come, first served basis.

“With the increased cost of groceries and the shortages being reported at food pantries across the country, we wanted to try and ease the burden for our residents,” McNally said.

The councilwomen worked with Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation and Glenwood Grounds to organize the community outreach event.

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

The city’s Board of Control approved spending nearly $300,000 in American Rescue Plan funds for a contract with the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber to better position city sites for potential development, and to provide funds toward Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.’s redevelopment of the Foster Theater on the South Side.

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

Monday, December 19, 2022

On December 19, 2022, the PNC Foundation awarded YNDC with a $8,000 grant for Housing Counseling.

The Housing Counseling Program empowers low- to moderate-income residents to identify and overcome barriers to homeownership, including inadequate savings, income, credit history, and understanding of the home buying process, and prepare them for future homeownership; and to provide existing low- to moderate-income homeowners with resources to maximize their limited incomes and minimize repair costs so that they can avoid foreclosure and improve their living conditions. Thank you to the PNC Foundation for their support!

Thursday, December 15, 2022 

On Thursday, December 15, the City of Youngstown and Fifth Ward Councilwoman Lauren McNally awarded $100,000 in American Rescue Plan funding to assist with the renovation of the Foster Theater.

YNDC is developing plans to renovate the building as housing and commercial space. Many thanks to Councilwoman McNally and the City of the Youngstown for the support of this project! 

Friday, December 16, 2022

On December 16, The Aimee and Lulu Seidel Foundation approved a $10,000 grant to YNDC for the purchase of a dump truck.

The truck will replace YNDC's aging dump truck and enhance our clean up and neighborhood stabilization capacity. Thank you to The Aimee and Lulu Seidel Foundation!

Friday, December 16, 2022

On December 16 the First Energy Foundation awarded YNDC a $2,500 grant for Clean Up Glenwood Avenue, a targeted corridor and neighborhood stabilization program focused on cleaning up and transforming Glenwood Avenue.

Funds will be used to purchase tools, materials, and supplies needed to clean up vacant properties, clean up and green vacant lots to bring them back into productive use, to purchase pedestrian-scale solar lighting at key locations to improve safety, and to repair and replace cracked and broken sidewalks along the corridor. Many thanks to the First Energy Foundation!

The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley and its supporting organizations awarded $506,615 in grants to local nonprofits in the final grant cycle of 2022.

The Community Foundation’s general grant program awarded $179,615 to 20 organizations. The Western Reserve Health Foundation awarded eight grants totaling $65,000 to projects aimed at improving health in Mahoning County, and the Trumbull Memorial Health Foundation awarded five grants for $57,000 to health-focused projects in Trumbull County. The William Swanston Charitable Fund, which focuses on community projects supporting children in the Valley, awarded five grants for $80,000, and the Hospice Trust of Trumbull County awarded two grants totaling $125,000.

“The Community Foundation and its affiliated funds and foundations were able to award more than $2.3 million in grants for all of 2022, a small increase from last year,” said Shari Harrell, president of the foundation. “This money supported projects at 108 organizations. These nonprofits, schools, churches and government agencies cover a wide range of sizes, missions and populations served, but all are aimed at making life better for people in the Valley.”

Here are the fourth-quarter grants that were awarded:

Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley

• Bethel Church of God in Christ: $2,000 for the bi-weekly Bethel Feeding Program that includes food giveaways and cooking classes.
• Boston Avenue Neighbor Association: $9,000 for maintenance of expansion of the Happy Place Sanctuary at the corner of Firnley and Almyra avenues on Youngstown’s South Side.
• Compass Family and Community Services: $15,000 for the Senior Guardianship Program to protect local seniors from elder abuse. The program currently serves about 170 people.
• Down Syndrome Association of the Valley: $5,000 for health and wellness initiatives.
• God’s Warehouse: $2,000 for food pantry support.
• Heart Reach Neighborhood Ministries: $23,500 for the Super Kids afterschool program.
• Junior Achievement of Eastern Ohio: $5,000 for education programs.
• Lit Youngstown: $8,000 for annual operating support. Programs include the First Wednesday Reader Series, the Writer’s Circle group workshop, Third Saturday Fantasy Book Club and a yearlong intensive poetry workshop.
• MyPath Mahoning Valley: $10,000 for the Gap Year Initiative to support students who don’t enroll in college immediately after graduating high school.
• Northeast Homeowners and Concerned Citizens Association: $5,000 for a year-round youth development and adult job readiness program.
• RePlay for Kids: $7,615 for the Mahoning Valley adapted toy lending library and STEM workshops.
• Sleep in Heavenly Peace: $5,000 to build and deliver beds for children in the Mahoning Valley.
• SWAG Sisters 330: $10,000 for free workshops for Mahoning Valley women of all ages, focusing on self-encouragement, self-empowerment and self-engagement.
• The Youngstown Playhouse: $10,000 for operating support for the 2022-23 season.
• Thrive 10:10: $5,000 for operating support.
• Youngstown Area Jewish Federation: $5,000 for operating support.
• Youngstown Business Incubator: $25,000 to support the XJet 1400 Carmel 3D ceramic printer, an integral part of the Israel-YBI collaborative that brings additive manufacturing companies to the Valley.
• Youngstown Lifeguard Academy: $5,000 for operating support.
• Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.: $12,500 to purchase a dump truck for neighborhood cleanup projects.