Neighborhoods

Youngstown CityScape is taking on the challenge of planting trees in the yards of Youngstown residents.

Youngstown residents can sign up here or call 330-742-4040 to have a free tree planted in their tree lawn by Youngstown CityScape staff. According to a press release, healthy shade trees in neighborhoods have several benefits including helping reduce air pollution from cars and factories, providing needed summer shade, cooling homes and reducing energy bills, encouraging outdoor physical activity, improving mental health, improving property values and even reducing crime.

"Our city has lost so many street trees over the years. It's time to provide young, healthy tree replacements and make sure we spend the next three years taking advantage of this terrific regional partnership and from the federal government," said Youngstown CityScape Executive Director Sharon Letson.

Youngstown CityScape is a part of the Mahoning Valley TreeCorps, an initiative led by the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC), Youngstown CityScape, Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership and many other community partners.

To read the full story from WFMJ, click here.

Bike Share Youngstown will host a YO! Motion Mobilizing Midlothian Community Bike Ride and Health Fair 1 to 4 p.m. June 29 at the Youngstown Playhouse to promote bicycling as a safe, accessible and healthy mode of transportation.  The free event is designed to mobilize residents around the Midlothian corridor bike lane and advocate for bike-friendly infrastructure, education on cycling safety and creating inclusive opportunities for cyclists of all backgrounds and abilities.

Through group rides, maintenance assistance and community events, YO! Motion unites neighbors to build a more vibrant, connected and bike-friendly Youngstown. The organization’s goal is to not only promote safe and healthy cycling, but to celebrate the rich history and positive changes happening in the Midlothian corridor.

During the event, participants will stop at various local landmarks to highlight the vibrant community and the developments taking place. Participants will learn about the history of iconic locations like the Youngstown Playhouse on Glenwood Avenue, Schewbel’s Bakery on Midlothian Boulevard and the new developments by YNDC that are revitalizing the area.

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

Planting street trees in the city provides an enormous benefit for residents and the environment. Youngstown CityScape is part of the Mahoning Valley TreeCorps,which is taking on the challenge of tree planting in Youngstown and Warren. City residents can sign up now to have a free tree planted in their tree lawn / devil strip. Youngstown residents can register to receive a free tree(s) by visiting www.YoungstownCityScape.org, or calling 330-742-4040.

Mahoning Valley TreeCorps is an initiative led by Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp, Youngstown CityScape, Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership and the Healthy Community Partnership, along with many community partners.

To read the full story from the Vindicator, click here.  

Officials from the Mahoning County Land Bank, Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. and the village of Sebring marked progress on a new affordable housing project funded through the Welcome Home Ohio program.

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

Officials from the Mahoning County Land Bank, Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. and the village of Sebring marked progress on a new affordable housing project funded through the Welcome Home Ohio program.

To Read the full story from The business Journal, click here.

Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. has expanded its commercial property portfolio on Glenwood Avenue with its acquisition of a former popular nightspot. Ian Beniston, YNDC executive director, said the organization has not determined a use yet for the former Park Inn. The Glenwood Avenue restaurant and nightclub, which closed in 1994, was a regular venue for The Fabulous Flashbacks, a popular band that played covers from the 1960s and ’70s.

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

A building that once housed a popular Youngstown restaurant and bar has been sold to one of the city’s leading development groups. The building on Youngstown’s Glenwood Avenue, now covered with various murals, once housed the Park Inn restaurant and nightclub. The sign still hangs from the building. It was recently bought by the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) for $225,000.

To read the full story from WKBN, click here. 

A building that once housed a popular Youngstown restaurant and bar has been sold to one of the city’s leading development groups. The building on Youngstown’s Glenwood Avenue, now covered with various murals, once housed the Park Inn restaurant and nightclub. The sign still hangs from the building. It was recently bought by the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) for $225,000.

To read the full story from WYTV, click here. 

The Mahoning County Land Bank and YNDC have completed groundbreakings on new homes in the City of Struthers, City of Campbell, and Village of Sebring in the month of June. These projects build off ongoing work of the Land Bank and YNDC in these communities that include demolition, brownfield remediation, property acquisition, home repair, and housing counseling.

The homes will have at least three bedrooms, two bathrooms, an open concept living, kitchen, and dining area, first floor laundry room, front porch, and two-car garage. Up to $18,000 in down payment assistance will be available for eligible homebuyers through a partnership with Huntington Bank.

The new home construction is made possible by a grant award to the Mahoning County Land Bank from the Ohio Department of Development’s Welcome Home Ohio grant program. The vacant lots were assembled by the Mahoning County Land Bank. The builder for the project is Joe Koch Construction. The projects also has support from the City of Struthers, City of Campbell, and Village of Sebring.

The new homes will be listed for sale as they approach completion. 

In June 2025, YNDC team members began the Second Ward Community Safety program. Team members are canvassing target areas throughout the ward and beginning the installation of doorbell cameras at participating households. YNDC anticipates installing more than 100 cameras in the Second Ward and has installed 82 to date. The program was created based on resident feedback to reduce crime, increase safety, and develop positive relationships with the Youngstown Police Department.

The Community Safety program works with residents, neighborhood groups and the police to operate a Community Safety program to build infrastructure among neighbors to prevent crime by building cooperation and mutual trust between residents, corridor business owners, and the police. The program establishes partnerships with households and businesses in violent crime hotspot areas in Youngstown to install doorbell cameras and installs new LED lighting at businesses along corridors in hotspot areas. The Community Safety program will also conduct meetings with residents and police and increase positive interaction with the Youngstown Police Department.