Neighborhoods

Monday, November 17, 2025

The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley's Mahoning Valley Community Response Fund has awarded a $10,000 grant award to YNDC to expand enrollment for Mahoning County residents at the Glenwood Fresh Market. Huge thanks to the foundation for the support!

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

YNDC worked with Councilman Jimmy Hughes to complete improvements at Mt. Hope Veterans Memorial Park Cemetery located at 1945 Liberty Road, Youngstown, Ohio 44505. Mt. Hope is the final resting place for many veterans, as well as residents of the Sharon Line and East Side.

The partnership allowed for significant progress to be made at the cemetery that has been long neglected. Recent improvements include: dead tree removal, new gates, new road, landscape, and other improvements throughout the property.

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

YNDC, partners, and supporters celebrated the completion of three solar powered duplexes, totaling six units of housing, located at 3013, 3021, and 3031 Glenwood Avenue. Each unit has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, an open concept living, kitchen, and dining area, in-unit laundry, front porch, and two covered parking spaces.

Each duplex also has an integrated solar array that generates more than 15kwh of power - more power than the buildings use. These are believed to be the first net negative buildings constructed in the City of Youngstown. All units have been leased to tenants.

This project was made possible by grant awards from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh Affordable Housing Program, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati Affordable Housing Program, and the Mahoning County Continuum of Care. The construction financing was provided by PNC Bank and WesBanco. Permanent financing was provided by WesBanco. The vacant lots were assembled by the Mahoning County Land Bank. The City of Youngstown has provided funding for neighborhood improvements on the target blocks where the new construction is taking place. The improvements include new sidewalks, dead street tree removal, tree planting, and other improvements. The builder for the project is Joe Koch Construction. The project also received support from the Sixth Ward Councilperson Anita Davis, The Raymond John Wean Foundation, Glenwood Neighbors, and other stakeholders.

It warms Annette Brown’s heart to see a once-abandoned and dilapidated cemetery with overgrown grass and large fallen branches come back to life — and to hope for the burial of a few faulty assumptions.

“This has been a labor of love over the years,” said Brown, who is part of the Mount Hope Veterans Memorial Cemetery committee.

She was referring to a wide array of restorations, maintenance projects and improvements to the cemetery, 1945 Liberty Road on the East Side, along with the hope that some people’s widely held assumptions that no one is caring for, or doing anything to improve it, will finally be laid to rest.

Suffice it to say that both hopes likely will carry plenty of weight, because Brown and a few dozen others gathered for a special celebration and ribbon-cutting event Tuesday afternoon in front of the cemetery entrance to usher in the progress and improvements.

Many such changes were evident by what was not seen: Nearly 100 dead trees and countless branches had been cut down and removed from the property, Ian Beniston, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.’s executive director, noted.

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

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation and its partners are celebrating the completion of three new solar-powered duplexes on Glenwood Avenue. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the properties, marking the official opening of the six new housing units.

To read the full article from WFMJ, click here.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. unveiled three duplexes the organization recently completed on Glenwood Avenue, each with a feature not commonly found in city residential developments.

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

In 2025, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation has built several new homes, repaired properties and broken ground on future sites of duplexes and single family homes across the city.

To read the full article from Mahoning Matters, click here.

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Marguerite Douglas and Rose Carter have both completed their third and final terms on the YNDC board of directors. The YNDC board and team thank them for their many years of service to the organization and our neighborhoods. Thank you Marguerite and Rose!

Monday, November 24, 2025

On November 20, 2025, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation was awarded two grants totaling $2.475 million from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati's Affordable Housing Program.

The first grant award is $1.5 million for home repair. The award will allow YNDC to serve 84 families with home repair. The member bank for the award is Farmers National Bank of Canfield.

The second grant award is $975,000 for homebuyer assistance and will allow YNDC to assist 75 households with home purchase. The member institutions on this award are Huntington National Bank and CareSource.

Huge thanks to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati and the member institutions that partnered with YNDC in 2025!

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. has made Mineral Springs Avenue one of its home projects since 2013.

The group also takes up residence throughout the city, places such as Cliff View Street, Granada Avenue, Upland Avenue and East Wilson Street. Ultimately, its goal is to pack up and leave, but first there is rehabilitation and transformative progress to be accomplished.

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