Neighborhoods

Wednesday November 26, 2025

The YNDC Board of Directors approved the organization's new strategic plan at its November 17, 2025 meeting. The plan will guide the organization's growth and work over the next five years, covering the period from 2026 through 2030. The plan can be downloaded here.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) has built another new home in Struthers.

To read the full story from WKBN, click here.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. received $2.475 million in grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati’s Affordable Housing Program for home repairs and down payment assistance.

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

A newly constructed, energy-efficient home is now on the market in Struthers, listed for $180,000.

The single-family home, located at 42 East Wilson Street in Struthers, is approximately 1,400 square feet, featuring three bedrooms, two bathrooms and an open concept living, kitchen and dining area.

Additionally, the home has a first-floor laundry room, a front porch and a two-car detached garage.

The project, according to a release, was made possible through a joint effort between the Mahoning County Land Bank, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) and the City of Struthers.

To read the full story from WFMJ, click here.

Twenty years ago, the one-block-long Mineral Springs Avenue on Youngstown’s south side was lined with vacant, abandoned houses. Tuesday morning, the ribbon was cut for the seventh new home on the street in just over a year.

Leaders with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) started working to change the area almost 20 years ago, working with nearby residents and businesses, as well as the Mahoning County Landbank.

To read the full story from WKBN, click here.

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has invested $41.5 million in 38 projects as part of the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP). This includes $36.3 million in 27 Nutrition Incentive Program projects and $5.2 million in 11 Produce Prescription Program projects.

GusNIP is a collection of three competitive grant programs that provide funding opportunities to conduct and evaluate projects providing incentives to income-eligible consumers. The program’s goal is to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables, and prescriptions for fresh fruits and vegetables, and provide support services to potential applicants, nutrition incentive projects, produce prescription projects, and GusNIP as a whole.  

Nutrition Incentive Program projects develop and evaluate projects to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables by providing incentives at the point of purchase among income eligible consumers participating in the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam and the United States Virgin Islands, and income-eligible consumers participating in the USDA Nutrition Assistance Program Block Grants in Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.  

Produce Prescription Program projects demonstrate and evaluate the impact of fresh fruit and vegetable prescriptions. The goals of the program are to increase procurement and consumption of fruits and vegetables, reduce individual and household food insecurity, and reduce healthcare usage and associated costs. In addition, projects present educational opportunities relating to nutrition to participants and connect the food and healthcare systems. 
 

2025 Nutrition Incentive New Awardees:

South Dakota State University
Community Food & Agriculture Coalition
Market Umbrella/Crescent City Farmers Market
Mid-America Regional Council Community Services Corporation
Auburn University
No More Empty Pots
Tennessee Department of Health
Jackson Medical Mall Foundation
Indiana Department of Health
The Regents of the University of California, San Diego
Every Day is a Miracle, Inc. 
 

2025 Nutrition Incentive Supplemental Awardees:

Iowa's Healthiest Initiative
Farm Fresh Rhode Island
Hunger Free Oklahoma
Washington State Department of Health
Community Farm Alliance
University of California San Diego
New Mexico Farmers Marketing Association
Utah Department of Health and Human Services
Pinnacle Prevention
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
Field and Fork Network
D.C. Central Kitchen
City Green
Banco De Alimento
Crossroads Community Food Network, Inc.
Clemson University. 
 

2025 Produce Prescription Program Awardees:

Arizona Veterans Research and Education Foundation
Banco de Alimento Puerto Rico, Inc.
Children’s Hospital Corporation
County of Alameda Public Health Department
Desert Mission Inc.
New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association\
Rural Health Network of SCNY, Inc.
Rush University Medical Center
The Food Trust
University of Maryland, College Park
Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation. 

To read the full story from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, click here.

Thursday, December 4, 2025

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation has been awarded a $483,000 grant from the USDA Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program, Produce Prescription Program. This award will provide three years of funding for the Glenwood Fresh Market in partnership with the Mercy Health Mahoning Valley Foundation. 

Thursday, December 4, 2025

YNDC has completed its 2025 neighborhood improvement projects that were made possible by support from the City of Youngstown. The improvement projects were completed on target blocks across the City of Youngstown where new homes are being constructed or vacant homes renovated. The neighborhood improvement projects included replacement of 7,575 linear feet of sidewalk, removal of 309 dead street trees, planting of 121 trees, and installation of 394 doorbell cameras as part of community safety programming. Huge thanks to the City of Youngstown for the support of this project!

A newly built single-family home on reclaimed land has gone up for sale, marking a fresh look for the village's landscape.

The Mahoning County Land Bank, Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation and Sebring officials celebrated the new house Nov. 24 at 324 S. 15th St.

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

A Youngstown organization has been awarded nearly half a million dollars to help feed the Valley.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation was awarded a $483,000 grant from the USDA Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program, Produce Prescription Program.

To read the full story from WKBN, click here.