YNDC and Partners Awarded $5 Million Grant from USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act Grant Program

Thursday, October 12, 2023. 

On October 12, 2023 the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) and partners including: Mahoning County Land Bank, City of Youngstown, Trumbull County Land Bank, Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership, Youngstown Cityscape, Healthy Community Partnership, Lola Lewis and other partners announced a $5,000,000 grant award from the USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act Grant Program for the Mahoning Valley TreeCorps project.

The funds will be used to develop a tree inventory and management plan, provide forestry training to local professionals and young adults, create living wage jobs, plant and sustain thousands of trees, and address urgent mature tree canopy maintenance and removal needs. More details will be shared in the future.