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City council will consider legislation Wednesday for a contract to have the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. continue to serve as the city’s planner, and to possibly vote on laws regarding property maintenance, demolition and unsafe buildings.

Angel Cruz, owner of Little Millys Oven Fresh Pizza, wants to be proactive about the neighborhood his business is in and the city he calls home.

The merchants who make up the South Avenue Business Association realize they must supplement police department efforts to reduce crime by improving the environment on the artery that runs by their shops.

Eric Moore wants to become a farmer.

The Iron Roots Urban Farm is giving him paid on-the-job training to help him achieve that goal.

The city’s board of control finalized contracts to purchase grass-cutting and property-cleanup equipment and signed a deal to have the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. oversee the work, a week after the proposal led to a heated debate.