Press Coverage

The city is requesting proposals from those interested in buying the vacant former Bottom Dollar grocery store at 2649 Glenwood Ave., with preference to be given to plans to reopen it as a grocery store.

Members of the Western Reserve Port Authority received an update Wednesday from representatives of the Youngstown Air Reserve Station and the local commission established to help preserve the airbase and other local military assets.

City Council President Charles Sammarone said it was a “sad day” because four council members were at their last meeting in that official capacity.

What if the next big thing in blight elimination is to think small?

Staff at the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) think that just might be the case.

City leaders in Youngstown are facing a growing problem that is getting more difficult to tackle – trash dumping.