Press Coverage

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. has nine AmeriCorps VISTA positions available, including a VISTA leader position.

Presley Gillespie has been hired as the first president of Neighborhood Allies, a recently launched Pittsburgh community development organization.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. had a citywide meeting at the Covelli Centre on April 8th, recapping their meetings throughout Youngstown’s neighborhoods. Neighborhood characteristics and community facilities such as churches, schools and parks were among the top assets, while crime, poor infrastructure, housing and property issues topped the list of concerns. Rick Pollo has more.

City residents have had a chance to voice their opinion about issues and changes they would like to see around the city through a series of neighborhood meetings.

What can be done to stem the tide of absentee landlords and property owners who know little about what they have bought — or simply don’t care?