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In an effort to help small businesses here grow, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. is taking applications for equipment loans for anywhere from $1,000 to $10,000 until Oct. 15.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. received a $124,429 Technical Assistance Grant from the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institution Fund.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. is offering loans of $1,000 to $10,000 to certain small businesses in the city for equipment purchases.

The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley’s 17th Annual Day of Caring, sponsored by NYO Property Group and Lowe’s, is Friday.

Combining community development and economic development into one department is “the right thing at the right time” for the city, Mayor John McNally says, a goal he wants to meet by early 2015.