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Thursday, October 19, 2023.

On October 18, YNDC's TreeCorps completed its fall planting of 112 two inch caliper trees. Trees were planted in multiple neighborhoods in collaboration with: Seventh Ward Citizens Coalition, Handels Neighborhood Association, Know Your Neighbor Block Watch, Lincoln Knolls Community Watch, Northeast Homeowners and Concerned Citizens, and the Upper North Heights Neighborhood Association.

Tuesday, October 17, 2023.

On October 12 the Mahoning County Commissioners approved a $50,000 predevelopment grant to YNDC for affordable housing.

Monday, October 16, 2023.

On Thursday, October 12, YNDC Housing Program Manager Jennifer Evans was named a 2023 Gems of the Valley Honoree by the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley at their annual Fund for Women and Girls event.

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.

Monday, October 9, 2023.

YNDC Executive Director, Ian Beniston has joined the Middle Neighborhoods National Steering Committee. The Middle Neighborhoods National Steering Committee was formed in 2019 to determine the methods, structure, and resources to sustain a long-term effort that brings attention and support to America’s middle neighborhoods.