Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation | Building and Encouraging Investment In Neighborhoods of Choice for All

Healthy Home Ownership Down-Payment Assistance
The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) offers a home ownership training and incentive program to increase the number of successful and healthy homeowners.
Green Homes
The Green Homes program restores formerly vacant and foreclosed properties to new life. Green Homes properties are fully renovated utilizing the Enterprise Foundation’s Green Communities Criteria and Mahoning County LEAP Healthy Home Standards.
Community Loan Fund

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation’s (YNDC) Community Loan Fund (CLF) actively seeks to provide alternative access to credit in underserved communities and to bolster continued revitalization and economic recovery in vulnerable and transitional neighborhoods.
Lots of Green
Lots of Green, the YNDC’s vacant land reuse program, seeks to repurpose all land in a target area, transforming the physical fabric of strategic neighborhoods.
Green Jobs Training
The Green Jobs Training program is an innovative program that benefits unemployed and/or underemployed residents of urban neighborhoods in the City of Youngstown.
Neighborhood Marketing
While notable neighborhood improvements resulting from the YNDC programs will certainly catapult a positive image of certain city pockets into the greater community, we will begin building a positive image of these neighborhoods now through external and internal marketing efforts
Model Blocks
The Model Blocks program is a focused neighborhood development program that seeks to comprehensively address physical conditions on targeted blocks in YNDC focus neighborhoods.
Neighborhood Engagement
The YNDC aims to actively engage residents in the revitalization of their neighborhoods. Through our programs, outreach, workshops and trainings we foster a renewed sense of ownership and community among residents.
Planning and Economic Development
YNDC views informed decision making as integral to success. In order to consistently make informed decisions capable of achieving transformative results, YNDC has developed an organizational culture of research, planning and evaluation.
Vacant Land Stabilization
Proper cleanup and maintenance of abandoned vacant land has a transformative effect on a distressed neighborhood. According to a 2011 study completed by the University of Pennsylvania, greening of vacant urban land is correlated to a reduction in violent crime, improved health and safety of residents, and reduced vandalism. Over the last 2 years, the Lots of Green program has performed basic vacant land stabilization projects on over 120 lots in two strategic neighborhoods.

Building and Encouraging Investment in Neighborhoods of Choice for All

News:

Healthy Home Ownership Fair

On Saturday, May 19, 2012, the YNDC invites you to the first Youngstown Healthy Home Ownership Fair, held in the Idora neighborhood.

Fighting Blight in Lincoln Park

“Fighting Blight in Lincoln Park” is part of a coordinated, long-term effort to stabilize and develop the neighborhood of Lincoln Park, located on the East Side of the City of Youngstown. For this project, the main goal is the demolition of a long-vacant and dangerous structure located at 1574 Norman Avenue.

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Neighborhoods:

Crandall Park North

Located on Youngstown’s north side, Crandall Park North is one of the city’s finest neighborhoods, offering well-maintained and landscaped homes, tree-lined streets and shopping and recreation within walking distance.

Lincoln Park

Located on Youngstown’s east side, Lincoln Park is a small neighborhood adjacent to the 200 acre plus Lincoln Park. The neighborhood is characterized by modest housing stock and great location proximate to Lincoln Park and Jackson School.

Idora

Idora – one of Youngstown’s most unique, beautiful and historic neighborhoods – is a private gem tucked into the eastern side of Mill Creek Park. This quiet retreat is where influential area families built their mansions years ago