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Youngstown and Warren may get a little greener, shadier and beautiful due to a $5 million USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act grant awarded to the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation.

A proposed job creation grant agreement for Trivium Aluminum Packaging USA Corp. would provide a rebate to the manufacturer based on new job creation at its Youngstown plant, similar to the agreement approved with Steelite International USA Inc. City Finance Director Kyle Miasek presented details of the proposal at a meeting of City Council’s community planning and economic development committee late Tuesday afternoon.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. and its partners have received a $5 million federal grant to plant 5,000 trees in Youngstown and Warren and remove thousands of dead ones in the two cities over the next five years.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. and its partners have received a $5 million federal grant to plant 5,000 trees in Youngstown and Warren and remove thousands of dead ones in the two cities over the next five years.

This week, Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation and its partners are announcing a major investment into their new project. Accoding to YNDC, they received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.