Youngstown to Celebrate Grant Win for Revitalization Project - WFMJ


Officials from the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Wells Fargo will join Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown and YNDC on Wednesday, October 31 to highlight the First Place Small City 2018 Community WIins Award and Grant of $150,000 for Revitalize Youngstown. 

The event will begin at 10:00 a.m. at 2245 Glenwood Avenue in Youngstown.

According to a press release, the award program honors the best neighborhood stabilization efforts in the county and YNDC's work was selected as the best in the country in the small city category.

The press release said that the award was accepted by Mayor Jamael Tito Brown at the United States Conference of Mayors 86th Annual Meeting in Boston in June 2018.

The award funds were used for the purchase and renovation of 2246 Glenwood Ave as the Glenwood Business Center, which will be occupied by community organizations and businesses. To read the full story from WFMJ, click here.