On Thursday, October 24, YNDC joined Produce Perks, the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, the Health Community Partnership, Mercy Community Health, local farmers, and the Mercy Health Foundation to discuss nutrition incentive and produce prescription programs and their impact on Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley.

On Thursday, October 24, the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) awarded $5,000,000 in Welcome Home Ohio (WHO) program funding to Mahoning County Land Bank (MCLB) in partnership with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) to create new affordable housing opportunities.

On Thursday, October 10, YNDC team members Jasmine and Angel began the installation of cameras and lights at 250 households as part of the Community Safety program.

Through the Mahoning Valley TreeCorps program, YNDC planted a total of 337 2" caliper shade trees in Youngstown's neighborhoods during the early fall planting season; its largest seasonal tree planting in organizational history.