Press Coverage

Fresh Coast Communities and The Colony Youngstown are hosting over a dozen workshops from March to July across Youngstown to educate residents about nature-based approaches to manage stormwater, called “green infrastructure” and gather community input to prioritize designs and location.

A group of volunteers led by ACTION and the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation departed for Columbia, South Carolina shortly after 4 a.m. on Saturday morning.

The leadership of Vision Property Management, a realty company dealing in land contracts that have been accused of being predatory, has refused to sign a community agreement proposed by members of ACTION and the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.

A protest group led by Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation and Alliance for Congregational Transformation Influencing Our Neighborhoods (ACTION) will travel to Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday to confront Alex Szkaradek, the CEO of Vision Property Management.

A group of 45 activists affiliated with Youngstown neighborhood revitalization groups traveled to this South Carolina city Saturday to confront the leadership of a company dealing in what they say are local predatory land contracts.