Press Coverage

Urban areas in the Midwest have more empty space than they know what to do with.

Youngstown, Ohio, created quite a stir a decade ago when it unveiled a novel plan for the city: It would stop trying to return to its glory days as a city of 170,000 people and instead embrace the idea that maybe smaller is better.

Over the past quarter century, the number of farmers markets – both in the Mahoning Valley and across the country – has taken off.

Day of Caring

YOUNGSTOWN

The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley’s 19th Annual Day of Caring sponsored by Huntington Bank and Hometown Pharmacy will take place Sept. 2.

Larry Allen said he liked what he was seeing as city police and the law department boarded up a South Side home on a nuisance complaint because of drug activity.