Press Coverage


Ohio will be getting more than $97 million from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Hardest Hit Fund, and Youngstown may get a good chunk of those funds.

The city received two proposals for reuse of the vacant former Bottom Dollar supermarket at 2649 Glenwood Ave., one from a business and the other from a church.

Wednesday was the last day for a viable business to submit bids for the purchase the former Bottom Dollar grocery store on Glenwood Avenue in Youngstown.

The Ohio Department of Transportation has approved the city’s Safe Routes to Schools Travel Plan, and grants to fund improvements for McGuffey and Williamson school areas are next on the agenda.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation is providing free classes to those who want to start their own business.