Press Coverage

For many years, the community of Youngstown has been underserved by banks, in terms of receiving loans in order to purchase homes.

Today’s entertainment picks:

“Increase the Peace” (today at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on MyYTV): Host Andrea Mahone’s guest will be Ian Beniston and Tiffany Sokol from Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp., who will discuss business training and volunteer opportunities.

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

A foundation that helps local community projects celebrated its successes on Thursday night.

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.