Press Coverage


What happens when you restore rundown buildings that contribute to violence?

A crowd of people walking up and down Midlothian Boulevard  isn’t a typical site to see on a Sunday afternoon.

If all goes as planned, this Sunday Midlothian Boulevard will look as it never has before, thanks to Better Block, put on by Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. and the Brownlee Woods Neighborhood Association.

The city of Youngstown took a drastic step this week in the fight against blight.