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Paul Ciarniello was one of about 450 people who helped clean up Youngstown’s Cottage Grove neighborhood off of South Avenue. 
John Wroblewski was named head coach of the Youngstown Phantoms in July, but on Friday morning he was just one of the volunteers clearing debris and junk from blighted homes on East Auburndale Avenue.
Paul Ciarniello was one of about 450 people who helped clean up Youngstown’s Cottage Grove neighborhood off of South Avenue.
Standing atop a black box truck, “REVITALIZE” emblazoned on each side, in the parking lot of St. Dominic Church, the executive director of the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp., Ian Beniston, shouted instructions to the 400 volunteers.

YSUscape recently cleaned up 10 houses in the Wick Park neighborhood, but that’s not enough for them.