Press Coverage


Officials at the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. outlined the city’s development plans at a meeting Nov. 12 in the community room at the Covelli Centre. 

It is no secret Youngstown has been losing population.

No roosters crow at the break of dawn here. No sounds of livestock in the distance. And, you’ll not find Katie and Tom Phibbs’ lettuce farm nestled among rolling pastures and country roads that stretch for miles.

Food Day, which was hosted by The University of Akron School of Law at the Akron Public Library auditorium on Oct. 26 at 1:30 p.m., focused on the American food epidemic. This is the fourth year that UA has hosted the event.

A grassroots initiative launched a year ago is becoming a driving force for downtown revitalization.