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City council approved $377,500 in American Rescue Plan spending Wednesday and expects to vote on considerably more projects using the federal funds Dec. 21, its last meeting of the year.

City council members will consider requests to spend nearly $300,000 in American Rescue Plan funds for a contract with the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber to better position city sites for potential development, and to provide funds toward Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.’s redevelopment of the Foster Theater on the South Side.

The residents of East Liverpool will be able to get vital home repairs done at no cost.

The city’s Board of Control approved spending more than $500,000 in American Rescue Plan funds at its meeting Thursday.

A new home repair program is offering to replace failing roofs at no cost for low-income homeowners in the city of East Liverpool.