Press Coverage

The city’s board of control approved using federal money to help fund the reopening of a West Side greenhouse, an improvement project at a vacant Glenwood Avenue strip plaza, exterior work to the Youngstown Playhouse and grants to three businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The city’s Board of Control on Thursday approved funding for several neighborhood redevelopment initiatives, including renovations to a small retail plaza on the South Side.

The city recently received $235,000 in funding from the State of Ohio for several of its projects.

Dominion Energy has given $10,000 in Community Impact Awards to Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) and Economic Action Group, Youngstown.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation is having an online auction to sell 28 items or batches of items left behind when the group bought the former Foster Theater on Glenwood Avenue. 

Included in the auction are movie projectors, signs and movie reels. One listing called “eight parts related to film” contains film splice tape patches, for example.

Proceeds from the auction will benefit revitalization of the theater by YNDC.