Press Coverage

One of the people most excited by news that the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. has purchased the closed Foster Theatre on Glenwood Avenue is Steven “Shags” Shagrin of Walnut Creek, Calif.

Neighbors and motorists passing by the Foster Theatre on Youngstown’s South Side in recent years probably know it mostly for its seedy, run-down image.

The Mahoning County Land Bank turns 10 this year. It’s where the rehabilitation of abandoned properties often begins.

The Union Home Mortgage Foundation, a charitable organization whose mission is to equip families with the tools and resources to achieve economic self-sufficiency, has announced its grant recipients for the second quarter of 2021.

About a year before she was born, Lana Shagrin Oyer’s dad welcomed another baby into the world: the Foster Theatre.