SitemapThe Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. celebrated its 100th home rehabilitation with the unveiling of a recently finished property at 4202 Rush Blvd.
The nearly 1,800-square-foot South Side home in the city’s 6th Ward has three bedrooms and 11⁄2 baths. The YNDC obtained the home through the Mahoning County Land Bank.
Ian Beniston, executive director of the YNDC, said the organization is closing a sale on the home, which was listed for $75,000.
The YNDC is a multifaceted neighborhood development organization launched in 2009 in partnership with the city and The Raymond John Wean Foundation. According to its website, the organization works “to transform neighborhoods into meaningful places where people invest time, money and energy into their homes and neighborhoods.”
Beniston said the house was listed as a top priority for rehabilitation by residents when the YNDC developed the Pleasant Grove Neighborhood Action Plan.
The YNDC’s first home rehabilitation was in 2011. Since then, the majority of the group’s rehab projects have taken place in the past four years.
“I think it shows we’ve come a long way over the last four to five years,” Beniston said. “And I think this house, in particular, shows that we’ve been getting results, too.” To read the full story from The Vindicator, click here.