SitemapFresh Coast Capital has announced that Youngstown is one of eight U.S. cities to share in a $1 million award designed to put vacant land in old industrial cities to better use.
“The Fresh Coast model partners with forward-thinking municipalities to turn vacant land –which is seen as a liability – into a unique and attractive asset,” said its CEO Nicole Chavas.
Youngstown Mayor John McNally said the city “is happy to partner with Fresh Coast Capital to adapt unused city park lands to productive re-use.”
McNally explained that the “growth of trees and flowers on 29 acres in portions of four city parks will help reduce yearly maintenance costs for these properties, will assist with rainwater runoff retention and may serve as a springboard to additional projects in industrial brownfield space.”
Fresh Coast plans to plant 27,000 fast-growing trees on a total of 60 acres of land among the six cities. The others are St. Louis, Kansas City in Missouri; Flint and Battle Creek in Michigan; and Elkhart, Ind.
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