Third South Side Summer Experience Pop-Up Event Held on Wednesday, June 27

Friday, June 29, 2018

The third South Side Summer Experience was held at the corner of E. Lucius and Rush Blvd. on the south side. 

These pop-up events are a partnership between the Youngstown Police Department, YNDC and the ICU Block Watch and they are intended to provide activities for youth on the south side who do not have access to a park or playground in their neighborhood.  Activities included basketball, music, line dancing, painting, kite-flying, playing catch, a bounce house, and a video game truck.  The event took place on two formerly overgrown vacant lots that were cleaned up ahead of time by the YNDC crew.  The pop-up events are part of the US Department of Justice South Side Revitalization Project, which seeks to improve neighborhood quality of life through increased police presence and interactions, community engagement, neighborhood revitalization, and positive youth activities.  The fourth South Side Summer Experience will be held on Thursday, July 5 just east of the intersection of South Ave. and E. Lucius.