Youth Greening Grant Awardees Announced

Monday, April 11, 2016

YNDC is pleased to announce the 14 winners of our 2016 Youth Greening Grants, funded through the Youth Violence Prevention Center at University of Michigan.

These projects, located throughout Youngstown, will reinvigorate vacant and abandoned spaces to provide new community gathering spaces and engage youth in community development.

2016 awardees and projects:

• Alpha and Omega First Baptist Church - Green Jacobs Road
• Metro Assembly of God - Metro Adopt a Block Project
• South Avenue Area Neighborhood Development Initiative - Lots of Art
• Fairmont Community Garden - Fairmont Fruit Trees and Greenhouse
• Know Your Neighbor Block Watch - Ohio Avenue Butterfly Project
• Warriors Inc. - Warriors Inc. Community Garden
• Taft School Area Block Watch - Taft School Area Wildflower/Pollinator Garden
• Northeast Homeowners Association - Lots of Love Liberty Greening Project
• Love Your Neighbor Block Watch - Kids Spring into Action Project
• Boys and Girls Club of Youngstown - Team Up to Clean Up
• Crandall Park South - Ford Avenue Youth Greening Project
• Youngstown Inner City Garden - Growing Youth at Steel Valley Vineyard
• Sly's Landscaping LLC - T&T Revitalization Project
• Southside Community Garden - SSCG Year 5 Wild Meadow