Friday, October 2, 2015
On Friday, October 2, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) and The Raymond John Wean Foundation (Wean Foundation) collected three of the seven statewide awards made by the Ohio Community Development Corporation Association (OCDCA) at its 31st annual conference in Kent, Ohio.
Ian Beniston, YNDC Executive Director was selected as CDC Staff Member of the Year; Tiffany Sokol, YNDC Housing Director was selected for the Stephanie Bevens Award; and The Raymond John Wean Foundation was selected as the CDC Partner of the Year for its support and work with YNDC and the Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership. These selections were made by a panel of third-party judges who evaluated the efforts of the outstanding work of nominees from across the State of Ohio over the past twelve months.