SitemapA major renovation project is underway on a vacant commercial plaza in the Idora Park neighborhood.
The project is being welcomed by Youngstown residents who have not seen significant redevelopment there in years.
The project is expected to help end a food and quality of life desert for neighbors who live in the area. Currently there are no grocery stories with fresh produce or restaurants in the area. But working is being done to attract business to the city's Southwest side.
At the intersection of Glenwood Avenue and Canfield Road work is underway to transform and bring life back into this vacant 70 year old, 12,000 square foot plaza in the Idora Park neighborhood.
"We've replaced the roof, started to paint it, added lighting, replaced the sidewalks. We will be doing more here of course," said Ian Beniston Executive Director of the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation.
There are plans for a restaurant, and retail space in the building, but the most highly anticipated and first business expected to open is a fresh food market in an area that has been a food desert.
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