SitemapFrom eliminating blight to adding new housing, Youngstown leaders are working to attract people into the city.
"This housing project building a whole new neighborhood, new sidewalks, new street lights, newly paved street it's just one of those things we're trying to do to put that energy back into the citizens and let them know they are valued," First Ward Councilman Julius Oliver said. "This is how we feel about them and this is how we feel about our city," he said.
However, in a city that's consistently lost population for decades, what's going to make people stick around? Oliver said quality of life. "There's no houses here with the modern amenities that they would want, there's no attached two car garages because most of the houses here had separate garages, there's no two, three bathrooms, you know," Oliver said. "These are the things that people are looking for, modern everyday amenities you know, that will give them a greater quality of life on the south side of Youngstown," he said.
Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation Executive Director Ian Beniston said the cost of these brand new houses and some of the perks that come with them will also attract new residents.
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