Press Coverage


The winners of the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.’s Neighborhood Champion Awards. Each winner received $1,000 for use in a project of his or her choice. 

A new project at Taft Elementary aims to create safer routes to school for kids in Youngstown. 

Six volunteers working to improve their neighborhoods left the pavilion at the center of Wick Park with $1,000 to use toward their next projects. 

Youngstown city and schools leaders applauded the improved
paths to school – specifically around Taft Elementary – a week before school
starts.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, the city of Youngstown, the Youngstown City School District, the Taft School Area Block Watch and the Taft Promise Neighborhood coalition cut the ribbon this morning to newly improved safe sidewalks.