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The Little Building might be on its way to having its first tenant, after Wednesday afternoon’s meetings of the Finance and Property committees of the city’s Community Improvement Corporation (CIC).

The city’s board of control approved using federal money to help fund the reopening of a West Side greenhouse, an improvement project at a vacant Glenwood Avenue strip plaza, exterior work to the Youngstown Playhouse and grants to three businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The city’s Board of Control on Thursday approved funding for several neighborhood redevelopment initiatives, including renovations to a small retail plaza on the South Side.

The city recently received $235,000 in funding from the State of Ohio for several of its projects.

Dominion Energy has given $10,000 in Community Impact Awards to Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) and Economic Action Group, Youngstown.