On Wednesday, March 16, 2016, YNDC was presented with a Community Impact Award for its Better Block projects on Midlothian Boulevard and Mahoning Avenue.
Youngstown native, Victoria Morckel recently had her work on Using Suitability Analysis to Prioritize Demolitions in a Legacy City published in Urban Geography.
On Saturday, March 12, 2016 an AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team, Maple 3 from the North Central Region arrived at YNDC to battle blight for the next 45 days.