Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) is a citywide, multifaceted neighborhood development organization launched to catalyze strategic reinvestment in neighborhoods throughout the City of Youngstown following thirty years of rapid decline. YNDC is committed to improving the quality of life in Youngstown by building and encouraging investment in neighborhoods of choice for all. YNDC works to transform neighborhoods into meaningful places where people invest time, money, and energy into their homes and neighborhoods; where neighbors have the capacity to manage day-to-day issues; and where neighbors feel confident about the future of their neighborhood.

YNDC deploys a targeted and comprehensive community development model with the following components: *YNDC encourages and strengthens homeownership opportunities for LMI homebuyers as a HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agency. *The Owner-Occupied Emergency Repair and Roof Replacement programs preserve and sustain homeownership for LMI owner-occupants by completing critical repairs to bring properties into code compliance. *The Strategic Acquisition and Rehabilitation program acquires and rehabilitates vacant homes strategically selected to maximize market impact; sets new standards of maintenance; and provides quality affordable and market-rate homeownership and rental opportunities in LMI neighborhoods while creating jobs for Youngstown residents on an in-house construction team. * Neighborhood organizing to identify and address priorities of neighborhood residents, including the development of the Housing Task Force, a diverse group of more than 200 Youngstown resident leaders working together to ensure all people in Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley have safe, fair, and quality housing. *The vacant land reuse and maintenance program reactivates formerly derelict and blighted vacant land as stabilizing assets in neighborhoods citywide. *The organization also provides healthy living programming with the Glenwood Fresh Market that serves over 2,000 low-income individuals with free fresh produce, establishing a double-up program for EBT recipients to purchase fresh produce at multiple city grocery stores and farmers markets serving food desert neighborhoods, and upgrading play and fitness equipment in city parks.