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PERFORMANCE REPORT 2 Table of Contents 2017 APRIL - JUNE PERFORMANCE REPORT 2 table OF CONTENTS FUNDERS 4 team 5 REVITALIZATION REVIEW 6 PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA 8 NEW FUNDING & AWARDS 9 STAFF 11 COMMUNITY WORKDAYS 12 IRON ROOTS URBAN FARM 17 LOTS OF GREEN 18 ACQUISITION & REHAB 20 HOMEOWNERSHIP 23 paint youngStown 24 PLANNING 26 SMALL BUSINESS 28 NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION 29 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 30 3 FUNDERS Core Funders: The Raymond John Wean Foundation City of Youngstown Program Investors: Aimee and Lulu Seidel Foundation Home Savings Charitable Foundation AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps HUD Comprehensive Housing Counseling Grant AmeriCorps VISTA Project Site Invest Health AmeriCorps VISTA Support Grant J. Ford Crandall Foundation Bank of America Charitable Foundation James and Coralie Centofanti Charitable Foundation Boardman Rotary John and Denise York Foundation CDFI Technical Assistance John D Finnegan Foundation Centers for Disease Control, Youth Violence Prevention John F. and Loretta Hynes Foundation Chemical Bank Kennedy Family Fund Citizens Bank Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation City of Youngstown City Council Discretionary Mahoning County Land Reutilization Corporation Funds Mahoning County Lead Hazard and Healthy City of Youngstown, Community Development Block Homes Grant Mercy Health Foundation City of Youngstown, Grass Cutting and OCDCA Microenterprise Grant Neighborhood Clean Up PNC Foundation City of Youngstown, HOME Investment Partnership Ruth H. Beecher Charitable Trust City of Youngstown Planning Schwebel Baking Company Clif Bar Family Foundation Senator Maurice and Florence Lipscher Charitable CNCS, AmeriCorps VISTA Support Grant Fund Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley ServeOhio Cortland Bank The Youngstown Foundation Thomases Family Endowment of the Youngstown Denise DeBartolo York Area Jewish Federation Farmers National Bank US Department of Health and Human Services Fibus Family Foundation CED Finance Fund Walter and Caroline Watson Foundation First Place Community Fund Ward Beecher Foundation Florence Simon Beecher Foundation Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Frank and Pearl Gelbman Foundation Western Reserve Health Foundation Home Depot Foundation William Swanston Charitable Fund 4 TEAM Board of Directors: Ms. June Johnson, President Charles Bell Construction Team Member Ms. Lisa Metzinger, CPA, Vice President Atty. Thomas Hull, Treasurer Bill Happney Ms. Germaine Bennett, Secretary Construction Team Member Mr. Steve Avery Tom Morrison Ms. Mary Danus Construction Team Member Ms. Marguerite Douglas Mike Ondo Mr. Eric Holm Construction Team Member Ms. Dollaine Holmes Patrick Willis Mr. Dominic Marchionda Construction Team Member Dr. Joseph Mosca, Ph.D. Tony Wylie Ms. Gemma Sole Construction Team Member Keane Boyd Full-Time Staff: Grass Cutting and Clean Up Team Member Ian Beniston, AICP, HDFP Brian Hoffman Executive Director Grass Cutting and Clean Up Team Member Liberty Avila Dontae Madison Land Reuse Director Grass Cutting and Clean Up Team Member Tiffany Sokol, HDFP Taeshawn Madison Housing Director Grass Cutting and Clean Up Team Member Jack Daugherty, HDFP Neighborhood Stabilization Director Richard McBride Grass Cutting and Clean Up Team Member Tom Hetrick Neighborhood Planner DeJuan Stevenson Liz Ifill Grass Cutting and Clean Up Team Member Office Manager Tammi Neuscheler Part-Time Staff: Housing Client Manager Carissa Avery Anika Jacobs-Green Housekeeping Team Member Neighborhood Organizer Ryan Emborsky Lukas Darling Housing Project Manager Grass Cutting Intern Katie Zetts Construction Project Assistant AmeriCorps VISTA: Anthony Florig Kaytlin Fenlason Food Access Program Coordinator Grant Taylor Heather Bielik Safe Routes to School Coordinator David Tamulonis AmeriCorps REVITALIZE: Marketing Coordinator Henry Britt Nat Stipcianos DeAndre Franklin Construction Team Member Daniel T. Mitchell 5 revitalization REVIEW YEAR TO DATE OVER 650 volunteerS SOLD 11 rehabilitateD HOMES engageD IN NEIGHBORHOOD to OWNER-occupant BUYERS improvement effortS 3 NEW rental UNITS createD COMPLETED 14 COMMUNITY WORKDayS ProviDED SMALL BUSINESS COUNSELING to 13 NEW CLIENTS 346 vacant propertieS CLEANED, boarDED, AND 7 SMALL BUSINESSES RepaireD SECURED, RESulting IN THE removal OF 117 illegally ProviDED SMALL BUSINESS DUMPED TIRES, 195 bagS OF TECHNICAL ASSIStance TRASH, AND 1,400 CUBIC yarDS COUNSELING to 81 NEW CLIENTS OF DEBRIS 114 PRIORITY propertieS ACQUIRED 9 BLIGHTED vacant brought into COMPLIANCE BY propertieS FOR rehabilitation NEIGHBORHOOD action TEAMS ProviDED HOUSING COUNSELING OVER 90 MEDIA APPEARANCES TO 124 NEW CLIENTS COMPLETED rehabilitation OF 13 vacant propertieS WITH 5 UNITS IN progreSS 6 7 PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA They Give 6 Weeks of Service - Business Journal YNDC Classes Encourage First-Time Home Buyers - Meet Me At The Cross Seeks to Bring Reconciliation to Business Journal the Body of Christ - The Vindicator City Gets $200K to Identify Brownfield Petroleum WKBN Awards $1,500 Scholarship to Contest Winner Sites - Business Journal - The Vindicator City gets $200,000 to Redevelop Abandoned Gas Sites Youngstown Streets get Cleaning from YNDC - WKBN - The Vindicator Program; Ian Beniston, YNDC - Rotary Club of Youngstown Granted $200,000 to Revitalize Boardman Abandoned Gas Stations - WFMJ Chemical Bank donates $15,000 to YNDC - The Youngstown Getting Money to Redevelop Old Gas Vindicator Stations Around City - WKBN Chemical Bank Gives $15K to YNDC for Housing Mahoning Valley Begins Slow Climb Back - Crain’s Programs - Business Journal Cleveland Business BUSINESS DIGEST - The Vindicator Nonprofit to Launch to Tackle Blight, Stabilize Neighborhoods - Go Dan River Youngstown Subscription Service Brings Fresh Produce to Your Table - WKBN New-and-Improved Youngstown Summer School - The Vindicator Less Summer Jobs Available to Area Teens after Federal Funding Cuts - WKBN Warriors Parade Marches in Youngstown to Highlight Mahoning Valley - WKBN Youngstown Subscription Service Brings Fresh Produce to your Table - WYTV Idora Neighborhood Farmers Market Opens Today - Business Journal Community Legal Aid Services Receives Neighborhood Stabilization State - Vindicator Grass Cutting at Vacant Structures Triples Under YNDC Program - The Vindicator WKBN Scholarship 5th Runner-Up: Mia Salvato - WKBN Flash Briefing Tuesday - The Vindicator Gillespie, Young to Address YSU Commencement - Farmers Market Season Begins for Mahoning and Business Journal Trumbull Counties - WKBN Prof Talks about Mahoning River - Tribune Chronicle Training Underway as Officials Prepare for Plywood Ban - Akron Legal News METRO DIGEST: Ginter on State Fatherhood Commission - The Vindicator WKBN Recognizing Caring for Our Community Day This Week - WKBN Community Foundation Awards $379K Grants - Business Journal Old Idora Park Rides Make Appearance at Neighborhood’s Farmers Market - WKBN ‘Walking Bus’ Helps Youngstown Students Get to School – WKBN BBB Hands Out Several Top Awards - The Vindicator Thought Leaders: Gordon Wean, Part II - Business BBB Honors Six With Torch Awards - Business Journal Journal Better Business Bureau’s 2017 Torch Awards - Makeover for House on Youngstown’s South Side Business Journal Complete - WKBN Better Business Bureau Gives Businesses, Leaders BBB to Honor 6 at torch Awards June 15 - Business Awards - The Vindicator Journal Local Businesses Recognized for Ethics and Integrity - YNDC showcases its rehabbed Ivanhoe Ave - The WKBN Vindicator WKBN Recognizes Caring for Our Community Day on Better Business Bureau Issues Awards for Friday - WKBN Trustworthiness - Salem News Home Depot Helps YNDC Fix up Youngstown Home Revitalization Theme of Rotary Program - The Review for Veteran - WKBN Torch Awards Set - The Vindicator Brownlee Association - The Vindicator Neighborhood Group Gets $50,000 for Playground - YNDC Continues Working on its Largest Renovation Tribune Chronicle Project to Date - WKBN 8 NEW FUNDING & AWARDS YNDC QUARTER 2, 2017 GRANT AWARDS s City of Youngstown, Community Development Block Grant, Paint Youngstown: $300,421 s City of Youngstown, HOME Investment Partnership, Owner Occupied Rehabilitation: $236,145 s USEPA Brownfield Assessment grant to the City of Youngstown: $200,000 s City of Youngstown, Grass Cutting and Neighborhood Clean Up Services: $174,261 s William Swanston Charitable Fund, Homestead, Crandall, John White, and Glenwood Community Park Playground Improvements: $150,000 s Serve Ohio, Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism, AmeriCorps Direct Service: $136,530 s City of Youngstown, HOME Investment Partnership, Strategic Acquisition and Rehabilitation: $70,000 s Home Savings Charitable Foundation, Community Financial Literacy: $25,000 s Home Depot Foundation, 1936 Wakefield Rehabilitation: $22,000 in Gift Cards and Volunteers s City of Youngstown, Community Development Block Grant, REVITALIZE: $20,000 s Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, Glenwood Neighbors: $12,500 s AmeriCorps VISTA Support: $10,000 s Walter and Caroline Watson Foundation, Parkview Garage Upgrades: $10,000 s Wells Fargo Housing Foundation, Housing Counseling: $10,000 s Boardman Rotary, Glenwood Neighbors: $2,500 s Cortland Bank, Housing Counseling: $2,500 s AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps: Round 3 Team 9 NEW FUNDING & AWARDS CITY OF YOUNGSTOWN AWARDED $200,000 USEPA ASSESSMENT GRANT On Wednesday, May 31, the USEPA announced the award of a $200,000 USEPA Assessment Grant to the City of Youngstown. The award will be utilized to complete Phase 1 and Phase 2 environmental assessments of priority sites along
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