Report: Youngstown should shift its demolition focus

Report: Youngstown should shift its demolition focus

YOUNGSTOWN

A report on the city’s demolition program praises a number of “important and/or innovative” efforts, but urged significant changes to have a greater impact on improving its stronger neighborhoods.

“If Youngstown is to survive as a residential location, it must shift focus from prioritizing those areas with severe blight to stabilizing healthier neighborhoods and retaining the existing population,” reads a report from BCT Partners, a New Brunswick, N.J., firm that works with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Read the full story in Monday’s Vindicator.