YNDC loans help advance DNA Detailing, other local businesses

YOUNGSTOWN

A few years ago, Anthony Young of Youngstown realized he was pretty good at detailing cars.

So good, in fact, that he was able start his own business.

But there was one problem.

“The driveway got too small,” Young said.

Young found space inside his friend’s tire shop on Mahoning Avenue, but he eventually had to find a new space of his own at 1707 Mahoning Ave. for the DNA Detailing business.

The next step he took was last fall when he applied to receive an equipment loan from Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.

“I really didn’t think I had a chance at getting a loan,” he said.

But he did.

That $5,000 loan enabled him to acquire the equipment needed to cut in half the time for cleaning and detailing the inside and outside of cars.

“I was scrubbing carpets by hand with a brush,” he said. “[The YNDC loan] helped me get a steam cleaner, more vacuums and a buffer.”

Young isn’t alone. Three other businesses also have benefited from the loans so far.

Read more about those businesses in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.