The City of Youngstown

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The City of Youngstown Youngstown State University
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Format of Tonights Meeting

• Presentation30 Minutes
• Speakers
• Jay Williams, Director, Community Development
  Agency, City of Youngstown.
• Bill DAvignon, Planning Director, City of
  Youngstown.
• Your Comments90 Minutes

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Purpose for Tonights Meeting A planning process,
not a gripe session
ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION

• Identify clear, specific and achievable goals for
  the neighborhood
• Set the priorities
• Create a checklist of targets (big small) that
  can be achieved by 2010

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The Vision
Accepting that we are a smaller city Youngstown
should strive to be a model of a sustainable
mid-sized city
Defining Youngstowns role in the new regional
economy Youngstown must align itself with the
realities of the new regional economy
Improving Youngstowns image enhancing quality
of life Making Youngstown a healthier and better
place to live and work
A call to action An achievable and practical
action-oriented plan to make things happen
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Cottage Grove, Pleasant Grove, Idora and
Newport Neighborhoods Cluster 6
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Cottage Grove, Pleasant Grove, Idora and Newport
Neighborhood Cluster 6
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Population1990 - 2000
95787
82026
Citywide (14.3)
Cluster 6 (8)
13,595
12,491
1990
2000
Median Income1989 - 1999
30,701
22,347
28,789
Citywide 37
22,718
Cluster 6 21
1990
2000
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40,830
Housing Units
37,158
Citywide (9)
5,818
Cluster 6 (-6)
5,484
1990
2000
Housing Value
40,900
31,560
Citywide 29
45,496
36,348
Cluster 6 20
1990
2000
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The Neighborhood - Current Land Use What it is
now ? What should it be?
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Cluster 6 Structure Conditions
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Cluster 3 Property Tax Delinquency
Tax delinquencies prior to Treasurers tax
certificate sale. Demonstrates the Pattern of
Disinvestment in Cluster 6. The heart of this
cluster, the Newport neighborhood, shows the
scars of this pattern of disinvestment.
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Current Neighborhood Projects Shovels in the dirt
or ground soon to be broken.

• Projects
• Sheridan Elementary School
• CHOICE housing

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Issues for Discussion

• Recreational Activity in Your Neighborhood
• Residential Activity in Your Neighborhood
• Retail and Commercial Activity in Your
  Neighborhood
• Industrial Activity in Your Neighborhood
• Transportation Accessibility in Your
  Neighborhood
• Improving the Image and the Quality of Life in
  Your Neighborhood

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Recreational Activity in Your Neighborhood
Natural Amenities Committee Recommendations for
Cluster 6

• Protect and expand the riparian zone along Mill
  Creek and its tributaries.
• Restore, rehabilitate and expand recreational and
  natural opportunities within the cluster I.e. the
  Sheridan Playground and Bancroft Playground.
• This cluster is not well endowed with
  recreational opportunities. There is a need to
  create new neighborhood recreation facilities.
• Establish a hike/bike trail along the Columbiana
  Port Authority RR corridor to link to trails
  existing and proposed along the Mahoning River.
• Establish green corridors along streets with
  access to Mill Creek Park.

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Recreational Activity in Your Neighborhood Is
there enough? What should it be? Where should it
go?
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Residential Activity in Your Neighborhood To
stabilize at a population of 80,000, Youngstown
has an excess of over 3,000 housing units. Any
new housing construction effectively calls for
the elimination of existing stock elsewhere.
Housing Committee Recommendations

• Increase the level of housing code enforcement.
• Stress zero tolerance for egregious violators.
• Enforce quality of life laws, e.g. noise levels,
  lewd behavior.
• Create additional greenspace and playgrounds as
  per neighborhood needs.
• Involve neighborhood associations to maintain
  security and cleanliness efforts.
• Attempt to create joint patrol districts with
  Boardman to coordinate crime prevention and law
  enforcement along the border.

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Regional Retail and Commercial Activity
Major Regional Clusters Southern Park US
224 SR 7 Boardman cluster Mahoning Ave. SR
46 I 680 Austintown cluster Eastwood US 422
SR 46 Trumbull County cluster
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City Retail and Commercial Activity

• Main Arterials
• Belmont Ave.
• Market St.
• South Ave.
• Mahoning Ave.
• Albert St.
• Wick/Logan
• Midlothian Blvd.
• Canfield Road
• Glenwood Ave.
• Downtown

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Cluster 6 Neighborhood Retail Commercial
Activity

• Commercial Corridors along Market, Midlothian,
  Glenwood, Southern and South.
• Other business dispersed throughout the cluster.

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Industrial Activity in Your Neighborhood
What little industrial activity that exists in
this cluster is located along Indianola Avenue
and the Columbiana County Port Authority Railroad
Tracks
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Transportation accessibility in Your
Neighborhood Western Reserve Transportation Bus
Routes What improvements could be made?

• Other Transportation Links
• Columbiana Port Authority RR
• Market Street (SR7, US 62)
• South Avenue
• Southern Blvd.
• Glenwood Avenue
• Indianola Avenue
• Midlothian Blvd. (SR 625)
• Canfield Road

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Improving the Image and the Quality of Life in
Your Neighborhood

• Make education everybodys business
• Improve neighborhood safety
• Celebrate the diversity within our community
• Capitalize on the authentic urban environment
• Create a greener community
• Restore and re-energize the Mahoning River
• Fix broken windows
• Make government more efficient

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Issues for Discussion

• Recreational Activity in Your Neighborhood
• Residential Activity in Your Neighborhood
• Retail and Commercial Activity in Your
  Neighborhood
• Industrial Activity in Your Neighborhood
• Transportation Accessibility in Your
  Neighborhood
• Improving the Image and the Quality of Life in
  Your Neighborhood

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Next Steps

• Identify clear, specific and achievable goals for
  the plan
• Set the priorities
• Create a checklist of targets (big small) that
  can be achieved by 2010
• Monitor and Celebrate Successful Achievements

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Next Steps Continued

• Comments will be distilled into a draft land use
  plan
• The plan and projects will be posted on the 2010
  homepage for review.
• Comments will be taken and further distilled
• The city wide land use plan will be unveiled
  January 27th, 7pm at Stambaugh Auditorium

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Send us your comments! Youngstown 2010 City Hall,
6th Floor 26 S. Phelps Street Youngstown, OH
44503 Phone [phone]
Fax
330-742-8997 Email youngstown2010_at_cityofyoungstow
noh.com Watch for draft plan and project postings
at www.youngstown2010.com