Impact Stories

The experiences of residents are rich with lessons that suggest solutions and paths to progress, identifying and eliminating barriers along the way.

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Ian Beniston, Executive Director, Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.

Neighborhood Scaffolding: Building an Infrastructure to Support a City Ian Beniston, Executive Director, Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. Ian Beniston credits the origins of the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. (YNDC) to a specific exchange between a resident and the Wean Foundation.  It was 2007 and Beniston, who grew up on the north side of Youngstown, was …

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