Posts Tagged ‘green’

Saturday property clean-up (address updated)

Below are pictures from last Saturday’s clean-up and an invitation to this Saturday’s. I’d estimate about twenty-five people showed up and worked to rake, bag, weed, mow and pick up trash from the property on Broadway. Some arrived as early as 9am and some stayed well into the afternoon....
December 10th, 2009 | Events | Read More

A green vision for a former steel town

“The decrepit former department store is not unusual. Many original buildings are in disrepair. Urban islands of grass and flowers are now concrete parking lots. Vacant storefronts and boarded-up buildings dot a main street that is just a whiff of the packed sidewalks, restaurants and boutiques...
December 1st, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More

Manufacturing and Innovation alive and well at Youngstown Exal

Who knew there was such innovation to aluminum packaging? Well, there is at Exal Corporation in Youngstown, Ohio. This year, Exal walked away with a “Stevie,” which is the trophy from the American Business Awards. In this case, Exal won Business Innovation of the Year for its Coil-to-Can...
November 12th, 2009 | Technology, Youngstown | Read More

Grey to Green Festival Saturday

This Saturday is the Grey to Green Festival in Wick Park. Urban Farmer and MacArthur “Genius” Award winner Will Allen will speak. Last year’s event was great, if rainy, and this year’s should prove to be historic. Can you volunteer your time to help make the event a success? The...
September 9th, 2009 | Events | Read More

Deconstruction project open house

A while back, we talked about deconstruction in the city, what it means and how it might happen. The city has chosen its first target: 945 Brentwood Avenue, in the Idora Neighborhood. Because the success of the project is dependant on efficiency and time constraints, access to the site will be limited...
June 22nd, 2009 | Events | Read More

Youngstown as Urban Villages

MVOC’s Ian Beniston pointed out a Free Press article about Detroit’s shrinking population potentially creating “distinct urban villages surrounded by farms, fields and meadows.” These days, it seems, what’s true for Detroit is true for Youngstown, and indeed as local activists...
June 1st, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More