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
• Hunter Morrison, Director, Center for Urban and
  Regional Studies, Youngstown State University.
• 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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Kirkmere Neighborhood Cluster 4
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Kirkmere Neighborhood Cluster 4
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Population1990 - 2000
95787
82026
Citywide (14.3)
Cluster 4 (9.2)
7,184
6,526
1990
2000
Median Income1989 - 1999
36,728
30,701
Citywide 37
28,774
22,347
Cluster 4 28
1990
2000
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40,830
Housing Units
37,158
Citywide (9)
Cluster 4 2.1
3,075
3,139
1990
Housing Value
2000
76,987
Citywide 29
54,850
40,900
31,560
Cluster 4 40
2000
1990
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The Neighborhood - Current Land Use What it is
now ? What should it be?
This cluster and Youngstown do not exist in
isolation. What happens in Austintown, Canfield
and Boardman matters.
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Cluster 4 Structure Conditions
Cluster 4 neighborhoods are for the most part
good and indicate stability. Problem areas
tend to be clustered in scattered areas in the
neighborhoods. Note Not all structures are
houses.
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Current Neighborhood Projects Shovels in the dirt
or ground soon to be broken.

• Projects
• Kirkmere Elementary School
• Volney Rogers Middle School

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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
the Cluster 7

• Protect and expand the riparian zone along Mill
  Creek.
• Restore, rehabilitate and expand recreational and
  natural opportunities along the major tributaries
  of Mill Creek, notably Bears Den Run and Axe
  Factory Run.
• Investigate the feasibility of establishing a
  hike/bike trail along the former Kirkmere Run
  (the High Tension right of way) as a green link
  between Cornersburg, Kirkmere Elementary, St.
  Christine and Mill Creek Park.

Old Furnace
Kirkmere Playground
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More Recreational Activity in Your Neighborhood
This cluster, as much as any in the City,
benefits from the proximity of 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.

• Neighborhood Cluster 4- Housing Committee
  Observations for Kirkmere
• Neighborhood extremely stable, with virtually no
  tax delinquency, crime, or demolition, and a high
  rate of home ownership.
• Developed after WWII in a suburban manor
• 98 white
• 25 of the population is age 50 or older
• Median income 30K
• Excellent public schools Volney, Kirkmere,
  Chaney

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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

• Enforce existing housing codes and business codes
  for appearance.
• Encourage churches to consider building senior
  friendly housing on campus to keep the aging
  population in the cluster.
• Encourage younger home buyers by marketing the
  new public schools being constructed as well as
  the existing parochial schools within the
  cluster.
• Maintain existing green space and play areas.
• Involve the very active neighborhood associations
  and
• block watches to improve security and clean up.

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Regional Retail and Commercial Activity
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City Retail and Commercial Activity

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

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Cluster 4 Neighborhood Retail Commercial
Activity

• Neighborhood retail activity
• clustered in Cornersburg area.
• Small light industrial and other businesses at
  Meridian and Industrial Roads.
• Scattered home business throughout the cluster.

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Industrial Activity in Your Neighborhood

• Home to early Iron Furnace and Wool Mill.
• Prior to 50s and 60s residential development,
  area was coal mines, open space, and scattered
  industry.
• Industrial activity now confined to Industrial
  Road.

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Transportation accessibility in Your
Neighborhood Western Reserve Transportation Bus
Routes What improvements could be made?

• Other Transportation Links
• U.S. 62 Canfield Road
• Meridian Road (link to I-680)

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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