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
• SpeakersJay Williams, CDA Director, Bill
  DAvignon, Deputy Director of Planning and
  Anthony Kobak, Chief Planner
• 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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Youngstown Salt Springs/ Steelton Neighborhood
Salt Springs/ Steelton
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Salt Springs/ Steelton Cluster
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Population1990 - 2000
Citywide (14.3)
Salt Springs/ Steelton (2.8)
1990
2000
Median Income1989 - 1999
Citywide 37
Salt Springs/ Steelton 45
1990
2000
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Housing Units
Citywide (9)
Salt Springs/ Steelton 1.6
1990
2000
Housing Value
Citywide 29
Salt Springs/ Steelton 32
2000
1990
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The Neighborhood - Current Land Use What it is
now ? What should it be?
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Salt Springs/ Steelton Cluster Structure
Conditions
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Salt Springs/ Steelton Neighborhood Development
Projects
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Current Projects Shovels in the dirt or ground
soon to be broken.
711 Overpass

• Other Projects
• Ohio Works Industrial Park
• Division St. Bridge
• Salt Springs Industrial Park

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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 Salt Springs/ Steelton Cluster
Restore the riparian zone of the Mahoning River.

• Protect and expand the riparian zone in the Ohio
  Works Industrial Park.
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• Develop the Ohio Works Industrial Park as a
  green industrial park.

• Restore, rehabilitate and expand the clusters
  existing green infrastructure, i.e. Kochis Park
  and the undeveloped greenways between Meridian
  Road and the River.

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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

• Keep the green buffer separating the adjacent
  industrial area from the neighborhood
• In the Steelton Neighborhood, fund and encourage
  housing rehabilitation rather than demolition and
  rebuilding.
• Enforce existing housing codes and business codes
  for appearance.
• Encourage the celebration of the ethnicity of the
  area
• Utilize vacant lots where appropriate for mini
  playgrounds
• Strengthen bonds between neighborhood and churches

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Residential Activity in Your Neighborhood
Housing Committee Recommendations

• Encourage religious festivals and celebrations
• Support Church tours to create exposure and
  economic opportunity
• Develop small retail establishments to support a
  walking population
• Use congregational ties as a marketing tool for
  real estate
• The area west of Salt Springs Road and in between
  the green space and SR711 is relatively stable
  residential and should be kept as such.

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Regional Retail and Commercial Activity
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City Retail and Commercial Activity
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Salt Springs/ Steelton Neighborhood Retail
Commercial Activity
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Industrial Activity in Your Neighborhood Does it
belong here? Is there enough? Where should it go?
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Transportation Accessibility in Your
Neighborhood Where should new improvements go?
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Transportation accessibility in Your
Neighborhood Western Reserve Transportation Bus
Routes
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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