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The Raymond John Wean Foundation has named fifteen people who will take part in eight months of training to reinforce and improve their leadership skills in organizations focused on community development and improvement in the Mahoning Valley and surrounding areas. Fifteen mid-career professionals from non-profit organizations across Warren and Youngstown were chosen from a competitive …

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Mahoning County Land Bank, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. and other partners on Thursday broke ground on six new houses planned for the city’s Idora neighborhood. The six homes will line Mineral Springs Avenue, a one-block street that runs east to west and perpendicular to Glenwood Avenue and Volney Road near …

The Mahoning County Land Bank and Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation plan to break ground Thursday on the construction of six new single-family homes on Youngstown’s Southside. The 1,475-square-foot homes are being built along Mineral Springs Avenue, just west of the Youngstown Playhouse between Glenwood Avenue and Volney Road. Each will have three bedrooms, two and …

The Raymond John Wean Foundation announced this week the addition of two staff members: Aditi Srivastava as program officer, grantmaking, and Chyna Mitchell-Parker as executive administrator. Originally from Nashville, Srivastava comes to the Wean Foundation by way of London, where she received a master’s degree in international social and public policy from the London School …

WARREN, Ohio – The Raymond John Wean Foundation announced this week the addition of two staff members: Aditi Srivastava as program officer, grantmaking, and Chyna Mitchell-Parker as executive administrator. Originally from Nashville, Srivastava comes to the Wean Foundation by way of London, where she received a master’s degree in international social and public policy from …

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – A local organization is working to provide transportation for those in need. Thrive Mahoning Valley is collecting used bikes, rehabbing them, and providing them to people who need them to get around. It gave away 12 bikes last month and close to 40 this year. One has gone to an 82-year-old woman …

Each week, #SpanningtheNeed will present an “Inspirational Person of the Week’ and have a “Q & A” with one of its many gifted individuals and/or groups who are willing to go out of their own way to help others. This week’s featured is Jennifer Roller from The Raymond John Wean Foundation.