Economic Action Group

10/08/2026

Celebrate YSU Homecoming and support your downtown businesses during the Wear Red Get Fed Restaurant Crawl next Friday, hosted by EAG, the City of Youngstown and YSU! 🐧🏈

Pick up a scorecard at any participating business starting at 4pm on Friday, October 16, and return it by midnight to a participating business to be entered to win YSU gift baskets and tickets to the homecoming football game! 5 stamps = 1 entry, 10 stamps = 2 entries, and 15 stamps = 3 entries.

Participating businesses include Avalon, Blue Heron, Casa di Canzonetta, MVR, Circle Bar, Imbibe, Insomnia Cookies, Lucky Day Con Leche, Mocha House, Penguin City, Ryes, The Federal, Twisted Roots, Varsity Club, V2, and Draught House!

Register and see more details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wear-red-get-fed-ysu-homecoming-restaurant-crawl-tickets-2002466410940

10/06/2026

10/05/2026

As the leaves start to change, we’re appreciating the different colors that can be seen downtown 🎨

09/30/2026

Thank you to the Western Reserve Health Foundation for helping us add these new benches to the Phelps Street Gateway!

The benches will provide additional seating for events throughout the year, and are designed to double as picnic tables when two benches are placed together with their backs folded down.

The Downtown Ambassadors are excited to put them to use at upcoming Phelps Street Gateway events. Come check them out for yourself during the YSU Homecoming Parade on October 17!

09/24/2026

The Downtown Ambassadors have a whole lot to be proud about in their first year of work!

Join us in congratulating them on a job well done! 🎉

09/22/2026

Don’t miss Community Action Day with Mayor McDowell, the Downtown Ambassadors, and Green Youngstown this Saturday, September 26!

Come together and work hands-on to make an immediate impact on the look and feel of our downtown through litter cleanup, w**d pulling, and more at the parking lot directly behind the Circle and next to Varsity Club.

Parking is available across the street in the lot beside Yonder! Please do NOT park in the gated lot, you will get towed.

We hope to see you there!

Here are the details:
📅: Saturday, September 26
🕗: 9am-12pm
📍: 121 W Commerce St Parking Lot
👕: Wear something comfortable that you aren’t afraid to get dirty

09/21/2026

We had an amazing time celebrating 10 years of the Mahoning Avenue Fall Fest this weekend! 🍂🍁

Thank you to all of the businesses, neighbors, and partners who have made this festival possible. We couldn’t do it without you!

09/18/2026

The 10th annual Mahoning Avenue Fall Fest calls for special drinkware! 🍻

Make a purchase at the following businesses tomorrow during Fall Fest (11am-4pm) to get yours while supplies last!

- Trek: coffee mugs
- Casa Ramirez: pint glasses
- Hackett’s: shot glasses

09/18/2026

Watch how EAG’s graphic designer, Gio, created a special Mahoning Avenue Fall Fest print for the festival’s 10th anniversary! 👀

You can find these prints and more at EAG’s Mobile Art Shop inside Trek Coffee House during the festival for just a dollar. There are multiple color variations for each print, so try to collect them all! Proceeds go toward creating more public art in the Valley.

Thank you to The Youngstown Foundation for supporting the purchase of the Mobile Art Shop and this unique way to support local artists!

09/17/2026

Join us this weekend at the 10th annual Mahoning Avenue Fall Fest! Every year, Fall Fest shows us what can happen when we come together as a community, to grow and share what we each have to offer. At this event, co-hosted by 4th Ward Councilman Mike Ray and Economic Action Group, you can look forward to:

🎶Live music
🌽Corn roast
👜Over 55 local vendors
🎨Activities for kids

🍂 Casa Ramirez will be open, and patrons there, at Hackett's, and Trek can get free commemorative shot glasses, pint glasses, and coffee mugs with their purchase while supplies last.

For more details, visit the event page using the link below:
https://facebook.com/events/s/10th-annual-mahoning-avenue-fa/1712872320043567/