90% of the building of Youngstown took place on the North Side in what was known as the North Hill District where 90% of the wealth lived. Without these people and their money, there would never have been the kind of Youngstown we had from 1796 to 1970.
So where did 'these people and their money' go?
Saddly most have passed away, but there still are some members living in the area in Canfield and Boardman. Our Rick's Museum on the North Side is a benafactor of one of the families, and this same family through their foundation are very active in the valley.
Are there any wealthy people still living in Youngstown?
If so, do they have an influence on the development of our city today?
If you're talking about the Wick's, Tod's, Butler's Bonnell's, or Stambaugh's, there are decendents still living in the area, but as to the wealth that these families had, no, BUT, these families established foundations that benefit all of us in one way or another ... the arts ... members of the Stambaugh family are on the board of Stambaugh Auditorium, the foundations I referred to still benefit St. Elizabeth Hospital, also the foundations benefit DeYor ... remember that it was the Powers family that made Powers Auditorium possable. YSU also benefits from the foundations that those wealthy families created.
I was blessed, when we moved to Youngstown in 1950, my Mother got to know members of the Wick family through the Church we all went to, and they welcomed us into their homes as if we were extended members of their family. These families did not ask where a person stood in Who's Who, they were not snobs, and to be brutally honest they were kinder than most of the people I've run into here in Youngstown.
A new definition of wealthy for Youngstown
Anyone making over $200,000 a year
No one living near me makes that much each year.
If I made around $38 to $40K a year or maybe just a little better than that, and lived in
Youngstown, I wouldn't NEED to be rich...cost of living is so much lower in Y-town.
That's one of several reasons I want to come back when I am retired.
As far as people who make over $200K per year, who knows and who cares...
I certainly don't.
I AM RICH IN FAM AND FRDS AND JOBS AND LAUGHTER
Quote from: jay on May 12, 2015, 07:11:50 PM
A new definition of wealthy for Youngstown
Anyone making over $200,000 a year
No one living near me makes that much each year.
*COUGH* More like anyone making over $75.000 per year.
How many West Siders have been able to establish foundations that support the arts, the children's museum, or education in Youngstown. Some of the neighborhood gardens are supported in part by foundations, local foundations help support local hospitals, so obviously there are monied families still in Youngstown, and many of them live on Youngstown's North Side in aries like where our beloved member Peggy live. The thing with these folks is the fact that they don't go around flaunting their wealth, or walking around with their noses in the air.
The Butler Institute of American Art
The Arms Museum
Stambaugh Auditorum
DeYor
All of these institutions depend upon local trusts to keep them open. The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra is a PROFESSIONAL orchestra and much of the money they get to pay the members comes fron local trusts. One of the LARGEST foundations is part of the ONLY LOCALLY OWNED BANK -- The Home Savings and Loan Bank. LOCAL PEOPLE SUPPORTING LOCAL INSTITUTIONS!
https://www.homesavings.com/our-history.aspx (https://www.homesavings.com/our-history.aspx)
https://www.homesavings.com/community.aspx (https://www.homesavings.com/community.aspx)
https://www.homesavings.com/charitable-foundations.aspx (https://www.homesavings.com/charitable-foundations.aspx)
Two other LOCAL foundations
http://www.cfmv.org/ (http://www.cfmv.org/)
https://www.youngstownfoundation.org/ (https://www.youngstownfoundation.org/)
SO EVERYONE LIVING IN YOUNGSTOWN AND MAHONING COUNTY IS POOR?
HOGWASH!