Video: Inside the YWCA renovation

By Paula Jasper

YWCA of Youngstown renovation nears completion | The YWCA Board of Directors began planning the project in 1996 following a feasibility study. — The YWCA of Youngstown undertook an ambitious $10 million renovation and restoration of the historic building that has functioned, at various times in the past 100 years, as a homeless shelter, a place of worship and a center for childcare, education, health and recreation, social activities and women affected by crisis. (Metro Monthly file photo)

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Paula Jasper

Homeplate’s Paula Jasper and viewers discover the region’s sometimes hidden assets during “Explore the Mahoning Valley.” Paula holds a master’s of fine arts from the University of Memphis and a bachelor’s in fine arts from Pacific Lutheran University. With her husband Jack Carlton, she assisted in the development and management of the “Murals Project – Museum Without Walls,” which brought art to vacant storefronts in downtown Youngstown.

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