By: Wayne Allen, Portsmouth Daily Times Recently, the Scioto County Commissioners acted on a couple of measures aimed at improving the county. First, the commissioners passed the first of two resolutions necessary to establish a Scioto County Land Bank. Then,… Read more ›
By: Michelle Jarboe, Cleveland.com A homebuilding program set to launch next month in Ohio City aims to make new construction swifter and simpler for people hoping to live in one of Cleveland’s most popular neighborhoods. Nonprofit neighborhood group Ohio City, Inc.,… Read more ›
By Staff, Sidney Daily News SIDNEY — The Shelby County Commissioner’s meeting room was crowded with representatives of townships, villages and the city of Sidney for the initial discussion of the steps necessary to create a county land bank. The… Read more ›
The Cleveland Foundation hosted the Greater Cleveland Caucus in March to discuss key issues impacting our region, brainstorm community priorities, and connect with organizations working to address community challenges. The Cuyahoga Land Bank joined the conference and participated to help… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank recently acquired a house on Alpine Road next door to an undeveloped vacant lot. The lot was previously the site of dilapidated property that was razed some years ago. Buyer Frank Kuhar approached the Cuyahoga Land… Read more ›
It’s not hard to attract new residents to Cleveland’s Westown neighborhood. Westown Community Development Corporation (WCDC) Executive Director, Rose Zitiello, confirms that “a tour usually convinces potential residents that the Westown neighborhood is a vibrant, historic and culturally diverse neighborhood… Read more ›
By: Leah Thorsen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Forty-two vacant lots in St. Louis will become tree farms, urban agriculture and green infrastructure projects through a partnership between the city and Chicago-based development firm Fresh Coast Capital. Mayor Francis Slay hailed the… Read more ›
By: Roxanne Washington, Cleveland.com She and three of her four children were thrilled to be roaming around a two-story, four-bedroom home in Cleveland’s Buckeye neighborhood that will be theirs in a few months, once it has been completely rehabilitated by Greater… Read more ›
By Lydia Coutre, Crains Cleveland Business Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity is launching an initiative to rehabilitate 100 Cleveland homes in three years with a 10-house project in Cleveland’s Buckeye neighborhood. A groundbreaking event will mark the launch at 10:30… Read more ›
By: Wayne Allen, Portsmouth Daily Times An organizational meeting of what will be the Scioto County Land Bank Board of Directors was recently held. At the meeting the urgency of forming a corporation, for which the land bank would operate,… Read more ›
by House Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Thomas Caltagirone HARRISBURG, March 15 – Democratic House Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Thomas Caltagirone, D-Berks, said Tuesday that the committee reported out two bills that he authored to rehabilitate blighted properties while fighting homelessness. The… Read more ›
By MINews26 Several condemned buildings and another obsolete eyesore in Cadillac will be torn down with help from the Michigan Land Bank. In October of last year the Michigan State Housing Development Authority made a $1 million grant to the… Read more ›
By David Garrick, The San Diego Union-Tribune SAN DIEGO — Aiming to boost access to healthy food while sprucing up blighted properties, the San Diego City Council unanimously approved a new community garden incentive program on Monday. The incentive is expected… Read more ›
Lakewood Alive purchased this vacant lot from the Cuyahoga Land Bank and is happy to announce that the lot will be the future site of a house! Lakewood Alive is a non-profit community development organization that promotes economic development and… Read more ›
In January 2016, the Cuyahoga Land Bank reached another mile stone by transacting its six thousandth property. Currently in its sixth year of business, they continue to make strides to improve communities throughout the County by addressing and improving vacant… Read more ›
Kevin Malone Sr. worked as a construction contractor all of his life. Working with his hands, he raised his family and sent them to college. Kevin’s two sons, Kevin and Colin both graduated from college and entered the work force;… Read more ›
By Chris Burbach, Omaha.com The Omaha Municipal Land Bank Board named an interim executive director Monday and took a step toward its first acquisitions of vacant lots and rundown houses. The board voted to approve a contract with Marty… Read more ›
The new year started with a bang in Richmond Heights, as the wrecking ball finally fell on the abandoned Sunoco gas station at the intersection of Richmond and Chardon Roads. Years in the making, this demolition was a joint effort… Read more ›
