KC Petraitis Joins University Circle Inc. Team
In early August, the Cuyahoga Land Bank bid farewell to team member KC Petraitis who has taken a new position as the Director of Real Estate at University Circle Inc. Read more ›
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Euclid Trucking Company Expands
A Euclid trucking business plans to expand its operation with a recent purchase of an adjacent property from the City of Euclid. Read more ›
Staff Speak at Legacy City Conference
In July, Lilah Zautner, Manager of Special Projects and Land Reuse and Jessie Masters, Information and Planning Specialist at the Cuyahoga Land Bank presented at the third Legacy City Preservation Conference, held in Buffalo, NY. The conference theme, “reGENerated,” invited attendees to engage, learn, ponder, share, and consider solutions for the hubs of creativity, innovation, and optimism that are Legacy Cities. Read more ›
Meet the Team
Kim Steigerwald Acquisitions Manager Date of Hire November 2009 Education BA, Political Science, Bowling Green State University; Master of Public Administration, Kent State University Describe yourself in three words Faith-filled. Family. Focused. What motivates you in your work? We change… Read more ›
Rebuilding a Neighborhood, One House at a Time
In the Slavic Village neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, you can still see the scars of the foreclosure crisis — vacant houses with sagging porches and broken windows, empty lots where houses once stood and a still-thriving demolition business tearing down… Read more ›
Community Park Dedicated in Buckeye Neighborhood
Neighbors and friends of the Church of the Living God on Buckeye Road gathered on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in August for the dedication of William’s Place community park in Cleveland’s Buckeye neighborhood. William’s Place Park was named in honor… Read more ›
Old Brooklyn YMCA Finally Comes Down
Making Way for Permanent Supportive Housing More than a decade after closing in 2006, the Old Brooklyn YMCA building was torn down in June by the Cuyahoga Land Bank. Neighbors joined City Council President Kevin Kelley, Councilman Tony Brancatelli. EDEN,… Read more ›
Rooms To Let: CLE Celebrates 5th Year in Slavic Village
On July 28th and 29th 2018, the next generation of Rooms to Let: CLE kicked off its fifth year of transforming Slavic Village houses with innovative art installations. Led by Slavic Village Development Corporation, Rooms to Let: CLE seeks to… Read more ›
NatCom18 Explores Recovery Housing
In April, Vatreisha Nyemba, Compliance and Program Development Manager for the Cuyahoga Land Bank participated in the National Council for Behavioral Health’s NatCon18 Conference in Washington D.C. The annual conference brings together more than 5,000 leaders to explore healthcare’s greatest innovations in practice improvement, financing, integrated health care, technology, policy and advocacy. Nyemba participated in a workshop addressing homelessness and addiction and the financial sustainability of recovery housing.
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Spring Kick Starts Cleaning and Greening Efforts
Cleaning up hundreds of vacant lots left over from winter demolitions is a huge undertaking – so much so that we’ve even named the flurry of activity.
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Meet The Team
KC Petraitis
Real Estate Officer Read more ›
Team Shares Knowledge at RVP 2018
More than 1,000 urban, suburban, and rural leaders gathered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin May 15-18 for the Center of Community Progress’s eighth Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference (RVP), the only national conference of its kind. RVP explores the latest strategies to address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties, providing space to showcase innovation and creating a forum in which new ideas can arise. It brings people together around these common challenges and gives them tools to return home and affect real, on-the-ground change. Read more ›
Partner Spotlight: Building Hope in the City
While some of our urban neighborhoods continue to struggle to maintain affordable housing, unique collaborations among social service, faith-based and non-profit organizations are making a real difference in creating housing solutions for populations in need. Building Hope in the City (BHITC) is one such organization, working to restore the “city to God” by developing and linking people, communities and churches.
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Cuyahoga Land Bank acquiring over a hundred properties in East Cleveland for revitalization project
East Cleveland city leaders and the Cuyahoga Land Bank have been working on a possible city revitalization plan for nearly two years. See NewsChannel 5’s coverage of the story HERE.
A Home Restored
The Cuyahoga Land Bank has the potential to change the face of a neighborhood. Case in point: The Cuyahoga Land Bank has gone to significant lengths to restore this South Boulevard property in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood. This 10-room mansionette, built… Read more ›
A New Chapter Begins
Families of veteran or active duty military personnel receiving treatment at the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center will soon have a place to stay, thanks to a “home away from home” that is being built on grounds adjacent to the medical center. Read more ›
How the Cuyahoga Land Bank Revitalizes Homes
According to an exclusive News 5 investigative report, more than 1,600 homes have been restored, making the Cuyahoga Land Bank the single largest facilitator of rehabilitated homes in the area. Read more ›
Purple Heart certificates for two brothers killed in WWII found in Cleveland vacant home
We are so honored to have been able to present a piece of history to a Cleveland family after the World War II death of two brothers. Crews found the treasure inside a vacant home. Watch the News 5 story… Read more ›
Ministering to Our Community
It was a day of good fortune for many children and families of Cleveland’s Buckeye-Woodhill neighborhood when U.S. missionaries Bob and Judy Willard chose to relocate to Cleveland and begin their inner-city ministry in the community. “Our entire family went on… Read more ›
Welcome Home
The Cuyahoga Land Bank recently took part in a heartwarming dedication of a home with the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cleveland. Read more ›
Housing Solutions Through Community Collaboration
Beyond acquisition, demolition and renovation of blighted properties in the county, the Cuyahoga Land Bank makes strategic transactions that have immediate and far-reaching effects on many special needs and at-risk populations in our community. Read more ›
Meet the Team
We’re highlighting another one of our Cuyahoga Land Bank team members. We hope you enjoy learning more about the people who help make our organization what it is. Read more ›
Developer Sought for Prime Kinsman Road Property
The Cuyahoga Land Bank issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a development site it owns on Kinsman Road in the City of Cleveland’s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood. The Cuyahoga Land Bank is in the process of assembling vacant land in… Read more ›
New Finance Director Supports Land Bank Mission
The Cuyahoga Land Bank recently welcomed Ron Pavlovich, CPA, as its new Director of Finance. Pavlovich, a seasoned accounting professional, felt somewhat of a calling when a friend forwarded the Cuyahoga Land Bank’s job posting. “I was looking for a new opportunity – one that married my professional experience with a purpose or ministry, and I felt drawn to the work of the organization,” says Pavlovich. Read more ›
A Priceless Treasure Uncovered
What seemed like a standard acquisition and “clean-out” recently by one of the Cuyahoga Land Bank’s trash clean-out contractors, was anything but routine. While cleaning out the abandoned house on Cleveland’s near west side, Beneficial Properties’ owner Marvin Stover noticed… Read more ›
Bessie’s Place: A Place to Call Home
Volunteers and friends gathered in late July to celebrate the official opening of Bessie’s Place, a permanent low-income housing opportunity for young ladies age 18-24 who have aged out of foster care. Bessie’s Place is a collaboration between Bessie’s Angels,… Read more ›
Ohio Land Bank Conference 2017
Working Together for Solutions From case studies in community redevelopment to rehab strategies for vacant properties, the annual Western Reserve Land Conservancy’s 2017 Ohio Land Bank Conference offered up timely and essential information for land bank board members and staff,… Read more ›
King’s Son 820 Creating Youth Leaders
After being released from serving a 12 ½ year federal prison term, William Foster knew that he could make a difference when he began holding bible study for a few friends and neighborhood youth in his garage in 2009. In… Read more ›
Paving the Way for New Development
In September, the seven-story, 168-room former Ramada Inn (and later Red Roof Inn) on Rockside Road in Bedford Heights was demolished by the Cuyahoga Land Bank after months of pre-demolition work. The site of the long-vacant hotel will soon be… Read more ›
Meet the Team
We’re highlighting another one of our Cuyahoga Land Bank team members. We hope you enjoy learning more about the people who help make our organization what it is. Read more ›
Dimani House: A Safe Haven for Women in Transition
At the root of the work of the Women’s Wellness Foundation, an all-volunteer, faith-based mission and ministry in Cleveland, is a profound belief in second chances. Often women who are reentering society after incarceration need help with struggles with substance abuse and lack of education and housing. Read more ›
June is Record Setting Month for Land Bank
The Cuyahoga Land Bank had a record setting month of June as 384 properties poured into its inventory. Typically, that number is closer to 110 properties per month. So why the big increase? The simple answer is collaboration. Read more ›
World War II Vets Share Experiences
Two World War II Veterans made a special visit to the Cuyahoga Land Bank in July to talk to Cuyahoga Land Bank staff about how different the world was 75 years ago. Read more ›
Amazon commits to North Randall fulfillment center, with 2,000-plus jobs on former mall site
It was a long road to demolition, but we are happy to have been a part of another terrific land reuse opportunity as Amazon will bring more than 2,000 jobs to North Randall on the former site of the Randall… Read more ›
Cleveland development corporations buy, flip abandoned homes to improve neighborhoods
Community Development Corporations in Cleveland are buying, renovating and selling vacant homes and making an impact in their neighborhoods. See the NewsChannel 5 story HERE.
Gus Frangos Speaks to the City Club
Nearly 200 people packed the City Club of Cleveland on June 30 to hear Cuyahoga Land Bank President Gus Frangos discuss lessons from the last eight years of strategic demolition, rehabilitation, and community rebuilding. Frangos’ speech, “The Land Bank Eight Years On: Evaluating a National Model,” highlighted the progress made since the creation of legislation which enabled the creation of the Cuyahoga Land Bank. Read more ›
NEON Initiative Brings Housing to Veterans
The NEON Veterans Housing and Support Services (NVHSS) celebrated the completion of Phase One of its Veterans Housing Initiative at a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 18th. NEON board members, local government officials, Cuyahoga Land Bank leaders, veterans and neighborhood residents attended… Read more ›
Meet The Team
We’re highlighting another one of our Cuyahoga Land Bank team members. We hope you enjoy learning more about the people who help make our organization what it is. Read more ›
Did You Know?
The Cuyahoga County Department of Development offers several housing assistance programs to help Cuyahoga County residents achieve and maintain home ownership in our community. Programs such as the Four Component (4COM) Home Repair Loan Program, Home Weatherization Assistance Program, Lead… Read more ›
New Home, New Beginning
Family, friends, volunteers and staff of several partner organizations came together on a Sunday afternoon in June to welcome LaTisha and her two children into their new home in Cleveland Heights. The renovation of the 3-bedroom Colonial-style home was made possible through the New… Read more ›