Providing vacant property maintenance is a critical part of managing land bank properties. The Cuyahoga Land Bank, over the past year, has maintained over 3,500 properties in its inventory. These responsibilities include cutting grass, removing debris, and boarding up structures.… Read more ›
Meet the Team: Austin Bloom, Program Liaison Read more ›
Job Title Demolition Inspector Date of Hire November 2018 Education The University of Akron, Bachelor’s Degree in Geography and Planning; Cleveland State University, Master of Urban Planning Design and Development Describe yourself in three words. Energetic, Passionate, Goofy What motivates… Read more ›
Meet the Team: James McGuire GIS and Research Technician Read more ›
Jason Knauer Land Reuse Program Manager Date of Hire August 2015 Education B.S. in Urban Studies, University of Cincinnati Describe yourself in three words. Caring. Helpful. Witty. What motivates you in your work? I love getting out and talking with… Read more ›
Steve Billington Property Specialist Date of Hire July 2014 Education Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Cleveland State University What motivates you in your work? I’ve always been motivated by the desire to make a positive impact on my community. What… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank recently welcomed Andrea Bruno as its new Real Estate Officer. Read more ›
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 ›
KC Petraitis
Real Estate Officer Read more ›
Kathryn (Kim) Kimlin joined the Cuyahoga Land Bank team as Director of Community Stabilization on May 7. We sat down with Kim to find out a bit about what motivates her in her work and her interests outside the office. Read more ›
Jacqui Knettel Executive Assistant Date of Hire July 2009 Education The School of Hard-Knocks! Describe yourself in three words Wife, Mom, Friend What motivates you in your work? Meeting people who are doing the work of the angels in the… Read more ›
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 ›
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 ›
In this first of an ongoing Behind the Scenes series, we take a look at the extensive field servicing work that goes into maintaining the many properties in the Cuyahoga Land Bank inventory. Read more ›
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 ›
Every year the Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood hosts their annual Neighborhood Summit that brings together dedicated community stakeholders, and awards residents and organizations for their hard work. This year the Cuyahoga Land Bank was acknowledged at the event and awarded Outstanding… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank property inventory recently transacted over five thousand properties! Here are the Cuyahoga Land Bank Production numbers that stand so far in 2015: Production Type Through 2015 Total Property Acquisitions 5027 Total Disposed Properties 3681 Total Demolitions… Read more ›
The new downtown Heinen’s in the historic Cleveland Trust Building is now open! Heinen’s grocery story chain, based in Warrensville Heights, invested ten million dollars in the renovation of 900 Euclid Avenue. Meanwhile, at the Heinen’s food production facility in… Read more ›
Cleveland was ranked as one of the nations top travel destination in 2015! Cleveland has been mentioned by New York Times, 52 Places to Go in 2015, Travel & Leisure, Best Places to Travel in 2015, Fodor’s Travel, Fodor’s Go… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank has a total of 27 municipal agency agreements out of the 59 municipalities in Cuyahoga County. The agency agreements allow the Cuyahoga Land Bank to act as the agent for each Municipality to take action on… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank property inventory is constantly changing through our acquisition, disposition, sale and renovation of homes. Currently, the Cuyahoga Land Bank has a total of 60 homes for sale throughout the county. There are a total of 58… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank keeps busy in acquisition and demolition of abandoned and nuisance properties throughout the county. After each property is demolished, the contractors are required to properly grade the lot. During demolition, inspections occur before, during, and after… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank works hard to maintain all of the properties in their portfolio. The summer and spring are one of the busiest season for the field service crews. Over this past season, the Cuyahoga Land Bank maintained 1,604 properties… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank has reached another milestone and has now transacted over 4,500 properties since its inception in June 2009! The Cuyahoga Land Bank has demolished over 2,850 properties and has helped facilitate over 950 renovations. These numbers highlight… Read more ›
People like us on Facebook! We have over 2,000 likes! Follow us on Facebook for the latest updates.
In 2013 alone, the Cuyahoga Land Bank’s Partnership with Court Community Service resulted in 4,624community service hours,4,799 bags of trash collected, 158 tires collected and 996 cubic yards of debris collected! The Cuyahoga Land Bank’s partnership with Court Community Service… Read more ›
Landbankers Michael Schramm, Anurag Saxena, Stephen Love and Cuyahoga Land Bank President, Gus Frangos (before the race) hit the ground running in the 38th Annual Cleveland Rite Aid Marathon last month participating in the 10K and full marathon. Next year… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank recently hit three production milestones! Since opening our doors in June 2009, we have acquired our 4,000th property, demolished our 2,500th property and facilitated the renovation of our 860th property! These milestones are a testament to… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank has been very social lately! Last week we surpassed 1,000 followers on Twitter and 1,500 ‘likes’ on Facebook! Connect with us and ‘Like’ Cuyahoga Land Bank on Facebook and ‘follow’ @CuyaLandBank on Twitter today to see… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank currently has 665 vacant lots in its inventory. And just this week we received great press coverage by The Plain Dealer on our Side Lot Program! We want to see vacant lots bloom as community gardens,… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank has a total of 27 municipal agency agreements out of the 59 municipalities in Cuyahoga County. The agency agreements allow the Cuyahoga Land Bank to act as the agent for each Municipality to take action on… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank uses a sophisticated cloud-based software application to manage and analyze properties that are to be acquired, in inventory or disposed. The software, known as The Property Profile System (PPS), was developed in-house by the Cuyahoga Land… Read more ›
Since our inception in 2009, the Cuyahoga Land Bank has acquired 3,591 properties into our inventory. The majority of properties acquired come from Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) such as HUD and Fannie Mae and through tax foreclosure. Below is a… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank screens all prospective property purchasers through a property history search. Nicknamed the ‘Buyer EYE’, the property search screens for ownership history, current and prior delinquent tax balances, foreclosure history and code enforcement information. For more information,… Read more ›
The Board of Directors of the Cuyahoga Land Bank is required to consist of the County Treasurer, the County Executive or his designee, a member of the County Council, two representatives of the City of Cleveland, and the remaining members… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank enters into agency agreements with all municipalities we work with throughout Cuyahoga County. The agreements authorizes the Cuyahoga Land Bank to act as an agent of the city to demolish or renovate vacant and abandoned structures… Read more ›
Gus Frangos, President and General Counsel of the Cuyahoga Land Bank received a Public Service Award at the 25th Anniversary Gala for Mt. Pleasant NOW Development Corporation (MPNDC)! This recognition highlights the Cuyahoga Land Bank’s work to assist MPNDC with… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank has reached over 1,000 likes on our facebook page! Our facebook fans see posts about featured properties in our Deed in Escrow program and Advantage Plus Loan Program as well as relevant Land Bank news and… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank has demolished 2,000 properties and has helped facilitate close to 700 renovations since opening our doors in June 2009! We would like to pause and highlight these major milestones for the organization. It is a testament… Read more ›
