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 ›
Cudell Improvement, Inc., a local Community Development Corporation (CDC) serving the Cudell and Edgewater neighborhoods of Cleveland, awarded the Cuyahoga Land Bank its Excellence in Government Award at its Annual Meeting on March 24. The award is in recognition of Cudell’s long and productive relationship with the Cuyahoga Land Bank. Read more ›
A vacant lot on Sackett Avenue in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood will soon be a haven for fresh produce for local residents. The new distribution center is a program of Baba Neem Karoli Satsang (BNKS), a non-profit church corporation doing business as Baba’s Yard, that brings awareness to the issue of hunger in America and manages free food distribution programs for the economically disadvantaged. BNKS recently purchased the land from the Cuyahoga Land Bank. Read more ›
We are pleased to announce that Kathryn (Kim) Kimlin has accepted the position of Director of Community Stabilization and will join the Cuyahoga Land Bank team May 7. Read more ›
ome improvement projects can be expensive, which isn’t news to most homeowners. The good news is that there is help available. Home renovation assistance programs that offer advice and financial assistance to encourage home renovation and repair are valuable tools. They help homeowners maintain and improve their homes and surrounding neighborhoods. If you’re planning a home renovation, or your older home needs some TLC, these helpful programs are a great place to start! Read more ›
Spring maintenance is more than cleaning out closets, washing windows and planting flowers. The warmer months are also the perfect time to take stock of the condition of your home following the cold and snow of winter. Home maintenance and repair is essential to preserving your home’s value and avoiding costly major repairs. Read more ›
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 ›
Paul Huneycutt and his wife, Lorie, came to Cleveland in 2014 as Site Coordinators for Envision Cleveland, a ministry of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, to establish and strengthen communities of faith. Through its work, Envision Cleveland actively collaborates with individuals, communities, ministries and local government to reach marginalized populations in Cleveland and those struggling with poverty. Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank is pleased to announce it is relocating its offices from Lakeside Avenue to the historic Caxton Building, located at 812 Huron Road in downtown Cleveland. The Cuyahoga Land Bank has been in its current location since… Read more ›
Although foreclosures and property abandonments were present before the housing market crash of 2007, that period changed the entire housing landscape in Cuyahoga County. One of the major consequences of the housing crash was people abandoning or foreclosing on their… Read more ›
A blighted and abandoned house on Trowbridge Avenue in Cleveland will soon be home to America’s finest. Eight veterans will have a new home address as a result of the Nehemiah Collaborative, a nonprofit organization focused on providing affordable, stable housing… Read more ›
Daniel Gallagher wasn’t sure what he was getting into the first time he purchased a home from the Cuyahoga Land Bank, but the experience was an incredibly rewarding one, and he recently completed renovation on his second Cuyahoga Land Bank… Read more ›
It’s been nearly 10 years since Cleveland Police Patrol Officer Derek Owens was shot in the line of duty while investigating complaints of neighborhood loitering and drug sales on vacant land in his patrol area. Officer Owens sadly died of his injuries the following day. Read more ›
Since 2009, the non-profit Cuyahoga Land Bank has facilitated the renovation of more than 1,600 homes and demolished more than 6,000 blighted properties in Cuyahoga County. Today, a new, modern single-family home stands on the site of a formerly blighted and abandoned… Read more ›
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 ›
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 December, the Cuyahoga Land Bank said goodbye to long-time team member Cheryl Stephens, who steps into the top position at the East Akron Neighborhood Development Corp. in January. Stephens has served as Director of Acquisitions, Dispositions and Development for the Cuyahoga Land Bank since its formation in 2009. Read more ›
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 ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank recently took part in a heartwarming dedication of a home with the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cleveland. Read more ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates roughly 9% of homeless veterans are women, and that number continues to grow as the number of women reintegrating into the community after military service continues to increase. In fact, female veterans are the fastest growing demographic in America’s homeless community. Read more ›
Veterans Day is a very special day for the brave men and women who remarkably volunteer to serve in our armed forces. They have entered dangerous territory, faced our enemies, and protected our country, our rights, our families and our freedom. Once a year, our nation honors its veterans while every day, veterans honor us all with their service. Read more ›
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 ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank recently hosted delegations from China and Denmark who came to speak to and learn from land bank leadership about land and housing stabilization and urban policy. Read more ›
Evangel Temple Holiness Church is located just a mile from the Bratenahl border in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood, but its surroundings are a stark difference to the stately homes and more affluent residents of its bordering suburb. Evangel Temple Church’s pastor Bishop Ron Ferebee and his wife, Gloria, know all too well the poverty, crime, and abandoned and blighted homes that dot the streets surrounding their place of worship. Read more ›
It Takes a Village, a new workforce development program, launched in Cleveland this summer doesn’t just offer basic job training skills; it is aimed at matching people released from prison with practical building and renovation skills that can lead to in-demand jobs with a higher earning potential. Read more ›
Lavender Place is the Woodrow Project’s fourth post-Recovery Housing site for women in Cuyahoga County. The Woodrow Project, an organization accredited as a certified Ohio Recovery Housing associate, provides safe, stable and supportive environments to women over the age of 18 who are in recovery and women who have completed their recovery and are living in mutual supportive housing. Read more ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
The Bedford Automile, home to the largest concentration of car dealerships in Ohio, is a big draw for the City of Bedford, with people traveling across the region each day to get a great deal on a new or used car. When in 2015, a group of industrial warehouse structures situated around several car dealerships fell beyond general disrepair into unsafe conditions, the City of Bedford requested help from the Cuyahoga Land Bank in demolishing the structures. Read more ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Standing outside the newly renovated home on Memphis Avenue in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood, one would never have guessed that the house was weeks away from certain demolition. Thanks largely to the efforts of the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation… Read more ›
