Tremont West Development Corporation (Tremont West) recently succeeded in establishing a new housing development opportunity for a vacant and abandoned property along Scranton Road. The twelve thousand square foot commercial property, the Ohio Bell Building, was built in 1904 and originally owned… Read more ›

In the spring of 2014, Deborah (Gries) Zawislan contacted Tinker’s Creek Watershed Partners (TCWP) about a property that her family inherited with a vision of transforming it into a protected greenspace, “Lorry’s Woods,” in honor of their mother. The Gries… Read more ›

Earlier this year the Cuyahoga Land Bank and Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services (NEON) collaborated and broke ground on a future home for veterans in Collinwood. The project is part of the NEON Healthy Communities Initiative that will offer safe, affordable and desirable living spaces… Read more ›

Three veterans will soon have a place to call home thanks to a new partnership between the Cuyahoga Land Bank and Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (LMM). The Veterans’ Affordable Housing Initiative provides permanent affordable housing for homeless veterans living in Cuyahoga… Read more ›

As a former U.S. Marine, local developer Daryl Anderson has been on many missions during his tour of duty in various countries. Daryl Anderson understands missions. Anderson and his team at AP Business Solutions is now on a mission to… Read more ›

With cleaned out vacant properties as their canvas, local artists transformed four homes in Slavic Village into spectacular temporary art exhibits. The art exhibition was part of the second Rooms to Let: Cleveland held on May 16th and 17th. Hundreds of people from the… Read more ›

A crowd of residents, local elected officials and community partners were welcomed last month to the launch of the Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services (NEON) Veterans Housing Project by brightly colored green and blue balloons, garnishing project boards and a… Read more ›

The debt owed our nation’s military veterans, including those who stormed ashore on Normandy’s beaches 71 years ago this weekend, will never be paid. But two recent local initiatives that focus on housing, health and justice for those wounded warriors who find… Read more ›

A new partnership between the Cuyahoga Land Bank and Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries will provide permanent affordable housing for the hundreds of homeless veterans living throughout Cuyahoga County. The Veterans’ Affordable Housing Initiative will “match” homeless veterans with affordable, renovated homes… Read more ›

Just hearing the name of Frank Kuhar’s housing development firm—“Revived Housing Inc.”—tells you his philosophy about run-down properties. He knows some have to be demolished, but he would much rather give them new life if he can, letting them “age… Read more ›

Runners, bikers, dog walkers and hikers can now enjoy a seventeen acre nature preserve park in the Village of Glenwillow, thanks to the Village’s recent acquisition of a property that lies on the bank of Tinkers Creek.  The land will… Read more ›

Every once in a while, the Cuyahoga Land Bank gets to partner in a project that not only enhances a neighborhood, but keeps its residents safe as well. Joseph Giuliano had just started his job as program manager with Detroit… Read more ›

West-siders who have driven to Cleveland’s Second District Police Station to report a burglary or other crime can tell you: getting out of their cars hasn’t always been the most comfortable experience, especially after dark. That’s because the parking lot… Read more ›

How about this for a recipe for success? Take one of the Cuyahoga Land Bank’s houses. Add in the youth of King’s Sons 820. Liberally seasoned with workforce development and character building, and in the end you have a renovated… Read more ›

Have you ever felt a calling to a particular place? That is how Bob and Judy Willard felt when they visited Cleveland for the very first time in 2010.  The Willards had visited several cities throughout the country, searching for… Read more ›

The Urban Community School (UCS) recently collaborated with the Cuyahoga Land Bank to acquire land to develop a Learning Garden.  UCS will be partnering  with The Cleveland Botanical Garden, to offer unique educational lessons for students and teachers alike. Since… Read more ›

Michelle Mendez had a big dream – to find housing for her and her seven children.  In October, her dream became a reality when the ribbon was cut on the first Hope House, a collaborative project with the Cuyahoga Land… Read more ›

  The City of Mayfield Heights is a vibrant community led by Mayor Anthony DiCicco and seven council representatives. The City, with a population of approximately 20,000, consists of 5,000 single family homes and a dynamic retail district located along Mayfield Road and SOM… Read more ›

On a bright, beautiful Saturday summer morning, staff and residents of Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries (“LMM”) came together with the Cuyahoga Land Bank, Campus District, Inc. and the Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative to put into reality the vision… Read more ›

Cuyahoga County Council maintains an important partnership with the Cuyahoga Land Bank. Currently, County Council Member Pernel Jones, Jr. (District – 8) serves as the Vice Chair and the County Council Representativee on the Board of Directors for the Cuyahoga… Read more ›

Volunteers spruced up Slavic Village during the second-annual volunteer Community Day conducted by Slavic Village Recovery on the corner of E. 59th Street and Huss Street in Slavic Village on Friday, May 9, 2014. The rain did not deter 65… Read more ›

We surprised a lot of readers last summer with our story about Rising Harvest Farms in Old Brooklyn. Who could imagine a 2.3-acre farm in the heart of the city? But with eight crop fields, 24 plots, a chicken coop… Read more ›

Activists, experts and people seeking to learn more about stalled and vacant foreclosures filled the tenth floor of The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland for the Getting Back in Gear Summit last month.  The topic was so popular that another… Read more ›

CLEVELAND – The City Mission, area churches and the Cuyahoga County Land Bank are teaming up to help single mothers eventually become homeowners. It’s called The New Horizons Permanent Housing Program. “The church owns the home, The City Mission is the provider of the… Read more ›

Once a property sits vacant for three or four years, people sometimes become accustomed to an eyesore in the neighborhood. They have their own problems to deal with, after all. Eventually the city will come along and raze it…right? Not… Read more ›

On a Thursday afternoon in mid-January, Cuyahoga Land Bank President Gus Frangos braved the bitter cold in a show of support to participate in a press conference announcing the launch of the Heritage Home Program in South Euclid. “The Land… Read more ›

How about this for a recipe for success? Take one of the Cuyahoga Land Bank’s houses. Add in the youth of King’s Sons 820. Liberally seasoned with workforce development and character building, and in the end you have a renovated… Read more ›

After 14 years at Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, neighborhood stabilization expert and valuable Cuyahoga Land Bank partner Frank Ford has taken the next step in his career by joining another expert in the field – Jim Rokakis – at Thriving Communities… Read more ›

On an unseasonably warm early December evening, neighbors, project partners, potential home buyers and the just plain curious gathered together at 1033 Argonne Road in South Euclid for the launch of South Euclid’s latest Idea House. A part of the… Read more ›

In 2007, Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood saw the highest rate of foreclosure nationally, not so affectionately becoming known as the “ground zero” of the foreclosure crisis. Despite nearly 30 percent of the local homes standing vacant or abandoned, the Slavic… Read more ›

CLEVELAND – Samantha Paizs and her fiancé, John Hall, will soon move into a completely refurbished home in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood. It’s a house that is located on the same street where Paizs grew up. At one time, the… Read more ›

Bellaire Puritas Development Corporation (BPDC) is working with the Cuyahoga Land Bank and other community development corporations to make sure that abandoned homes end up in the hands of good owners.  In the Bellaire Puritas neighborhood of Cleveland, the Cuyahoga… Read more ›

We’ve seen neighborhoods transformed by demolitions in the past four years, with hundreds of properties “born again” as community gardens, green space, expanded yards, daycare centers, youth program centers and even a practice site for the local bomb squad. And… Read more ›

NHS of Greater Cleveland recently hosted a press conference at a home the Cuyahoga Land Bank deeded over to Kamm’s Corners Development Corporation to announce the availability of $3.7 million of down payment assistance available exclusively in the City of… Read more ›

While new development and urban gardens receive the most press when it comes to the beneficial reuse of vacant land, a large majority of recent applicants to the City of Cleveland’s Land Bank are homeowners who are interested in purchasing an… Read more ›

It’s an idea whose time has come: renovating foreclosed and abandoned homes instead of building new ones from the ground up. That’s the new vibe at Habitat for Humanity—and it makes sense in a city like Cleveland, where housing stock… Read more ›

The City of Berea, the Berea Community Development Corporation (BCDC), Cuyahoga County Department of Development and the Cuyahoga Land Bank have teamed up to redevelop the City of Berea’s north end. These organizations have worked collaboratively to encourage reinvestment in… Read more ›