Cities Resort to Demolition to Deal With Blight
November 18, 2014 [Mike Wheatly, Realty Biz News] A deconstruction movement is brewing across U.S. cities, in an effort to ...
Why this city ‘removes cancer cells’ of foreclosed and abandoned homes
November 18, 2014 [CNN Wire] In and around Cleveland, nearly 6,000 foreclosed and abandoned homes are being destroyed in an ...
Cleveland gets noticed for bringing new life to abandoned homes, lots (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
Cleveland is doing a better job than most cities at figuring out new, more productive uses for abandoned lots and ...
Cleveland’s plan to destroy nearly 6,000 homes
November 13, 2014 [Les Cristie, CNN Money] In and around Cleveland, nearly 6,000 foreclosed and abandoned homes are being destroyed ...
Area Neighborhoods Look For a Balance Between Demolition and Rehab (WCPN)
Thousands of abandoned properties litter the landscape of Northeast Ohio. Concerns about criminal activity hidden inside these former homes and ...
Urban farms are taking root in Cleveland, bringing home surprising harvests (Plain Dealer)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Old MacDonald had a farm, but probably not on an abandoned city lot tended by a farmer ...
PBS Puts Its Spotlight on Cuyahoga Land Bank
No one expected the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) would choose the Cuyahoga Land Bank to illustrate how America's cities are ...
Raze the Roof: Cleveland levels vacant homes to revive neighborhoods
July 5, 2011 [PBS NewsHour] GWEN IFILL: Next, taking desperate measures in Cleveland to deal with a massive foreclosure problem ...
Cuyahoga County Land bank could launch Cleveland renewal
May 19, 2009 [Marvin Fong, The Plain Dealer] Marvin Fong/The Plain DealerEarth Day Coalition volunteer Josh Koppen plants native grasses ...