2015 Funding Highlights
In 2015, the Cuyahoga Land Bank conituned to build on its success in administering the Neighborhood Improvement Program (NIP) in ...
Thriving Communities Property Survey Battles Urban Decay
This past summer, the nonprofit Thriving Communities Institute (TCI), a program of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy in collaboration with ...
Guest Editorial: Surveying city properties (WOIO)
My name is Jim Rokakis. I am director of the Thriving Communities Institute, a program of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, ...
Survey of All Cleveland Properties Nearly Finished (WCPN)
by Nick Castele A survey of every property in the city of Cleveland is nearing completion. The project will take ...
The Possibilities of a Community Garden
On a drizzly Saturday in May, an assorted group of friends, neighbors and community volunteers came together to nail together ...
Thriving Communities: And Then There Were Twenty-Five!
Incredibly, the smallest mustard seed can grow into one of the largest and most sturdy trees at full growth. In ...
Attorney General’s Moving Ohio Forward Program Supports 3,500 Demolitions
On February 27th, Ohio General Attorney Mike DeWine held a press conference in Columbus to announce the results of his ...
For Cuyahoga County demos, a strategic plan and code enforcement both needed: editorial
January 31, 2015 [cleveland.com] Remember that $50 million demolition bond former Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald promised in his "State ...
Board of Omaha Land Bank has plenty of work to do before it can begin buying run-down properties for redevelopment (Omaha.com)
The board of the newly created Omaha Municipal Land Bank expects to begin acquiring run-down properties in 2015 for redevelopment, ...
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 ...
