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East Cleveland Alive! Energizes and Engages the Community

East Cleveland Alive! is an exciting 18-month program featuring events and community engagement activities in East Cleveland. Ingenuity Cleveland, in partnership with the Cuyahoga Land Bank and the

#ProjectFreshStart is Changing Lives

The Smith family has lived at Laura’s Home, a crisis center for women on Cleveland’s west side, for more than a year. Now, the family is getting ready to settle into their own home thanks

Cuyahoga County Property Demolition Program Recap

Since the Cuyahoga County Property Demolition Program kicked off in the spring of 2015 to address the problem of blighted and abandoned properties, the Cuyahoga Land Bank has helped communities

Habitat Partnership Brings Affordable Housing to Greater Cleveland

Cuyahoga Land Bank Charities is excited to partner with Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland and the Saint Luke’s Foundation to develop affordable housing for homeownership in the Buckeye and Mt.

Ricardo Le—n Named Notable Latino Leader

Cuyahoga Land Bank COO Ricardo Le—n recently was named to the Crain’s Cleveland Business class of Notable Latino Leaders. The list recognizes 45 notable leaders in Greater Cleveland who hold

Refugee Transition Home in Cleveland Celebrates Housewarming

Cuyahoga Land Bank staff helped welcome two newly arrived international families at a housewarming celebration at a new refugee and humanitarian transition home on Cleveland’s west side in

Bringing Life Back into the Neighborhood

Timothy Austin watched for nearly 15 years as a house across from his home in East Cleveland passed from owner to owner, each one leaving it in a worse state than the last. It fell into disrepair and

Open House Showcases New Construction In-fill Home in South Euclid

Following the recent unveiling of its Single-Family Housing Zoning Analysis (link), the Northeast Ohio First Suburbs Consortium, along with the Cuyahoga Land Bank, Cuyahoga County Planning Commission

New Director of Community Stabilization

We are pleased to announce that Adam Stalder has accepted the Director of Community Stabilization position and joined the Cuyahoga Land Bank team on July 3. Stalder has 13 years of community

Bless This House

2023 Habitat Faith-Build Kicks Off Cuyahoga Land Bank team members joined Greater Cleveland Habitat last month to kick off its latest Faith-Build Initiative on Cleveland’s West Side. Fifteen