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Clearing the Way: Why Strategic Demolition Is Essential to Community Stabilization
The mission of Cuyahoga Land Bank is rooted in a simple but powerful idea: return distressed and abandoned properties to productive use. While renovation is often the preferred path, the reality
Creative Destruction: The Land Bank finds creative uses for salvaged materials from distressed buildings
Land Bank-salvaged sandstone from East Cleveland, now in Circle East District, is an environmentally responsible, cost effective and nostalgic link to history. The towering apartment
10,000 Demolitions: Building Safer, Stabilized Neighborhoods One Lot at a Time
This July will mark the 10,000th time Cuyahoga Land Bank has positively impacted a community through the removal of an abandoned property. Strong, stabilized neighborhoods are safer and feature homes
Cuyahoga Land Bank Secures $9.4 Million in ODOD Funding to Continue Strategic Demolition Efforts
The Cuyahoga Land Bank successfully secured a $9.4 million grant award from the Ohio Department of Development’s $150 million new Building Demolition & Site Revitalization Program. The