Complex finances to help get county land bank going
October 22, 2009 [Plain Dealer] Cuyahoga County plans to lend itself $20 million to help kick-start the fledgling land bank ...
Transforming abondoned properties into parks, housing may get easier
October 21, 2009 [Dayton Daily News] COLUMBUS — Montgomery County would get a new tool to transform vacant and abandoned ...
Cleveland should avoid investing too much in weaker neighborhoods, study finds
October 14, 2009 [Joe Guillen, The Plain Dealer] CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland’s limited resources should be poured into its strongest ...
Cuyahoga County land bank close to acquiring 1st properties, considers foreclosure-averting “better bank”
August 30, 2009 [Sandra Livingston, The Plain Dealer] Cuyahoga County Treasurer Jim Rokakis on his proposed "better bank": "If we ...
County land bank will help Berea
August 13, 2009 [Jarrod Zickefoose, Sun News] BEREA -- The city plans to take advantage of the newly created Cuyahoga ...
Land banks gain popularity as a way to fight urban blight
July 9, 2009 [Kathleen Gray, USA TODAY] In downtown Flint, the historic Durant Hotel sat empty for more than 30 ...
Ohio’s first countywide land bank is now operating in northeast Ohio
June 11, 2009 [Kevin Niedermeyer, WKSU] After nearly 2 years of planning and lobbying, Cuyahoga County's land bank has officially ...
Cuyahoga County must make the most of new land bank
May 25, 2009 [Kevin OBrien, The Plain Dealer] If there is any good news about the foreclosure bomb wreaking havoc ...
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 ...
If you lived here, you’d be home already
May 6, 2009 [Dan Harkins, SCENE] Drive east out of downtown Cleveland, and it's just a few minutes before you ...
Cuyahoga County takes a proactive stance on foreclosures with the new land bank
February 6, 2009 [Sandra Livingston, The Plain Dealer] We all understand the impact that foreclosures have on our communities and ...
Ohio senate passes legislation to create Cuyahoga county land bank
December 10, 2008 [Plain Dealer] COLUMBUS -- A radical plan to help turn around decaying Cuyahoga County neighborhoods through a ...
