Bill Whitney

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Cuyahoga Land Bank Delivers Sedlak Building for Redevelopment

In February of 2013, the Shaker Area Development Corporation (SHAD) asked the Cuyahoga Land Bank's Staff Attorney Doug Sawyer, and Chief Operating ...
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City of Euclid and Cuyahoga Land Bank Partner to Expand Golf Course

Briardale Green Golf Course is now able to expand with assistance from the City of Euclid and the Cuyahoga Land ...
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Cleveland Council of World Affairs visits the Cuyahoga Land Bank

The Cleveland Council of Worlds Affairs (Council) through its Assistant Program Officer, Katie Ferman, contacted the Cuyahoga Land Bank to ...
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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 ...
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County Council Takes a Bite out of Blight

Cuyahoga County made a strong statement in the fight against blight.  At the County Council’s October 28, 2014 meeting, it ...

Conference looks at ways to revive Cuyahoga County housing market: Plain Dealing

November 11, 2014 [Sheryl Harris, The Plain Dealer] Mayors and planners from around Cuyahoga County will explore what the county ...
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The Cuyahoga Land Bank Celebrates Five Years!

 It was June 1, 2009 when a group of eight newly hired Land Bank staff sat in a semi-circle in ...
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Cuyahoga Land Bank Awarded $10.1 Million for Demolitions

On February 28th, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) announced that the Cuyahoga Land Bank and 10 other Ohio land ...

Cuyahoga Land Bank changes blighted properties into opportunities

March 23, 2014 [clevleand.com] Some people think we just like to knock down houses,” said William (“Bill”) Whitney, chief operating ...
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Partner Feature: Following Neighborhood Stabilization Expert Frank Ford

After 14 years at Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, neighborhood stabilization expert and valuable Cuyahoga Land Bank partner Frank Ford has taken ...

Counties race to spend demolition cash (Columbus Dispatch)

With six months left in the state’s program to tear down blighted properties in local communities, almost 80 percent of ...

Detroit Survival Depends of Speed of Destruction

May 30, 2013 [Jeff Green and Prashant Gopal, Bloomberg] William Pulte says the only way to truly save Detroit and get the ...