Commissioners proclaim Red Ribbon Week; plan land bank meeting with former Cuyahoga County treasurer (Highland County Press)
Highland County Commissioners Shane Wilkin, Tom Horst and Jeff Duncan continued a years-long tradition and proclaimed the week of Oct ...
Fairfield County Land Bank Begins Demolitions (Lancaster Eagle Gazette)
LANCASTER — For the first time since its creation two years ago, the Fairfield County land bank has begun demolishing ...
She’s looking for a Few Good Souls
Gail Reese could teach the non-profit world a few things about partnerships and collaborations. Her program, “Ministry of Reconciliation,” thrives ...
Jefferson County Commissioners Gives Loan To Land Bank
July 19, 2014 [Columbus CEO] Jefferson County commissioners gave the county land bank a loan on Wednesday to allow the ...
Hardest Hit Funds demolition policy change on track to become a boon for distressed communities (Community Progress)
In February 2010, President Obama unveiled the Hardest Hit Fund, a United States Treasury program to use Troubled Asset Relief ...
Philadelphia Achieves Land Bank Through Compromise (Shelterforce)
Philadelphia is about to become the largest city in the country with a land bank. A land bank is a ...
Addition by Subtraction (Columbus Dispatch)
Getting up to speed took time, but county ready to take on blight Imagine living across from a house that ...
Land bank offers hope (Star Beacon)
Commissioners see this as way to end plague of abandoned properties JEFFERSON — Ashtabula County is in the process of ...
Commissioners approve land bank for county (The Morning Journal)
ELYRIA — The Lorain County commissioners approved forming a land bank in the county, with more than half the funding ...