Lake County takes first steps toward creating Land Bank (Plain Dealer)
The Lake County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Thursday that represents a first step toward creating a county land bank ...
Making furniture out of torn-down houses keeps materials out of land fills
March 24, 2012 [Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An emerging movement in Cleveland sees an alternative to ...
LaTourette, Fudge envision bigger demolition money: editorial
March 20, 2012 [The Plain Dealer] The foreclosure epidemic -- coming after years of depopulation and disinvestment -- has left ...
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County allocate $14 million for demolition of blighted homes, hope for federal match
March 16, 2012 [Peter Krouse, cleveland.com] CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland and Cuyahoga County expect to put up $14 million, a ...
Milestones
March 10, 2012 [Michael K. McIntyre, The Plain Dealer] The Cuyahoga County Land Bank reached two milestones last week: It ...
Former Cuyahoga Treasurer Jim Rokakis pushes for federal demolition assistance (Plain Dealer)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Money that Cleveland and its suburbs could get from the state for demolition would help, but proposed ...
Putting Ohio’s predatory lender settlement demolition is smart: editorial
February 10, 2012 [The Plain Dealer] The average home in Cleveland is on the market for 954 days before it ...
Sentencings, trials and arraignments in Cuyahoga County: Court Watch
January 29, 2012 [Donna J. Miller, The Plain Dealer] Uri Gofman, 39, of Beachwood: Sentencing Wednesday by Judge Daniel Gaul ...
Effects of foreclosure crisis are not lost on Rep. Fudge (Plain Dealer)
I read with interest a Jan. 13 PolitiFact Ohio analysis that critiqued comments made by Rep. Marcia Fudge on the ...
Let fiscal warning put an end to East Cleveland’s leadership squabbles (Plain Dealer)
Now that state auditors have flagged fiscal trouble ahead, East Cleveland's warring politicians must start acting like leaders instead of ...
Home prices down in most major US cities (Plain Dealer)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. home prices fell in most major cities for the second straight month, further evidence that the ...
How Cleveland is overcoming the crisis (AGBeat)
Cleveland, my hometown*, is in the news again, thanks to 60 Minutes. We aren’t usually known for awe-inspiring events here ...
