Stark County Land Bank Poised For Start-Up
About 17,000 properties in Stark County are draining community resources, but Stark County Treasurer Alexander Zumbar is determined to see ...
Stark County eligible for $2.3 million in demolition funds (Canton Repository)
CANTON — Stark County is eligible to receive $2.3 million to help demolish abandoned and blighted homes. Ohio Attorney General ...
Move ahead with Stark land bank (Canton Repository)
The issue: Vacant buildings Our view: Board must adopt strong public records, public meetings policies Even if foreclosures magically stopped ...
Communities are going into rehab (WKSU)
A dozen new county-wide land banks are up and running in Ohio. They are to help deal with a problem growing ...
Stark County lays groundwork for land banking (Akron Beacon Journal)
CANTON: If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you will keep getting what you always got. For this reason, ...
Federal Reserve official predicts tough years for housing
November 16, 2011 [Canton Repository] NORTH CANTON — An official with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland told Stark County ...
Don’t forget potential of land bank
September 26, 2011 [Canton Repository] The issue: Foreclosure crisis Our view: Some Stark organization needs to lead exploration of possibilities ...
County thinks a land bank could tackle blight
August 22, 2011 [Canton Repository] Stark County has more than 14,000 vacant homes, or nearly 1 in 12. That’s up ...
Our View: Idea of a land bank in stark county is worth further exploration
August 22, 2011 [Canton Repository] Cuyahoga and three other Ohio counties have established land banks to keep tax-foreclosed properties out ...