Thriving Communities

What to do with the vacant homes in Cleveland is a quandary

February 3, 2013 [Leila Atassi, cleveland.com] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- On a late-November afternoon, Cleveland City Councilman Jeffrey Johnson drove slowly ...

Ohio Land Bank Conference: 2012 Conference Notes

December 26, 2012 [Western Reserve Land Conservancy] Thanks to everyone who attended the 2012 conference. You helped make it a ...

Cuyahoga Land Bank at the Ohio AG Demolition Grant Press Conference (Youtube)

The Ohio Attorney General distributed $11.8 million in matching funds ($6.8 million from the Land Bank, $5 million from the ...
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Partner Feature: Thriving Communities Institute/Western Reserve Land Conservancy

By: Jim Rokakis, Director and Vice President While S.B. 353 (passed in 2008) only allowed Cuyahoga County to establish a ...
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Cuyahoga Land Bank To Host Ohio Land Banks Conference with Thriving Communities Institute-November 27th-28th

This November the Second Convening of Ohio County Land Banks, co-hosted by Thriving Communities Institute and the Cuyahoga Land Bank, ...

U.S. asbestos rules foil land banks

July 30, 2012 [Columbus Dispatch] Federal interpretations of regulations on asbestos removal are hampering efforts by cities to tear down ...
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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 ...

Costly EPA rule on residential demolitions needs second look: editorial

July 10, 2012 [The Plain Dealer] As Cuyahoga County prepares to move forward on an unprecedented razing of blighted properties, ...

Cuyahoga’s Neighbor To The West Starts A Land Bank

"Land bank fever" is spreading across Ohio, thanks to the leadership of the Cuyahoga Land Bank. Now, the new mayors ...

Land Banks: Moving foreclosed properties back to productive use

April 26, 2012 [The News-Herald] The vacant bungalow at 1752 E. 228th St. in Euclid likely won’t be a typical ...

County moves toward establishing a land bank (Gazette News)

LAKE COUNTY – While not as devastated by foreclosures and abandoned properties as Cuyahoga County, Lake County officials and residents have ...

Counties Move To Set Up Land Banks And Fix Blight (WCPN)

In Lake County, county commissioners have passed a resolution to establish a land bank, that'll help facilitate the acquisition of ...