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Redefining "Rust Belt": An Exchange of Strategies by the Cities of Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit and PhiladelphiaPublication Date: 9/1/2013
Published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
On June 18th, 2013, community leaders from the cities of Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia engaged in a discussion on the successes and challenges they face in efforts to revitalize their cities. This event,...
Economic Impacts of the Ingham County Land Bank (2006-2012)Publication Date: 8/29/2013
BY THE MSU LAND POLICY INSTITUTE FOR THE INGHAM COUNTY LAND BANK FAST TRACK AUTHORITY, TREASURER’S OFFICE, INGHAM COUNTY, MICHIGAN
The primary objective of this research is to determine what, if any, positive effect Land Bank activities have on nearby property values and...
Regenerating America's Legacy CitiesPublication Date: 6/25/2013
By Alan Mallach, Center for Community Progress and Lavea Brachman, Greater Ohio Policy Center
In this policy brief, Mallach and Brachman analyze 18 cities that have experienced significant population and job loss, highlighting their existing obstacles as well as opportunities. The...
Detroit Future City: Detroit Strategic Framework PlanPublication Date: 1/9/2013
By The Detroit Works Project
The Detroit Strategic Framework outlines a long range vision for Detroit's future development. It is the result of a two year planning and community engagement process that closely examined the city's current challenges, assets and opportunities. The...
Cut to Invest - Create New Bond and Tax Credit Programs to Restore Market Vitality to America's Distressed Cities and NeighborhoodsPublication Date: 12/6/2012
By Alan Mallach, Brookings Institution
Community Progress Fellow and non-resident Brookings Institution Fellow, Alan Mallach, calls on Congress to create a new, multi-faceted Strategic Neighborhood Investment Program (SNIP) to help stabilize neighborhoods impacted by the foreclosure crisis. The...
The City After AbandonmentPublication Date: 11/22/2012
By Margaret Dewer and June Manning Thomas, Editors
The City After Abandonment offers a collection of essays from urban planning and policy experts that examine what strategies cities are taking to address widespread vacancy and abandonment, especially in the case of weak markets. The book...
Laying the Groundwork for Change: Demolition, urban strategy, and policy reformPublication Date: 9/24/2012
By Alan Mallach, Brookings Institution
Community Progress Fellow and non-resident Brookings Institution Fellow, Alan Mallach, addresses the growing demand for demolition across the country in this 2012 white paper with the Brookings Institution. He argues that there is a need for a more...
2011 Community Progress Annual ReportPublication Date: 5/11/2012
We formed Community Progress in 2010 to offer cutting edge information, tools and support to communities fighting to prevent abandonment and create strategies for productive reuse of property. Our 2011 annual report – our first as an organization – documents both the practical...
Nation's leading urbanists offer "legacy cities" vital information in new book from The American AssemblyPublication Date: 4/6/2012
The American Assembly's new book, America's Legacy Cities: New Directions for the Industrial Heartland, is now available for direct download from the American Assembly's website. Born out of a major conference in Detroit - now the nation's symbol for cities that defined the nation's 20th century...
A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of Health, Safety, and Greening Vacant Urban SpacePublication Date: 11/28/2011
By Charles C. Branas, Rose A. Cheney, John M. MacDonald, Vicky W. Tam, Tara D. Jackson and Thomas R. Ten Have
Greening of vacant urban land may affect health and safety. The authors conducted a decade-long difference-in-differences analysis of the impact of a vacant lot greening program in...
Vacant Properties: Growing Number Increases Communities' Costs and ChallengesPublication Date: 11/4/2011
The Government Accounting Office – the GAO – has released a report on vacant properties, analyzing costs and consequences for local communities (Community Progress associates assisted in research, along with experts from around the country). GAO was asked to examine trends in...
Reinventing America's Legacy Cities: Strategies for Cities Losing PopulationPublication Date: 7/1/2011
By The 110th American Assembly
While most U.S. cities are rebounding from their nadir a decade or two ago with healthier downtowns, neighborhoods, and local economies, other cities with rich historical heritages and valuable resources for the nation’s future are experiencing severe...
Land Banks as a Redevelopment ToolPublication Date: 4/1/2011
By Dan Kildee, Center for Community Progress
Community Progress President and former Genesee County (MI) Treasurer uses this presentation to explore how regional land banks can be used to redevelop some of the most distressed properties.
Kildee first gave the presentation during the 2011...
Re-Imagining Cleveland: Ideas to Action Resource BookPublication Date: 2/1/2011
By Neighborhood Progress Inc./Cleveland Land Lab at Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative - Kent State University
Nearly three years ago after an eye-opening study on land abandonment in the city of Cleveland, planners, residents, and other engaged community stakeholders crafted a comprehensive...
Mortgage Foreclosures: Additional Mortgage Servicer Actions Could Help Reduce the Frequency and Impact of Abandoned ForeclosuresPublication Date: 11/1/2010
By the U.S. Government Accountability Office
Based on studying mortgage servicer data and interviews, this GAO report delivers an analysis of the prevalence and impact of "bank walkaways" and actions locals are taking to mitigate the impacts of abandoned foreclosures.
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Vacant Land Management in Philadelphia: The Cost of the Current System and the Benefits of ReformPublication Date: 11/1/2010
By Econsult, Penn Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania, May 8 Consulting
The 40,000 vacant parcels in Philadelphia cause $3.6 billion in reduced property values, cost more than $20 million per year in city maintenance and nets the city $70 million less in...
Presentations from the 2010 Reclaiming Vacant Properties conferencePublication Date: 10/13/2010
By multiple presenters
Nearly 1,000 people attended the third national Reclaiming Vacant Properties conference was held October 13-15, 2010 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel. While the issues of vacancy, abandonment, and foreclosure have had a profound effect on the well-being of the...
Presentations from the 2010 Land Bank conferencePublication Date: 6/1/2010
By multiple presenters
Thanks to everyone who joined us for June’s bigger-than-ever Land Bank Conference in Lansing. Nearly 300 stakeholders from communities across the state participated in sessions focused on development, land management, organization, and policy related land banks, tax...
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