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Cook County Land Bank TAP ReportPublication Date: 12/18/2012
By Urban Land Institute, Chicago
Cook County, Illinois has faced a widespread problem of vacancy and abandonment, especially following the recent foreclosure crisis. This report, produced by a Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) to support land banking efforts in the County, introduces the problem of...
2012 RVP Conference - Regional Strategies PresentationsHow to Build Regional Models to Address Vacancy and Abandonment: Pathways to City and County CollaborationLocal governments from across the country are feeling the effects of declining budgets and increasing need for public services, which often pit city and county governments against each other....
Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation: the Beginning, the Present, and Beyond, 2009 - 2011Publication Date: 11/17/2011
By W. Dennis Keating, PhD, Cleveland State University
Dennis Keating of Cleveland State University in Ohio spent six weeks with Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization staff to learn more about the inner workings of the land bank, and compiled that information into a comprehensive report about one of...
Economic Impacts of Residential Property Abandonment and the Genesee County Land Bank in Flint, MichiganPublication Date: 4/1/2007
By Nigel G. Griswold and Patricia E. Norris for Land Policy Institute
The costs of abandonment have been documented for some time – higher crime rates, decreased property values, reduced tax revenue…this study adds to the growing research proving that the value of intervention can be...
New episode of video series showcases how land banks can transform communitiesPublication Date: 12/27/2011
The latest edition of The Bright Side features guest host Dan Kildee of Community Progress, with segments on housing and green projects, deconstruction, commercial development and the basics of land banking. CEDAM, the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan, produces this engaging...
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...
Land Banks as a Redevelopment Tool - Cascade NewsletterPublication Date: 9/1/2010
By Dan Kildee
The Fall 2010 issue of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Cascade newsletter focuses on urban renewal and how localities like Philadelphia and Flint are using traditionally-troublesome vacant and abadoned properties to its advanage. Kildee explains in the article he wrote for...
2012 RVP Land Banking PresentationsLand Banking 101The session will open with “Land Bank 101,” an in-depth look at how to form, fund and operate a land bank, presented by some of the leading experts in the land bank field in America. The session will provide participants with an understanding of the various purposes for...
Land Bank Authorities: A Guide for the Creation and Operation of Local Land BanksPublication Date: 4/1/2005
By Frank Alexander for LISC
In this guidebook, Emory Law Professor Frank Alexander explores the development of land banks in St. Louis, Cleveland, Louisville, Atlanta, and Genesee County, Mich., addressing the conditions, history, and legal structures of each. In comparing and contrasting the...
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