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Cook County IL passes groundbreaking vacant property registration ordinance: learn more about the issue and the legislation from this PowerPoint presentationPublication Date: 12/28/2011
Cook County – the county seat of the City of Chicago – unanimously passed landmark vacant property registration legislation in December 2011 that will help prevent neglect in unincorporated Cook and any of the County’s 128 municipalities that choose to participate. Community...
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....
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...
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...
Urban Land Reform Initiative Stabilizes Neighborhoods: Innovator's Focus (video)Publication Date: 1/1/2009
By Ash Center for Democractic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
In 2007, the Genesee County Land Bank Authority, was recognized by the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government...
2012 RVP Code Enforcement PresentationsBuilding an Effective Code Enforcement Management System: Data, Case, Budget and PersonnelIn an era of reduced revenue and increasing blight, it has never been more important to effectively manage code enforcement resources. As those managing these departments understand, the variety of activities...
2012 RVP Greening PresentationsGreening Neighborhood Plans—Community-based Partnerships in Rochester and PittsburghGoing green is becoming a popular policy response to the challenges of right-sizing communities with substantial and sustained population loss, as urban greening and sustainability strategies show great...
2012 RVP Data Strategies PresentationsUnderstanding Neighborhood Dynamics and Using Market-Based DataStrategic resource allocation and investment requires that practitioners have a clear picture of regional, city and neighborhood dynamics. To develop that clear picture, it is essential to collect, use and share accurate data. This...
2012 RVP Conference - Market Changes and Neighborhood Stabilization PresentationsUnderstanding Neighborhood Dynamics and Using Market-Based DataStrategic resource allocation and investment requires that practitioners have a clear picture of regional, city and neighborhood dynamics. To develop that clear picture, it is essential to collect, use and share accurate data. This...
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