A three-year effort to acquire more than 90 abandoned properties and demolish more than 50 structures in Campbell has registered an “enormous positive impact” in the city, the chairman of the Mahoning County Land Bank said at a special Campbell…
Visitors are guaranteed to see one giant butterfly at the new Butterfly Habitat on Youngstown’s North Side. That’s because neighbors and students pulled together over the summer to transform a pair of vacant, overgrown city lots into a bright spot.…
Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) this week awarded an additional $500,000 to Mahoning County Land Bank to continue demolition of blighted, abandoned houses in five communities. OHFA oversees the Neighborhood Initiative Program, which is designed to remove vacant and blighted properties in targeted areas to…
A generous grant from The Raymond John Wean Foundation will help Mahoning County Land Bank to further reduce blight in neighborhoods. The Wean Foundation (http://www.rjweanfdn.org) has awarded $45,000 to a nonprofit organization that supports the County Land Bank’s work and…