Lifelong West Side residents Chuck and Mary Sheffield know the many problems that are created by vacant, abandoned, blighted houses. They have loved their home for 37 years, but their happiness began to wane after the next-door property became empty.…
Leaders of the Mahoning County Land Bank, City of Youngstown and two community organizations today celebrated the establishment of two new “flexible parks” at South Side sites once marked by abandoned buildings, litter and overgrown grass. A celebration this morning…
Mahoning County Land Bank’s excellent record keeping has earned the Auditor of State Award for a second time, based on a recent financial audit that returned a clean report. The Auditor of State Award is presented upon the completion of…
Youngstown State University’s Department of Art partnered with the Land Bank to host an intensive day-long arts workshop at a historic and vacant home, acquired by the Land Bank, in the Crandall Park neighborhood in Youngstown. Dr. Aaron Knochel, an…
Earlier this spring, Youngstown CityScape removed nearly 60 miniature pine trees from planters in downtown Youngstown. The Land Bank will be replanting these trees to help improve vacant lots throughout the city. The Land Bank and Youngstown CityScape hope to…
Leaders of the Mahoning County Land Bank joined Sebring officials at an abandoned, blighted house at 846 N. 15th St. on May 11 to complete the land bank’s 600th demolition project. The land bank has been demolishing houses since 2015 as part of…
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…