Ohio Land Bank Conference Notes 2014

Thanks to everyone who attended the 2014 conference. You helped make it a huge success.

Thriving Communities Institute believes the conference provided timely and essential information for land bank board members and staff, county and municipal officials, community and economic development officers, community development corporations and all those interested in repurposing vacant and abandoned properties and revitalizing our neighborhoods. We look forward to your participation in the fifth annual conference next year. We’d also like to extend a special thanks to all our sponsors.

Here are links to the presentations from the 2014 conference:

• Alternative Demolition Financing
• Basics of Demolition
• Beyond REO – Wells Fargo
• Blight to Bright Act 2
• Challenges of Redeveloping Landfill Sites part 1
• Challenges of Redeveloping Landfill Sites part 2
• Economic Benefits of Greenspace
• How Trees Bring Land Vitality
• It Takes a Village
• Land Bank Property Management System 2014
• Land Banks 101
• Land Protection 101 – Greenspace and Landbanks
• MetroWest – Havenwood Presentation
• REACH – Leveraging Land Bank and Port Authority tools
• Renovate or Demolish (Frank Ford)
• Renovate or Demolish (Terry Schwarz)
• Revitalization Utilizing Tax Credit Financing
• Slavic Village
• Turning the Rust Belt and Brownfields Green
• Vacant Property Inventories