


State Demolition Funds Target Blight in 14 Local Communities
The Ohio Department of Development has announced that the Land Bank –acting on behalf of 14 participating Montgomery County jurisdictions – has received the maximum award of $500,000 from the state’s Demolition and Site Revitalization program, which was created by the...
Experts Bring Climate-Resilient Trees to Low-Income Neighborhoods
The Land Bank’s urban reforestation initiative, Twigs to Trees, has attracted the interest of two university professors focused on creating a reforestation strategy for vacant lots in under served urban neighborhoods. The researchers, Ohio State entomologist Dr. Mary...
USEPA Grant Provides Communities New Resources for Old Problems
The Montgomery County Land Bank has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Community-wide Brownfield Assessment program. One of six Ohio entities to receive funding under the program, the Land Bank will help jurisdictions that...
UD, Land Bank Partner to Reforest Vacant Lots
The Land Bank’s reforestation efforts recently received a boost from a trio of UD students. The three environmental biology students, participants in the university’s Prairie Internship, brought their energy and enthusiasm to the Trees to Twigs program in Dayton’s...