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Tools and Programs of the Hamilton County Landbank
First Suburbs Consortium
Paula Boggs MuethingVice President, Community Revitalization and General Counsel
Return vacant properties to productive use through the tools statutorily provided to the HCLRC
and by leveraging the resources of the HCLRC’sexecutive arm, the Port Authority.
Our Mission
• Economic development• Blight abatement/nuisance remediation• Neighborhood stabilization/revitalization• Return vacant property to productive use• Strategic parcel assembly• Historic preservation
Purposes of the Landbank
Landbank Programs
• Focus Neighborhood Strategy• Demolition Grant Management• Historic Stabilization• REACH - Rehab Across Cincinnati and Hamilton County
• Tax foreclosure processo Avoid public auction by requesting
alternative right of redemptiono Board of revisions
• Deed in lieu of foreclosure• Forfeited land• Donation/gift• Purchase
Acquire Property Through
How We Work Together
Significant tools of the Landbank are combined with the expertise and relationships of the Port Authority to establish partnerships with community development organizations and neighborhood-based groups, focusing on redevelopment work in key corridors across the county including neighborhood business districts and residential areas.
Regional Challenges to Redevelopment
Cincinnati neighborhoods:• Topography• Density• Masonry• Remediation• Neighborhoods• Affordability
Factors in selection of focus communities: • # of foreclosures• # of code violations/condemnations• Level of public and private investment• Educational and historic resources• Community engagement• Capacity of a lead community-based
organization
Focus Neighborhood Strategy
Focus Neighborhood Strategy
Short-Term Focus Long-Term FocusWalnut Hills Price HillEvanston NorthsideMadisonville South CumminsvilleAvondale College HillNorwood North College HillSt. Bernard Mount HealthyFairfax Colerain Township
Focus Neighborhood Strategy
• Engage with CDC/CIC• Identify small, defined priority area for residential
and commercial redevelopment• Use phased approach• Work with lenders to develop loan products that
work across markets
Housing Strategy ReportsHousing and revitalization strategies for each focus area
Right: Pedestrian bridge sketchBelow: Along Vine St: after demolition, greening
St. Bernard
Focus Neighborhood Strategy
Moving Ohio Forward• Awarded over $11 million across City and County• 712 total properties demolished
Neighborhood Initiative Program• $5 million available for Hamilton County• Three target areas
Demolition Grant Management
Wyoming: (photos)Controlled burn training exercise prior to MOF demolition.
Elmwood Place:Used vacant home for SWAT team exercises.
Unique Demolitions
Moving Ohio Forward• Awarded over $11 million across City and County• 712 total properties demolished
Neighborhood Initiative Program• $5 million available for Hamilton County• Three target areas
Demolition Grant Management
Neighborhood Initiative Program
AvondaleBond HillElmwood PlaceEvanstonMt. AuburnNorwoodPaddock HillsRoselawnSt. BernardWalnut Hills
Camp WashingtonCollege HillEast Price HillLower Price HillNorth FairmountNorthsideSouth CumminsvilleSouth FairmountWest Price Hill
Colerain TownshipLincoln HeightsLocklandMt. HealthyNorth College HillSpringfield TownshipWyoming
Historic Stabilization Regal Theater, 1913
Regal Theater1201 Linn St. West End
Historic Stabilization Moerlein residence, 1870
Historic Stabilization Farmer’s Hotel, 1859
Mt. Healthy Theater, 1970
Mt. Healthy TheaterHistoric Stabilization
• Lot-to-Yard• Parcel Assembly
Other initiatives
Engaging the Community: LawnLife, Building Value
Economic Inclusion Project Type % MBE % WBE % SBE Comments
HCLRC (Landbank) 26% 24% 54% Includes demolition of housing and stabilization
Aspirational Goal 25% 7% 30%
Paula Boggs MuethingVice President of Community Revitalization and General Counsel
Thank you
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