March 18, 2025 Projects
From Worries to Joy
Homes are more than just houses. They represent a lifetime of hard-earned progress. Like their owners, they deserve to be beautiful.
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March 18, 2025 Projects
A South Toledo Legacy
If you sell the freshest tortillas in Toledo, you need a good place for your customers to park.
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Getting Ready for Spring
Water: it's great for humans (and groundhogs!), but it can be terrible for your home if not managed well.
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Holy Toledo!
What happens when the faithful move on, but a majestic old church sticks around?
November 1, 2024 Projects
Saving Grace
What does it take to save an old house?
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A New Spin
Coach knew how to get things back on track.
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Gateway to Renewal
Toledo's Junction neighborhood is embarking on a transformative project aimed at revitalizing its image and fostering community pride.
July 1, 2024 Announcements
Building Balance
The Land Bank doesn't work without the passion and commitment of our team.
April 15, 2024 Projects
Falling in Love on Valentine
When you fall in love with the Birmingham neighborhood, you save a house on Valentine.
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A Building All Its Own
On an underappreciated spot in downtown Toledo, CNWR is thriving in a building all its own.
April 10, 2024
Celebrating Neighborhoods
It was a night to celebrate our neighborhoods.
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Building Neighborhoods
Building Neighborhoods tells the story of the Lucas County Land Bank and our work investing in the land, buildings, and people who make our community strong. It proves that transformation is possible!
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Building the Future
In 2019, Sonia Flunder-McNair and Urban Wholistics adopted land from the Land Bank to establish Tatum Park in the Junction neighborhood. Gloria Wright's home is the only one that remains nearby. Learn more about how the Land Bank is building the future through their stories.
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Building Momentum
The Land Bank helped Jūpmode transform an old grocery store in the Uptown neighborhood into its Toledo headquarters. Learn how we're building momentum through John's story.
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Building Community
Through RISE Neighborhoods, the Land Bank helps people improve their own homes, grow their footprint with a side lot, or become homeowners for the first time. Learn more about how we're building community through Kayla & A'Daris' stories.
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Building Homes
Since 2012, the Land Bank and Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity have worked together to build and renovate homes on formerly abandoned property, creating dozens of homeowners in the process. Learn how we're building homes through Erin's story.
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2023 Year In Review
In 2023, the Land Bank didn't just clear weeds. We planted seeds of hope in the cracks of forgotten properties, nurturing them into life-changing opportunities for our community.
October 24, 2022 Projects
Building Blocks
Gloria Wright didn't always have the block to herself.
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Paving The Way
In the Secor Gardens neighborhood, we're paving the way to better things.
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Transforming the Triangle
The heart of the Burroughs neighborhood has a new face.
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Believe in Birmingham
East Toledo has a special place in the Land Bank's work.
March 21, 2022 Projects
Coming Back Home
You can always come back home.
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A Family Heirloom
The house had seen better days, but it keeping it in the family mattered.
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Eyesore No More
It was a question asked for far too long: when would the abandoned warehouse on Elm Street be torn down?
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Renovations for the History Books
They're ones for the history books.
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It's OH-IO in North Toledo
If you're huge fans of the Ohio State Buckeyes, then of course you have a side lot on Buckeye Street.
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The Marvelous Manhattan Marsh
It's the last urban remnant of our once dominant wetlands. It's also a promise made, promise kept.
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It's a Summer of Surveys!
We know that what gets measured, gets dealt with.
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A Creative Future
Is someone's warehouse of rusted bicycles another company's world-class video production studio?
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The Building Neighborhoods Plan
It's time for the Land Bank to be a neighborhood builder.
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Preserving the Future
What keeps a property from becoming vacant or abandoned?
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2,438 Problems Solved
On the 10th birthday of the Land Bank, leaders gathered to make a big announcement.
August 27, 2020 Projects
Old House, Great Stories
What do the Maumee river, a Prohibition-era tunnel, and a goat in a red sweater have in common?
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Turning Acorns into Oak Trees
"We get to turn the ugliest home into the best-looking one in the area!"
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Investing in Home
Angel Carrillo and Family G&C Investments are proving that you can make money and make your community better.
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A Dream Come True
For Vicki Smith, becoming an owner is a dream come true.
August 11, 2020
In the Neighborhood's Corner
In a Corey Woods subdivision in Sylvania Township, one property stands out. If you're driving past Wildwood Metropark near Corey and Chapel, you can't miss it.
August 5, 2020 Projects
In Between We Garden
"We come from the earth. We return to the earth. And in between we garden."
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Making a Home
The house had seen better days, but Anneta and William knew it would be home.
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Countdown to 1500
Four years ago, the Land Bank set out on a mission like no other for our neighborhoods.
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You Will Do Better In Toledo
It's printed on their t-shirts, and with the Land Bank's help, Jūpmode is truly doing better in Toledo.
December 18, 2019 Projects
Rebuilding Neighborhoods
If you were 107 years old, you'd need a bit of work too.
July 22, 2019 Projects
From Burned to Breathtaking
It couldn't be done - or at least that's what they said.
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Summertime Renewal
A summertime renewal is happening at the corner of City Park and Woodland in the Junction neighborhood.
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Land Bank Sets New Goal
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.
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A New Website
We're proud to launch our new website so you can get to know the Land Bank a little bit better.
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1,500 Properties
The Land Bank has an ambitious goal to renovate or demolish 1,500 properties in the next 1,500 days.