July 15, 2024
A New Spin
Coach knew how to get things back on track.
Read onPardon Our AbsenceThe Land Bank team will be away at a conference from Oct. 9 - 11
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Learn moreA New Spin
Coach knew how to get things back on track.
Read onGateway to Renewal
Toledo's Junction neighborhood is embarking on a transformative project aimed at revitalizing its image and fostering community pride.
Building Balance
The Land Bank doesn't work without the passion and commitment of our team.
Falling in Love on Valentine
When you fall in love with the Birmingham neighborhood, you save a house on Valentine.
Read onA Building All Its Own
On an underappreciated spot in downtown Toledo, CNWR is thriving in a building all its own.
Celebrating Neighborhoods
It was a night to celebrate our neighborhoods.
Read onBuilding 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!
Read onBuilding 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.
Read onBuilding 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.
Read onBuilding 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.
Read onBuilding 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.
Read on2023 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.
Building Blocks
Gloria Wright didn't always have the block to herself.
Read onPaving The Way
In the Secor Gardens neighborhood, we're paving the way to better things.
Read onTransforming the Triangle
The heart of the Burroughs neighborhood has a new face.
Read onBelieve in Birmingham
East Toledo has a special place in the Land Bank's work.
Coming Back Home
You can always come back home.
Read onA Family Heirloom
The house had seen better days, but it keeping it in the family mattered.
Read onEyesore No More
It was a question asked for far too long: when would the abandoned warehouse on Elm Street be torn down?
Read onRenovations for the History Books
They're ones for the history books.
Read onIt'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.
Read onThe Marvelous Manhattan Marsh
It's the last urban remnant of our once dominant wetlands. It's also a promise made, promise kept.
Read onIt's a Summer of Surveys!
We know that what gets measured, gets dealt with.
Read onA Creative Future
Is someone's warehouse of rusted bicycles another company's world-class video production studio?
Read onThe Building Neighborhoods Plan
It's time for the Land Bank to be a neighborhood builder.
Read onPreserving the Future
What keeps a property from becoming vacant or abandoned?
Read on2,438 Problems Solved
On the 10th birthday of the Land Bank, leaders gathered to make a big announcement.
Old House, Great Stories
What do the Maumee river, a Prohibition-era tunnel, and a goat in a red sweater have in common?
Read onTurning Acorns into Oak Trees
"We get to turn the ugliest home into the best-looking one in the area!"
Read onInvesting in Home
Angel Carrillo and Family G&C Investments are proving that you can make money and make your community better.
Read onA Dream Come True
For Vicki Smith, becoming an owner is a dream come true.
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.
In Between We Garden
"We come from the earth. We return to the earth. And in between we garden."
Read onMaking a Home
The house had seen better days, but Anneta and William knew it would be home.
Read onCountdown to 1500
Four years ago, the Land Bank set out on a mission like no other for our neighborhoods.
Read onYou 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.
Rebuilding Neighborhoods
If you were 107 years old, you'd need a bit of work too.
From Burned to Breathtaking
It couldn't be done - or at least that's what they said.
Read onSummertime Renewal
A summertime renewal is happening at the corner of City Park and Woodland in the Junction neighborhood.
Read onLand Bank Sets New Goal
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.
Read onA New Website
We're proud to launch our new website so you can get to know the Land Bank a little bit better.
Read on1,500 Properties
The Land Bank has an ambitious goal to renovate or demolish 1,500 properties in the next 1,500 days.