An Update from the Mahoning County Land Bank | November 2018
Land Bank Launches Book Drive to Restock Little Free Libraries
The Land Bank is welcoming new and used book donations through November at four sites. All donations will support The Rotary Club of Youngstown's Little Free Library Book Sharing Project and little free libraries across the Mahoning Valley.
Bright Avenue Park Emerges at Site of Demolished Homes in Campbell
The Land Bank's newly developed park located on Bright Avenue in Campbell is made up of five adjoined post-demolition lots. With a little free library donated by the Rotary Club of Youngstown and managed by the Campbell Memorial National Honor Society students, and a community garden, the park is unique to the city of Campbell.
Land Bank Sets Monthly Record with 54 Demolitions in September
The Land Bank ended its record-month with the demolition of a vacant house on Mahoning Avenue in Youngstown. The site was symbolic, located across the street from a new WRTA bus station that sits on another Land Bank post-demolition lot. The celebration showed the full circle of what the Land Bank strives to do: turn vacant land into productive spaces.
Youngstown Couple Builds 'Garage Mahal' on Abandoned Lot
With the help of the Land Bank, life-long Youngstown residents Chuck and Mary Sheffield acquired a vacant lot next to their house and built a "garage mahal" - the garage of their dreams.
Land Bank Leaders Present Strategies on Greening, Housing Rehab
Debora Flora, executive director of the Land Bank, and Roger Smith, director of planning, acquisition and disposition, presented during panel discussions at a state land bank conference with more than 300 participants in Columbus recently. 
Land Bank Receives Auditor of State Award
Mahoning County Land Bank’s excellent record keeping has earned the Auditor of State Award for a second time, based on a recent financial audit that returned a clean report. Pictured above are Jim Shaw, east region liaison, Ohio auditor of state office, Cathie Hicks, fiscal officer of the Land Bank, and Debora Flora, executive director of the Land Bank.
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