Who We Are
Mahoning County Land Reutilization Corp., otherwise known as Mahoning County Land Bank, is a quasi-governmental nonprofit community improvement corporation designed to restore and promote sustainable land and neighborhoods.
Mahoning County Land Bank is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors, representing both the public and private sectors. The Land Bank employs a staff of eleven, including an executive director who implements the organization’s policies and programs.
Our Mission
Our mission is to acquire vacant, abandoned, tax-delinquent properties and make them productive spaces again through restoration and repurposing efforts.
Our Impact
“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore,” was author Mark Twain’s advice more than a century ago. These days, not all lots are readily bought and sold.
After decades of job and population losses and the foreclosure crisis of recent years, Mahoning County has thousands of forgotten, neglected, debt-laden parcels that decrease neighboring property values and increase maintenance costs for cities, townships and villages. County land banks can acquire these distressed properties and clear the titles, which makes it more attractive for new owners or users to invest in them.
County land banks also can accept donations of property, renovate houses and buildings, assemble land for development and manage properties while awaiting redevelopment.
The Land Bank worked with local governments, community partners and neighbors to complete hundreds of demolitions between 2012 and 2019, through the Moving Ohio Forward demolition grant program funded by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Neighborhood Initiative Program demolition grant funded by the Ohio Housing Financing Agency.
Check out our Impact Report that outlines the demolition and greening work we did in the city of Campbell, where we leveraged $1.2 million over three years to complete targeted improvements.
Our Partners
County land reutilization corporations are organized under sections 1724 and 5722 of Ohio Revised Code.
We invite you to learn more about our activities and programs and tell us how we can assist you. Visit our Contact page or call us at 330-259-1040.