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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

The disproportionate impact in Ohio paved the way for Ohio’s General Assembly to pass a comprehensive county land bank statute in 2009. The Cuyahoga Land Bank opened its doors in June 2009 but didn’t transact a property until November of that year, so that each anticipated property pipeline was tested and debugged.

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15 Years After the Subprime Meltdown, Renters Could Still Be Feeling the Impacts

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

The 2007-2009 financial crisis may seem like a distant memory now. But many are still feeling its impact. After millions of homeowners defaulted on their mortgages and lost their homes, investors bought up these properties and converted them to.

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Library’s Print Magazine Is a Community Must-Read! Here Is Their Secret Formula.

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Her passion for horses and a business prospect brought her to Ocala, Florida where she worked primarily within the public and nonprofit sectors before joining the library in 2009. The first issue of our quarterly WORDS magazine was in the spring of 2009 before I joined the library system,” recalls Karen. “I

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2022 in Libraries

Librarian.net

Previous years: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Hartness/Randolph (1) – Stopped by when I was in a walki I miss this place.

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2023 in Libraries

Librarian.net

Previous years: 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. I should go by this place more often, it’s such a nice library.

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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I’ve been actively seeking out non-binary authors and trying to read print a little more. average read per month: 9.5 average read per week: 2.2 The always-updated booklist, going back to 1997, lives at jessamyn.info/booklist and it has its own RSS feed.

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Mourning Gus Frangos (1955 – 2024)

Center for Community Progress

Beginning with the founding of the Cuyahoga Land Bank in 2009 , his approach to land banking set a new standard for what these institutions could achieve. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him. It is not an exaggeration to say that Gus shaped the national landscape of land banking.

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