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

Center for Community Progress

At the height of the foreclosure crisis post-2008, a group of elected officials, community development practitioners, and lawyers came together to craft a strategy to respond to the hemorrhaging real estate market in Ohio. Ohio’s Traditional Land Bank Law.

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The Importance of Local Economies Amid an Increasingly Globalized World

Policy Chats

Nicholas Adcock joined the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce in 2009 as the Community Development Coordinator and rose through positions of Communications & Marketing Manager and Governmental Affairs Manager before becoming the organization's Vice President in 2013.

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Nicholas Adcock: The Importance of Local Economies Amid an Increasingly Globalized World

Policy Chats

Nicholas Adcock joined the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce in 2009 as the Community Development Coordinator and rose through positions of Communications & Marketing Manager and Governmental Affairs Manager before becoming the organization's Vice President in 2013.

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The Importance of Local Economies Amid an Increasingly Globalized World w/ Nicholas Adcock

Policy Chats

Nicholas Adcock joined the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce in 2009 as the Community Development Coordinator and rose through positions of Communications & Marketing Manager and Governmental Affairs Manager before becoming the organization's Vice President in 2013.

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Over Forty National, Local, and Land Bank Stakeholders Join Community Progress in Asking Bank Regulators to Strengthen the CRA

Center for Community Progress

Through the CRA, the Agencies encourage banks—from smaller community and regional banks to international conglomerates with billions in assets— to help meet the credit needs of communities , especially including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. Recognize the work of land banks as CRA-eligible.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In recent years, the System has been subject to growing criticism that it has been inadequately supporting the housing and community development mission given to it by Congress. 7] Another key change was that the original focus on housing was broadened to include community development. This works as follows.

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Prince George's County Film Festival: developing an ecosystem supporting digital media production

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Creating a media production community. Next to the iconic scenes of the District, Prince George’s traditionally attracted little attention from large film and TV productions.