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Neighborhood and Community Planning

Genesee County Land Bank Authority

www.thelandbank.org

  • Program Flint Area
  • Program Area Restoring Community Vitality
  • Grant Amount $238,999
  • Grant Period September 1, 2012–August 31, 2013
  • Location Flint, MI, United States
  • Geographic Focus Flint

About this grant

This grant will provide funds for the Genesee County Land Bank Authority to continue to employ a professional planning and development team to coordinate and implement interventions to stabilize neighborhoods and reuse vacant properties. The grantee developed and operates one of the most successful programs to reclaim vacant and abandoned property in the nation. Since its inception, it has acquired more than 13,500 properties through the tax foreclosure process and currently manages an inventory of 8,100 properties.