Our June Newsletter is jam-packed with upcoming events and recapping recent news: This Saturday, June 3, we’re holding a volunteer board painting event. Join us between 10:00 AM and noon at 2110 S. Salina Street. More information available here. We recap 40 Below’s recent “One House” event in which 40… Read more »
“To stop funding for even one year sends the wrong message; it is vital that we keep the momentum of the land bank going to build on the successes it has achieved.”
“The Common Council easily overturned 11 budget vetoes from Mayor Stephanie Miner Monday afternoon. The council overrode Miner with a vote of eight to one to cut funding for the Land Bank and nine to none to reduce overtime funds for cops and firefighters… The votes Monday mean the Land Bank… Read more »
In this newsletter: April is Home Ownership Month Community Meetings to design “pocket parks” Featured Listings Featured Renovation: 511 Highland Street
“The Greater Syracuse Land Bank is once again a top earner of grant funding from the office of the New York state attorney general. The funding is awarded from mortgage settlements the attorney general’s office made with big banks after the housing crisis. Land banks acquire tax delinquent properties so… Read more »
“The land bank is among 19 statewide that received more than $20 million in funding, but it was one of just two that got the full $2 million available. The land bank has now received more than $5 million total from the AG’s grant, called the Land Bank Community Revitalization… Read more »
“The Syracuse Land Bank, which owns 800 vacant properties, will be putting kids’ art in the windows of rundown houses they walk by daily on their way to school.” A vacant home owned by the Syracuse Land Bank at 301 Loomis Ave. will have its window boards painted by local… Read more »