Tools and Programs of the Hamilton County Landbank

First Suburbs Consortium

Paula Boggs MuethingVice President, Community Revitalization and General Counsel

Return vacant properties to productive use through the tools statutorily provided to the HCLRC

and by leveraging the resources of the HCLRC’sexecutive arm, the Port Authority.

Our Mission

• Economic development• Blight abatement/nuisance remediation• Neighborhood stabilization/revitalization• Return vacant property to productive use• Strategic parcel assembly• Historic preservation

Purposes of the Landbank

Landbank Programs

• Focus Neighborhood Strategy• Demolition Grant Management• Historic Stabilization• REACH - Rehab Across Cincinnati and Hamilton County

• Tax foreclosure processo Avoid public auction by requesting

alternative right of redemptiono Board of revisions

• Deed in lieu of foreclosure• Forfeited land• Donation/gift• Purchase

Acquire Property Through

How We Work Together

Significant tools of the Landbank are combined with the expertise and relationships of the Port Authority to establish partnerships with community development organizations and neighborhood-based groups, focusing on redevelopment work in key corridors across the county including neighborhood business districts and residential areas.

Regional Challenges to Redevelopment

Cincinnati neighborhoods:• Topography• Density• Masonry• Remediation• Neighborhoods• Affordability

Factors in selection of focus communities: • # of foreclosures• # of code violations/condemnations• Level of public and private investment• Educational and historic resources• Community engagement• Capacity of a lead community-based

organization

Focus Neighborhood Strategy

Focus Neighborhood Strategy

Short-Term Focus Long-Term FocusWalnut Hills Price HillEvanston NorthsideMadisonville South CumminsvilleAvondale College HillNorwood North College HillSt. Bernard Mount HealthyFairfax Colerain Township

Focus Neighborhood Strategy

• Engage with CDC/CIC• Identify small, defined priority area for residential

and commercial redevelopment• Use phased approach• Work with lenders to develop loan products that

work across markets

Housing Strategy ReportsHousing and revitalization strategies for each focus area

Right: Pedestrian bridge sketchBelow: Along Vine St: after demolition, greening

St. Bernard

Focus Neighborhood Strategy

Moving Ohio Forward• Awarded over $11 million across City and County• 712 total properties demolished

Neighborhood Initiative Program• $5 million available for Hamilton County• Three target areas

Demolition Grant Management

Wyoming: (photos)Controlled burn training exercise prior to MOF demolition.

Elmwood Place:Used vacant home for SWAT team exercises.

Unique Demolitions

Moving Ohio Forward• Awarded over $11 million across City and County• 712 total properties demolished

Neighborhood Initiative Program• $5 million available for Hamilton County• Three target areas

Demolition Grant Management

Neighborhood Initiative Program

AvondaleBond HillElmwood PlaceEvanstonMt. AuburnNorwoodPaddock HillsRoselawnSt. BernardWalnut Hills

Camp WashingtonCollege HillEast Price HillLower Price HillNorth FairmountNorthsideSouth CumminsvilleSouth FairmountWest Price Hill

Colerain TownshipLincoln HeightsLocklandMt. HealthyNorth College HillSpringfield TownshipWyoming

Historic Stabilization Regal Theater, 1913

Regal Theater1201 Linn St. West End

Historic Stabilization Moerlein residence, 1870

Historic Stabilization Farmer’s Hotel, 1859

Mt. Healthy Theater, 1970

Mt. Healthy TheaterHistoric Stabilization

• Lot-to-Yard• Parcel Assembly

Other initiatives

Engaging the Community: LawnLife, Building Value

Economic Inclusion Project Type % MBE % WBE % SBE Comments

HCLRC (Landbank) 26% 24% 54% Includes demolition of housing and stabilization

Aspirational Goal 25% 7% 30%

Paula Boggs MuethingVice President of Community Revitalization and General Counsel

Thank you

www.cincinnatiport.orgwww.hamiltoncountylandbank.org

info@cincinnatiport.org@PGCDA @HCLandbank513.621.3000