Land Banks 101: The Fundamentals of Land Banking and Equitable Development

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This webinar will share the basics about land banks, a proven tool in addressing vacancy, tax delinquency, and abandonment, and how COVID-19 will likely trigger another significant expansion of the national land bank movement.

In this session you’ll learn:

• The history and unique powers of land banks
• What a land bank can and can’t do
• Common features of successful land banks
• How land banks have evolved: from transactional to transformational
• Successes, innovative partnerships, and trends in the field

While land banks are not a silver bullet, they can serve as a powerful tool to recover from disruption or disaster, advance equity in your neighborhood, and support community-driven goals. Please join us for this educational session and bring a lunch and some friends.

Speaker:

• Tarik Abdelazim – Director of National Technical Assistance, Center for Community Progress