2025 National Land Bank Network Summit
SEPTEMBER 8–9, 2025 | DETROIT, MI
Renew. Reinvest. Reclaim.
The landscape for community development is changing. Are you ready to adapt and thrive?
The 2025 National Land Bank Network Summit is an intimate gathering focused on the role land banks play in community revitalization, economic development, and building vibrant neighborhoods.
On September 8–9 in Detroit, join housing experts, policy leaders, and revitalization professionals from across the country to explore how strategies for land banking and vacant property reuse can create stronger neighborhoods.
Whether you specialize in affordable housing, local government, or urban planning, this Summit offers strategies to turn vacant properties into community assets. On the fence? Read why you should attend, even if you don't work at a land bank. »
Support the Summit
We’re grateful for the support of our partners and sponsors without whom the 2025 National Land Bank Network Summit wouldn’t be possible. By sponsoring the 2025 NLBN Summit, you will directly help to:
- Equip land bank leaders with actionable solutions
- Foster relationships and networks between land bank leaders
- Create spaces for land bank leaders from underserved communiteis and leaders of rural land banks to connect
- Uplift success and best practices
- Raise national awareness of land banks as tools promote community revitalization and ensure a bright future where every neighborhood, no matter its history, can access its full potential
Questions about sponsoring the Summit? Contact the National Partnerships team at [email protected]
Land banks can support community housing, health, and economic development goals. Join us in Detroit to learn how!
About the National Land Bank Network
The National Land Bank Network (NLBN) at the Center for Community Progress connects land bank leaders to the tools, networks, and resources they need to return vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties to productive use. As the first membership-based community of practice for the field of land banking, NLBN supports the over 300 land banks and land banking programs throughout the United States with in-person and online convening, research, technical assistance, and education. Join the Network today! »
2025 Sponsors & Exhibitors
We are grateful to our partners and supporters. Interested in supporting the 2025 NLBN Summit? Learn more »
Neighborhood Champion
Grassroots Partner
Friends & Exhibitors
The Neighborhood Foundation
Questions About the Summit? Contact our events team at [email protected] »