Explaining the Cycle of Systemic Vacancy
Systemic vacancy is the community experience of widespread property vacancy caused by the combined actions of people, policies, and processes.
Read MoreCelebrating 20 Years of Land Banks in Michigan
In 2023, Michigan land banks mark two important milestones: 20 years since the passage of Michigan’s Land Bank Fast Track Act and incorporation of the 50th land bank in the state.
Read MoreVacant Land is More Than a Single Lot—it’s a System.
Conceptualizing vacant land as a system makes it possible to identify where strategic interventions can push the system toward different, more desirable outcomes.
Read MoreCreative Placemaking in Braddock, Pennsylvania
Community leaders in Braddock, North Braddock, and East Pittsburgh are creatively reactivating vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties.
Read MoreLessons from 2023 VAD Academy: Systemic Racism is a Root Cause of Vacant Properties
The key lesson from this year’s VAD Academy: systemic racism is a root cause of vacant, abandoned, deteriorated properties.
Read MoreCreación de espacios creativos en Loíza (Puerto Rico)
A principios de marzo, los cohortes de la Beca de Revitalización Comunitaria (CRF) 2022-23 viajaron a Loíza, Puerto Rico, para su segundo intercambio de aprendizaje. Estos intercambios de aprendizaje, que incluyeron formación técnica y entrenamiento de liderazgo, son oportunidades para que los becarios aprendan de cada uno y de sus comunidades y para visitar proyectos…
Read MoreCreative Placemaking in Loíza, Puerto Rico
As part of the Community Revitalization Fellowship, fellows from Loíza, Puerto Rico shared the creative placemaking working happening in their community.
Read MoreWhat is a Land Bank?
A land bank is a public entity with unique powers to put vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties back to productive use according to community goals.
Read MoreWhat Causes “Urban Prairies” in Shrinking Cities?
As cities shrink, once-urban land becomes available for other uses or reverts to nature, leading to the phenomenon of “urban prairies.”
Read MoreResources for Community Revitalization Leaders Adapting to Climate Change
A list of evidence-backed tools you can use to learn and think about community revitalization and climate adaptation for your community.
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