Atlanta Land Bank Slow to Turn over Tax-Delinquent Property. (Originated...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 3, 1993 ;     700+ words ......of the Fulton County/City of Atlanta Land Bank Authority has some wondering aloud if...communities is slipping away. Since the land bank was formed in 1991, only five of 5,000...acquiring clear title on such parcels, the land bank can transfer ownership to community-based...

Community wants public oversight on land bank

Michigan Citizen;  March 29, 2003 ;     465 words ......State Senator Samuel (Buzz) Thomas's land bank legislation needs public oversight, according...she said. "This legislation takes the land bank authority out of public control." Public...pieces of abandoned property to create a land bank," Thomas said. "The land bank ...

Land Bank to rebid Reynolds assets.(Business)

Manila Bulletin;  February 18, 2006 ;     333 words ...Byline: LEE C. CHIPONGIAN Land Bank of the Philippines will re-auction...statement, he added. At the moment Land Bank is exploring other options to re...auctioneer to handle the next sale. Land Bank will also sell the Reynolds property...

Wayne County Land Bank points to successes.(Focus)

Crain's Detroit Business;  May 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ......local land banks. The Wayne County Land Bank can point to early successes and...deeded sites temporarily into the land bank but as soon as the county treasurer sets up the infrastructure, the land bank also will get inventory from new...

Chronicle supports proposed Wayne County Land Bank to spur investment,...

Michigan Chronicle;  February 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ......county-wide. The proposed Wayne County Land Bank Authority would turn vacant and tax-delinquent...Wojtowicz are proposing a county-wide land bank to address blight and abandonment. Not...the county executive said. The county's land bank proposal is before the Wayne County ...

Biotechnology firms await land bank applications

The Boston Globe;  November 17, 1993 ;     389 words ......applications from the Massachusetts Government Land Bank that could net them $300,000 to $5 million...first to have sought applications for the land bank's new Emerging Technology Fund. Approved...expected to leverage up to $50 million in land bank loans, primarily to assist in the ...

Case's Mandel Center to build new HQ.(Inside Track: Real Estate)(Mandel...

Inside Business;  December 1, 2006 ;     153 words ...The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Case...Bellflower Road project is completed. The Mandel Center, which was one of the first programs...a tremendous step forward for the Mandel Center, says Susan Lajoie Eagan, executive...

About-turn on Land Bank probe.(News)

Pretoria News (South Africa);  December 7, 2007 ;     300 words ......into the financial affairs of the ailing Land Bank before the cabinet decides whether to...he said. The forensic report into the Land Bank would not be handed over to the police...complete picture of what had happened at the Land Bank, said Maseko. He insisted the government...

Land bank may keep St. George access

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  October 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ...ST. GEORGE - A land bank intended to preserve open land, shorefront...Cote proposed creating a St. George Land Bank fashioned after one established in...committee educate the public about a land bank. The committee will hold its first...

Land Bank earns P2.4 B in 8 months.(Business News)

Manila Bulletin;  October 8, 2006 ;     244 words ...Byline: FIL C. SIONIL Land Bank of the Philippines posted net earnings...registered in the same period last year. Land Bank Executive Vice President Alfonso Cruz...in the regional market. Cruz said Land Bank's commercial operations have contributed...

Weld said to mull Land Bank control for Fort Devens

The Boston Globe;  July 8, 1991 ;     676 words ......on the verge of designating the state Land Bank as the lead agency in coordinating efforts...must be voted on by Congress. The state Land Bank was established in 1975 by former Gov...efforts to develop other surplus land. The Land Bank negotiated to buy the Chelsea Naval Hospital...

Oppose the land bank

Michigan Citizen;  July 6, 2002 ;     341 words ......07-06-2002 If enacted as proposed, the Land Bank Authority will strip Detroit of any control...tax-reverted parcels may elect to have their own land bank, but they are allowed the choice and...authority to the mayor to deal with the land bank and excludes the council in the ...

First ever land bank on the cards, NATION

The Nation (Thailand);  June 1, 2001 ;     465 words ......to establish the country's first ever land bank to expedite land allocation to poor people...easing poverty. "We see the idea of the land bank taking form 60 days after this seminar. We have not yet decided how Thailand's land bank will emerge in terms of operation and...

Sales tax is wrong way to fund Cape land bank

The Boston Globe;  October 9, 1997 ;     286 words ......appropriate mechanism to fund the Cape Cod Land Bank. First and foremost, no one, from the...Cellucci, opposes establishment of the land bank. What rightfully concerns many elected...the proposed legislation creating the land bank would tax only those in the market to...

Developer's deal buoys Nantucket's land bank.

The Boston Herald;  July 21, 1998 ;     217 words ...Nantucket's municipal land bank has been pumped full of fresh cash...000 to the coffers of the Nantucket Land Bank, which is funded by a 2 percent tax...million for fiscal 1997, said the land bank's director, Eric Savetsky. It's the...