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Article: ECOLOGICAL DESIGN PROVIDES GENESEE COUNTY ROADMAP FOR MAINTAINING VACANT PROPERTIES, ENHANCING NEIGHBORHOODS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 2, 2009
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 13 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
A report from the University of Michigan outlines a plan to care for vacant property in economically hard-hit Genesee County-and how other communities across the state can implement similar approaches.
The report details how county leaders can use sound environmental planning to make that section of the state a more attractive place to live and do business. The Genesee County Land Bank Authority (GCLBA) already owns nearly 4,000 vacant lots or unoccupied buildings just in the City of Flint, the county seat. That number is expected to grow as more home foreclosures occur.
Dan Kildee, Genesee County ...