November 19, 2015 Posted 6:06 PM, by FOX 17 News and Cassy Arsenault EMMETT TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A resident in an Emmett Township neighborhood contacted the FOX 17 Problem Solvers claiming that nothing was being done about a dilapidated home that has been empty for two years. Terry Oldenburg, who … Read More
Land Bank to sell three downtown properties
November 5, 2015 Dillon Davis, Battle Creek Enquirer 4:17 p.m. EST The Carlyle Building is in downtown Battle Creek.(Photo: Kenny Read/For The Enquirer) The Calhoun County Land Bank Authority has agreed to sell three properties in need of redevelopment in downtown Battle Creek to David Sciacca and Alexa Smolinski of 180Urban. … Read More
Calhoun County Land Bank signs purchase agreement to sell 15 Carlyle, 64 W. Michigan, 119 W. Michigan
Thursday, November 5, 2015 Contact: Jen Flood, Byrum & Fisk Communications, (517) 333-1606 Calhoun County Land Bank signs purchase agreement to sell 15 Carlyle, 64 W. Michigan, 119 W. Michigan; development to move forward Work begins on downtown Battle Creek buildings in preparation for redevelopment BATTLE CREEK—Work has begun on … Read More
Blighted homes in Battle Creek get demolished
November 1, 2015 Fox 17 News, Updated 8:05pm CALHOUN COUNTY, Mich. — There’s one less blighted home in Battle Creek. On Thursday, crews demolished a house on High Street. The Calhoun County Land Bank teamed up with Markos Excavating to get the job done. The demolition was paid for by … Read More
Blighted home in Battle Creek comes down in plan to improve neighborhoods
Updated: Thu, Oct 29 2015, 06:13 PM BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) A blighted home in Battle Creek comes down. The Calhoun County Land Bank partnered with Battle Creek-area business Markos Excavating to demolish a home at 87 High Street. This is just one part of the Land Bank’s plan to improve … Read More
Land Bank tears down blighted Post Addition home
October 29, 2015 Jennifer Bowman, Battle Creek Enquirer 6:47 p.m. EDT The Calhoun County Land Bank Authority has owned the home at 87 High St. since 2012. On Thursday, it used grant funding to demolish the blighted structure.(Photo: Al Lassen/For the Enquirer) A blighted home in the Post Addition came … Read More
County lawn program mows 200 lots
October 28, 2015 Jennifer Bowman, Battle Creek Enquirer 11:08 a.m. EDT (Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) The Calhoun County Land Bank Authority said 200 lots in Battle Creek were mowed in the first year of its Neighborhood Mow and Maintenance Program. The program allowed participating organizations — Battle Creek Griffon Rugby Football Club, … Read More
Battle Creek mow and maintenance program called huge success
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – The first year of Battle Creek’s neighborhood mow and maintenance program is being called a huge success. This year’s participants mowed 200 lots in the city of Battle Creek. All of those lots are vacant properties owned by the Land Bank. Local groups were … Read More
Local groups raise money mowing vacant lots
Monday, October 26, 2015 Contact: Jen Flood, Byrum & Fisk Communications, (517) 333-1606 Land Bank Neighborhood Mow & Maintenance Program called “huge success” BATTLE CREEK—As the first year of the Neighborhood Mow & Maintenance Program wraps up, the Calhoun County Land Bank Authority and local community groups are calling the … Read More
Calhoun County Treasurer, Land Bank partner with local communities to demolish 30 blighted buildings
Thursday, October 1, 2015 Contact: Jen Flood, Byrum & Fisk Communications, (517) 333-1606 ALBION—The Calhoun County Treasurer and Calhoun County Land Bank Authority, in partnership with the City of Albion and Emmett Charter Township, have started working to improve local neighborhoods by demolishing blighted residential buildings. Demolition began this week … Read More