MANSFIELD — The Richland County Land Bank voted Tuesday to seek more than $500,000 to purchase, abate and demolish a building on Mansfield’s Main Street. Land bank members voted Tuesday afternoon to apply for $549,500 in funding from the Ohio Department of Development’s Brownfield Remediation Program for 290 North Main Street. The property is owned […]
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Richland County Land Bank OKs $10K for 3-D capacity study at former Mansfield YMCA site
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Land Bank board on Wednesday approved spending up to $10,000 with a Columbus architecture firm to develop 3-D designs showing potential future development at the former Mansfield YMCA site. The “white box massing” work by archall architects will help show what sorts of buildings could best occupy the space at […]
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Richland County Land Bank may meet with developer interested in marketing former Westinghouse site
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Land Bank board may meet next month with a developer interested in marketing the former Westinghouse properties in Mansfield. Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry and Richland County Commissioner Tony Vero told fellow board members Thursday they have had recent conversations with a former local resident now living and working in New […]
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Richland County Land Bank selects trio of contractors for Lead Safe Ohio work
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Land Bank has selected three contractors to handle five projects each as the group moves forward with $1.35 million of work funded by the Ohio Department of Development’s Lead Safe Ohio Program. The unanimous vote during a special meeting came after Matthew Spiess, a residential revitalization specialist for the Ohio Department […]
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Open Source: What is going on at the old YMCA site on Park Avenue West?
OPEN SOURCE — We published this story in response to a reader question submitted through our Open Source platform. Do you have a question you want our reporters to answer? Click here to submit it. Question: What’s going on at the old YMCA site on Park Avenue West? There is orange construction fencing around the site. […]
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Richland County Land Bank offices may get complete remodel in 2024
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Land Bank, born in 2012, may soon have a remodeled home. The quasi-public land reutilization corporation calls the lowest level of the Richland County Courthouse home in a space not largely different than when it was home to administrative offices for the sheriff’s department. Richland County commissioners on Thursday are […]