SHELBY — Multiple deteriorating buildings near downtown Shelby may be gone by June. The Richland County Land Bank board on Wednesday approved awarding a demolition project at the corner of Shelby’s Broadway and Main streets to R&D Excavating. The Crestline-based contractor bid $269,555 in total for the project — $211,508 for the Broadway and Main […]
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Land Bank’s agreement to purchase Main Street VOA property falls through
MANSFIELD — Richland County Land Bank plans to purchase and demolish a building on Mansfield’s Main Street won’t move forward — at least not right now. Last month, the Land Bank board voted to apply for $549,500 in funding from the Ohio Department of Development’s Brownfield Remediation Program to purchase, abate and tear down a […]
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Mansfield lawmakers approve $272K to assist two brownfield remediation projects
City Council on Tuesday approved spending around $272,000 in PRIDE taxes to help fund remediation efforts on Bowman and North Main streets.
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Land bank to apply for brownfield funding to tear down VOA-owned building
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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Mansfield City Council to consider $92K to help remediate Bowman Street gas station
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council is scheduled to discuss in caucus a remediation match fund to the Richland County Land Bank for a property at 474 Bowman Street.
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Shelby is a step closer to demolition at corner of Broadway & Main streets
On Tuesday, Joe Gies, the city’s project coordinator, said the Richland County Land Bank recently received its grant agreement from the state.
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Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry: ‘I remain bullish on the future of this community’
MANSFIELD — Mayor Jodie Perry marks the end of her first year in office at midnight on Tuesday as 2024 comes to an end. Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell recently sat down for a conversation with the mayor in her office to talk about her first year as an elected official — the wins, […]
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Richland County commissioners OK $500K for Wayfinders relocation project
MANSFIELD — Wayfinders Ohio is $500,000 closer to a larger homeless shelter in Mansfield. The Richland County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday agreed to appropriate a half million dollars to the organization, which plans on relocating to former medical offices at 661 Park Ave. East. The funds will likely come from the county’s expected $8 […]
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Richland County Land Bank OKs lead remediation for three more residences
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Land Bank board on Monday approved three more residences for lead remediation, bringing to 18 the total thus far in the Ohio Department of Development’s Lead Safe Ohio Program. The Land Bank was allocated $1,358,000 last year for the program, which is funding exterior rehab projects across the county. A total […]
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Ohio allocates another $1 million for clean-up of former Westinghouse site
MANSFIELD — A small gaggle of Canadian geese waddled on the green grass Wednesday morning at the site of the former Westinghouse, oblivious to the demolition still going on just to the east of their webbed feet. The northern waterfowl were simply enjoying the former industrial site, equally oblivious to the fact the Ohio Dept. […]