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2022 Annual Financial Report

Crawford County Land Bank announces $1.1 million in state grants

Funding supports building demolitions in Galion and Bucyrus

BUCYRUS, OHIO – Tuesday, July 26, 2022 – The Crawford County Land Reutilization Corporation, also known as the Crawford County Land Bank, officially announced today that it has been awarded two grants through the Ohio Department of Development. It received a $778,000 Brownfield Remediation Program grant for the Galion East School project and a $352,250 Building Demolition and Site Revitalization Program grant for the Norton Bicentennial Park project in Bucyrus. The Land Bank hopes both projects will start by November.

Barb McCullough, who has been the Manager of the Land Bank since its creation in 2015, was excited to make the announcement, saying “Both projects fit with our philosophy of helping to safely demolish vacant, unsafe buildings and create land green space that benefit our communities.”

In Galion, the Land Bank is partnering with the Carter family and engineering firm Burgess & Niple to demolish the former East School at 127 East North Street, which closed in 1980. The end use of the property has not yet been determined. Annie Carter, owner of Carter Machine and a representative of the Carter family, was pleased with the announcement: “We are extremely grateful to the Ohio Department of Development, the Crawford County Land Bank, Burgess & Niple, and the Crawford Partnership. Removing this building has been a long-term project. The improvement of the appearance in the area will be appreciated, and hopefully, a new entity will be developed for the good of the community.”

In Bucyrus, the Land Bank is partnering with the Norton Bicentennial Inc. and Burgess & Niple to demolish the former Home City Ice plant at 520 North Sandusky Street. The end use of the property is a 2.5-acre park which will feature a pavilion, playground, dog park, restrooms, parking for food trucks, as well as a tribute to Johnny Appleseed and the Norton family that settled Bucyrus. Norton Bicentennial representative Randy Fischer celebrated the award yesterday with state and local officials at the project site. “We are pleased to see the support this project is receiving. It’s all about making Bucyrus a destination community.”

About the Crawford County Land Reutilization Corporation

Started in 2015, the Crawford County Land Bank is a non-profit entity with a mission to use the available resources to maintain and improve the quality of commercial and residential structures to enhance the economic and societal well being of the residents of Crawford County. The land bank has owned, demolished, and or sold nearly 70 properties in Crestline, Bucyrus, Galion, and Tiro. Learn more at crawfordcountylandbank.com

About the Crawford Partnership

Started in 2006, the Crawford Partnership for Education and Economic Development is a private, non-profit corporation dedicated to driving collaborative economic, community and workforce development in Bucyrus, Galion, Crestline, New Washington, and all of Crawford County, Ohio. Twice in the last four years, the community has been nationally ranked in the top 20% for economic development and is pursuing an aggressive, strategic, and comprehensive agenda to become a community of choice for business and residents. To learn more about the Crawford Partnership, please visit us at crawfordpartnership.org

 

THE CRAWFORD COUNTY LAND BANK - IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOODS!

The Crawford County Land Bank is acquiring blighted, vacant homes and returning those properties back to productive use and stabilizing the neighborhoods of our county.