News & Updates | Chautauqua County Land Bank

There are almost twice as many new land banks in the state that will be competing for the newest round of funding available from the state Attorney General’s Office.

As blight removal and property restorations continue, the Chautauqua County Land Bank is looking to take public outreach and marketing to the next level with help from a local GIS and marketing communications company.

The Chautauqua County Land Bank recently voted to acquire a real estate-owned property in Fredonia, lest it languish for years to come.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli today released a report on the progress regional land banks are making in helping communities fight blight and address zombie properties.

The status of the derelict properties were addressed during a recent meeting of the Chautauqua County Land Bank Corporation’s Acquisition and Disposition Committee, as members discussed the property at 28 University Park in Fredonia and the former Hideaway Bay restaurant on Lake Avenue in Silver Creek.

One northside family has saved another historic house with assistance from the Chautauqua County Land Bank Corporation.

The Jamestown Neighborhood Alliance will host a discussion by the Chautauqua County Land Bank Corporation concerning the many ways the organization is fighting blight in the community.

On Wednesday, the Chautauqua County Land Bank Corporation Board of Directors discussed that the state Attorney General’s Office will be again funding money to local land banks to continue rehabilitating houses that can still be saved and demolishing those that cannot.

A one-stop GIS mapping marketing business might be the best way for the Chautauqua County Land Bank Corporation to tell its story.

More than 30 houses from the Chautauqua County Public Real Estate Auction will either be rehabilitated or demolished by the Chautauqua County Land Bank Corporation.