Cause for Celebration - Work on historic Durant Hotel Redevelopment (date: 10/24/2008)

Flint, Mich. - Contruction to renovate Flint's historic Durant Hotel building is scheduled to begin Tuesday, October 28, transforming 250 former hotel rooms into 100 new residential apartments. A kick-off celebration will be held at 10 a.m., according to Daniel T. Kildee, the Genesee County Land Bank Chairman led the charge to create the public and private will to bring back the Durant and identified the financial support to make it happen.

Edible Flint Food Garden Tour (date: 8/10/2009)

Flint, MI – A growing number of Flint and Genesee County residents are transforming their neighborhoods, improving their health, and reducing their weekly grocery bill by growing food gardens in their yards and on vacant lots. These gardens are providing gardeners easy access to fresh, affordable, healthy, and chemical-free food. With more than 18,000 unoccupied residential properties in Flint alone, residents now have more opportunities than ever to turn available lots into productive food gardens.

Fannie Mae Foundation Affordable Housing Innovations Award (date: 5/9/2006)

Genesee County Land Bank was named one of three national finalists in the Fannie Mae Affordable Housing Innovations Award. The grand prize is $100,000. The land bank is one on the short list to receive a $100,000 Fannie Mae Foundation grants for innovations in government. For more information on the Innovations in American Government program and this year's finalists, please visit http://www.ashinstitute.harvard.edu or http://www.excelgov.org.

Government Innovators Compete for $100k Harvard Prize (date: 5/4/2006)

Genesee Land Bank is on of eighteen finalists for the prestigious Innovations in American Government Award. The Innovations in American Government Awards, founded in 1986, is a program of the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. The award is administered in partnership with the Council for Excellence in Government in Washington. More than 1,000 were submitted, there will be seven winners on a $100,000 prize.

Historic hotel set to begin new lease on life (date: 10/19/2007)

FLINT, Mich - Plans are currently underway to transform the 24,000 square foot Berridge Hotel -- constructed in 1928 near downtown Flint -- into a 21-unnit condominium development. The $6.2-million Berridge Place Project will include a complete renovation of the former hotel's interior and restoration of its outside facade.

Home Tour This Weekend Features Neighborhood Revitalization Properties (date: 11/14/2011)

Flint, MI — The Genesee County Land Bank is hosting a Fall Home Tour on Saturday, November 19, 2011
from noon to 2 p.m. The event is open to the public and takes place at three homes in northwest Flint
just south of Brownell Elementary and Holmes Middle School. The homes are at 2017, 2109 and 2114
Barbara Drive in Flint.

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Rethinking Urban Land

Details the changes to Michigan's tax foreclosure law and gives insight to the before and after effects on the community.
By Daniel T. Kildee, Genesee County Treasurer

Vacant Property Now & Tomorrow: Building Enduring Values with Natural Assets (date: 1/9/2009)

Vacant property is sometimes seen as a stain on the fabric of a community. But it doesn’t have to be. Protecting vacant land can be an investment in the future. This publication outlines how the Genesee County Land Bank Authority has turned potential adversity into an environmental and economic asset and how other communities can follow that lead.