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Land bank pitches 14 workforce homes and $1 million park for Springfield’s Engaged Neighborhood
Summary
The Clark County Land Reutilization Corporation updated the Springfield City Commission on the Engaged Neighborhood infill project, saying it has 14 workforce homeownership units nearly ready for application, is using ARPA funds with income limits, and has raised roughly half of a $1 million fundraising goal for an adjacent community park.
At an informal work session of the Springfield City Commission, the Clark County Land Reutilization Corporation presented an update on the Engaged Neighborhood infill project, outlining plans for workforce homeownership, a community park and related site work.
The land bank said it plans to build about 10 homes on West Grand/West Southern and four homes on East Liberty Street, and that applications are open. "We're looking to raise a million dollars, and we have a half a million raised so far," Cara Van Zant, development project manager for the Clark County Land Reutilization Corporation, told the commission about fundraising for a park on the former Euclid Elementary site.
Why it matters: the proposals would convert multiple vacant or previously demolished lots into homeownership opportunities targeted at renters seeking to buy, add a publicly accessible park along the bike path to Yellow Springs and return an industrial building to commercial use. The project is using American Rescue Plan Act funds for the first round of homes and…
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