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Cass Clay Community Land Trust outlines expansion, asks Clay County to partner on land bank

2415084 · February 25, 2025
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The Cass Clay Community Land Trust updated commissioners on completed projects and financing and asked Clay County to consider partnership on a possible land bank to acquire and rehabilitate blighted parcels; the trust has invested roughly $6 million to produce 53 units across Cass and Clay counties.

Trenton, director of the Cass Clay Community Land Trust, updated the Clay County Board of Commissioners Tuesday on the nonprofit's housing activity and asked the county to consider partnering on a land bank that would acquire, clean up and hold blighted or tax‑forfeited parcels for community‑directed reuse.

Trenton said the organization spun out from the FM Area Foundation and is now a standalone nonprofit that focuses on "attainable workforce housing" across Cass County, North Dakota, and Clay County, Minnesota. He said the trust has secured "just over $6,000,000 to…

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