State funds consultant to help Warren land bank pursue demolitions and lot sales, attorney says
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City attorney said the state land bank offered a funded consultant—Emily Dorr, a former state land bank director—to help implement demolition of three derelict houses placed into the land bank, update a vacant-lot inventory and pursue grants; council received the update.
City Attorney (Mister Shorter) told council that the state land bank offered funding to provide a consultant to assist Warren’s land bank in delivering several projects. The consultant—identified as Emily Dorr, a former state land bank director—will help manage a grant to remove three dilapidated structures the city recently placed into the land bank, review a 'vacant lot file' of approximately 300–400 parcels, pursue additional grants and help develop policies to ensure equitable dispositions and revenue for the land bank.
Shorter said the consultant will work directly for the land bank and that proceeds from lot sales are intended to sustain further land-bank activity. He thanked council members who had supported the land-bank initiative and said the work will include attention to some commercial properties, noting the possibility to repurpose sites such as the old Fire Station Number 1.
Council received and filed the legal update.
