County Land Bank Moves Forward

The Washtenaw County board of commissioners took action at their Sept. 1, 2010 meeting to resurrect a land bank that they had dissolved earlier this year. They had tabled two resolutions at their August meeting – revising an intergovernmental agreement and rescinding a previous resolution that had dissolved the land bank. Both resolutions passed on Wednesday, with dissent from commissioner Leah Gunn. Ypsilanti mayor Paul Schreiber and Sabra Briere, an Ann Arbor city councilmember, both attended the meeting to speak in support of the land bank, a tool used to help the county deal with foreclosed and blighted properties.

This report, filed from the board meeting, will be followed by a detailed article. [link]