From her front driveway, Kelly Rush has a perfect view of a neighboring house’s buckling roof. The vacant house is surrounded by well-maintained properties on a quiet street in Irondequoit’s Sea Breeze neighborhood; it’s the rotten tooth in an otherwise perfect smile. The house has fallen so far into disrepair that Irondequoit officials plan to […]
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Land bank concept gains traction at City Hall
City of Rochester officials are taking steps toward setting up a land bank, a not-for-profit entityintended to serve as a tool to address vacant properties. Last year the state passed legislation authorizing 10 land banks across New York. Earlier this year it signed off on five, including one in Erie County. (Artvoice has an article […]
