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The Cleveland Board of Control approved multiple land parcel purchases from the Cleveland Land Bank. Credit: John G / Shiner Comics

Covered by Documenters Pearl Chen (notes) and Chanel Wiley (notes)

Parsing through parcels

Alyssa Hernandez, director of the Department of Community Development, presented six recommendations to lease and sell land parcels. The board approved all six proposals, and all of the land sold or leased was from the Cleveland Land Bank.

Two pieces of land went to residents looking to expand their side yards for $200 a piece. One resident plans on using their new land–leased at $1 a year for five years–to maintain a market garden in Glenville.

New construction

The Board of Control also approved a land purchase to create housing for veterans in Union-Miles. The project is spearheaded by Union Miles Development Corp. The land sold for $2,600.

Structures Unlimited, a construction company, purchased land in Ward 7 for a new commercial or industrial project. The land sold for $41,639.

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