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Blight & Redevelopment Toolkit

Regardless of size and location, many cities throughout Georgia face challenges related to vacant, abandoned, or poorly maintained properties. This toolkit, accessible to all GMA members, seeks to address all stages of blight remediation and redevelopment and may be used to assist cities in determining how to identify blight, understand the legal implications and requirements for blight removal, and access resources to reverse the short- and long-term consequences of derelict properties. Most importantly, the toolkit allows GMA to build a knowledge base reflecting the current state of blight remediation and redevelopment as well as innovative approaches in anticipation of future trends.

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Case Studies, Reports, and Tools

CityLab University: Understanding Homelessness in America

Youth Movement: Accelerating America’s Urban Renaissance

Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst: Addressing the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic in America's Struggling Neighborhoods

From Code Enforcement to Code Encouragement

The Development Sessions

Trends in Creative Placemaking on Problem Properties: 2019 National Survey Findings

The Value of Historic District Status in Georgia

NLC Launches Opportunity Zone Resources

Black Southerners Are Bearing the Brunt of America’s Eviction Epidemic

How to Fund Land Banks

101 Small Ways You Can Improve Your City

Creative Placemaking and Community Safety

Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

Community Control of Land and Housing

Instead of Razing Buildings, Some Cities Want to Reuse Their Bones

Creative Placemaking on Vacant Properties: Lessons Learned from Four Cities

An Atlanta Home’s 60-Year Journey To Vacancy And Disrepair

The Future of Cities: How Communities Rebound

The Case for Building $1,500 Parks

Land Banks & Community Land Trusts: Not Synonyms or Antonyms

Land Banks and Land Banking (2nd Edition)

The Empty House Next Door: Understanding and Reducing Vacancy

Building American Cities Toolkit™

Cities Now Use Taxes to Fight Blight. Is It Working?

Understanding Heirs' Properties in the Southeast

What Is Heirs' Property?

Webinar Series Helps Cities with Redevelopment

Blight Remediation in the Southeast

Georgia Land Bank Resource Manual

Model Derelict and Blighted Property Ordinance

Reimagine Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement

Resource Guide for Georgia Land Banks

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Case Studies, Reports, and Tools

CityLab University: Understanding Homelessness in America

Youth Movement: Accelerating America’s Urban Renaissance

Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst: Addressing the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic in America's Struggling Neighborhoods

From Code Enforcement to Code Encouragement

The Development Sessions

Trends in Creative Placemaking on Problem Properties: 2019 National Survey Findings

The Value of Historic District Status in Georgia

NLC Launches Opportunity Zone Resources

Black Southerners Are Bearing the Brunt of America’s Eviction Epidemic

How to Fund Land Banks

101 Small Ways You Can Improve Your City

Creative Placemaking and Community Safety

Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

Community Control of Land and Housing

Instead of Razing Buildings, Some Cities Want to Reuse Their Bones

Creative Placemaking on Vacant Properties: Lessons Learned from Four Cities

An Atlanta Home’s 60-Year Journey To Vacancy And Disrepair

The Future of Cities: How Communities Rebound

The Case for Building $1,500 Parks

Land Banks & Community Land Trusts: Not Synonyms or Antonyms

Land Banks and Land Banking (2nd Edition)

The Empty House Next Door: Understanding and Reducing Vacancy

Building American Cities Toolkit™

Cities Now Use Taxes to Fight Blight. Is It Working?

Understanding Heirs' Properties in the Southeast

What Is Heirs' Property?

Webinar Series Helps Cities with Redevelopment

Blight Remediation in the Southeast

Georgia Land Bank Resource Manual

Model Derelict and Blighted Property Ordinance

Reimagine Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement

Resource Guide for Georgia Land Banks

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Blight & Redevelopment Toolkit