YNDC Housing Director and Land Bank Executive Director Present at Ohio Land Bank Conference

Wednesday, October 23, 2015

On Wednesday, October 23rd, YNDC Housing Director Tiffany Sokol and Mahoning County Land Bank Executive Director Debora Flora presented a session entitled Working With Community Partners at the Ohio Land Bank Conference in Cleveland.

Strategic partnerships are vital to both effective land bank operations and targeted community development efforts. In the session, the two discussed how their organizations are partnering in the City of Youngstown, leveraging the strengths of both organizations to realize their respective missions. The pair provided concrete examples of their joint work together in neighborhood stabilization, land reuse, and housing, as well as explained why this multifaceted partnership has been and continues to be beneficial for both groups and the communities they serve.