Re: Eighty blighted homes being demolished in East Cleveland neighborhood

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Shades of Obama's economic incompetence. Flash forward to Joe
Biden in 2022. The stench of Obama is everywhere.

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — Eighty homes within a 15-block radius are
being torn down in a push by the Cuyahoga Land Bank to clear out
a swath of blighted properties in this impoverished suburb.

The demolitions began in July and will conclude at the end of
October. Dozens of houses have already been cleared out in the
neighborhood between Shaw, Manhattan, Scioto and Hayden avenues.

And on Monday, officials held a news conference to talk about
the effort and celebrate what has been accomplished.

Cuyahoga Land Bank

This map shows the 80 homes scheduled for demolition in East
Cleveland's Ward 3. All the homes are located within a 15-block
radius south of Shaw Avenue.

East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King grew up in the neighborhood,
and called it “the belly of the beast” for abandoned and vacant
homes, due to the high concentration of houses in need of
demolition in such a small area.

Though it is bittersweet to see the demolition of homes of
families he knew as a child, King said the effort was a
necessary step to make way for the future of East Cleveland.

A demolition crew on Monday tears down a blighted home on the
south side of Northfield Avenue between Allegheny and Manhattan
avenues.

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish noted that vacant and
abandoned homes often cause problems for streets they are on and
entire neighborhoods. He praised the demolition effort.

The county has already dedicated about $3 million to demolitions
in East Cleveland, and will be approving another $2 million in
the near future, Budish said. That money is part of $50 million
that the County Council has set aside to tackle demolitions
across the county.

Crews complete the demolition of another Northfield Avenue home
on Monday morning. The home is one of 80 or so East Cleveland
residences being torn down between between July and October.

Land bank President Gus Frangos said over 1,500 East Cleveland
homes have been demolished since the land bank began its work
about 10 years ago.

Approximately $850,000 of county funds and about $270,000 of
federal dollars are being used for the current round of East
Cleveland demolitions, land bank officials said in a statement.
Some properties are owned by the land bank and others are owned
by the city of East Cleveland.

A vacant lot on Northfield Avenue where a blighted home once
stood. When a property is torn down, crews clean out the waste
left behind and prime it for new development.

Once the homes are torn down and the lots are cleared and re-
covered with grass, the land will be transferred back to East
Cleveland for future development, officials said.

Cleveland Councilman Tony Brancatelli, who serves as chairman of
the land bank, said demolition can open up opportunities for the
creation of side yards and gardens, the construction of new
homes, or to piece together parcels for new businesses.

“Demolition may be harsh, but the return for demolition is vast
and great,” Brancatelli said.

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