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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. We spoke with Taylor Bennett , Executive Director of the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation (WVLSC). The bill ran in 2014 and passed that same year. Photo courtesy of WVLSC.

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State of Land Banking: 2023 Survey Highlights 

Center for Community Progress

The National Land Bank Network (NLBN) at the Center for Community Progress is a community of practice to unite and support the over 300 land banks operating throughout the country. 64 percent of all respondents operate at a county-level and 24 percent operate at a municipal-level.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

CLTs offer reliable stewardship of community land assets and a long-term promise of affordable housing (Davis 2010). FROM Development without Displacement: Organizational and Operational Choice in Starting a Community Land Trust.” Community Land Trusts and State Legislation: A Model Act to Enable This Affordable Housing Tool.”

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How AWS can enable the Government of Canada’s 2023-2026 Data Strategy

AWS Public Sector Blog

Advancing data governance and stewardship practices to build trust and enable secure data sharing between departments, including safeguarding privacy. AWS continually monitors the evolving privacy regulatory and legislative landscape to identify changes and determine what tools our customers might need to meet their compliance needs.