Blight

Shift priority to rehabbing and abating nuisance properties and putting them back into productive use

Continue blight removal with ARPA dollars and search/apply for alternative funding sources

Establish companion civil offenses for wrongdoers – enforce those offenses in court 

Strengthen nuisance abatement ordinance to allow city to take prompt action regarding blighted properties

Work with local nonprofits to renovate public nuisance properties through Ohio’s receivership law

Utilize CDBG funding to promote housing development and rehabilitation 

Create new focus on resident and neighborhood engagement; (It is not enough to just have neighborhood presidents at the table; we need ALL hands on deck). 

Make productive use of the new green spaces created by demolition