Calhoun County Land Bank Authority

The Calhoun County Land Bank Authority has announced that the old Calhoun County Jail is set to be demolished soon. In a release, Lank Bank Chairperson Christine Schauer says that the goal is to remove “an eyesore” from behind the Calhoun County Building in Marshall, in a way that "minimizes the impact on the surrounding community...

Krista Trout Edwards, director at the Calhoun County Land Bank Authority, tells WBCK blighted properties account for about 25% of the land on its rolls right now. She also says a $3.8 million grant from the Michigan Homeowner Assistance Nonprofit Housing Corporation and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority will allow for the Authority to raze most of those buildings - if not all of the

The Calhoun County Land Bank Authority has announced the sale of a downtown Battle Creek Building to an organization keen on transforming it into an athletic complex. In a release, the Land Bank says that the building at 50 W. Michigan Ave...

Sprout Urban Farms has now taken ownership of the property at 245 Kendall Street in Battle Creek, a property that was ones on the rolls of the Calhoun County Land Bank Authority. The sale represents another non-typical use for a property that was not garnering any property tax revenue...

It's one way to try and get blighted homes off the county's land bank rolls. Donate it for training purposes. That's what's happened at 249 Parrish Street in Battle Creek. The home, a foreclosure owned by the Calhoun County Land Bank Authority, didn't sell after some time...