Notice is hereby given that the March 16, 2023 meeting of the Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment Board is cancelled.
The Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment Board (VPRB) is a seven member board tasked with determining blight of properties referred to the Board by the Redevelopment Authority, input for potentially eligible properties can be provided by any local municipality within Lancaster County.
If you are a municipality interested in referring a property please use the Property Referral form linked here.
Cancellation of the Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment Board Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the December 15, 2022 meeting of the Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment Board is cancelled.
Reunión Cancelada
La reunión de la Junta de Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment del 15 de diciembre 2022 se cancela.
Notice is hereby given that the June 16, 2022 meeting of the Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment Board is cancelled.
La reunión de la Junta de Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment del 16 de junio de 2022 se cancela.
Notice is hereby given that the January 21, 2021 meeting of the Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment Board is cancelled.
La reunión de la Junta de Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment del 21 de enero de 2021 se cancela.
THE LANCASTER COUNTY VACANT PROPERTY
REINVESTMENT BOARD MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the October 15, 2020 meeting of the Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment Board is cancelled.
La reunión de la Junta de Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment del 15 de Octubre de 2020 se cancela.
THE LANCASTER COUNTY VACANT PROPERTY
REINVESTMENT BOARD MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the September 20, 2020 meeting of the Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment Board is cancelled.
La reunión de la Junta de Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment del 20 de septiembre de 2020 se cancela.
Cancellation of / Reunión Cancelada
THE LANCASTER COUNTY VACANT PROPERTY
REINVESTMENT BOARD MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the August 20, 2020 meeting of the Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment Board is cancelled.
La reunión de la Junta de Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment del 20 de agosto de 2020 se cancela.
Reunión Cancelada
The September 19, 2019 meeting of the Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment Board is cancelled.
La reunión de la Junta de Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment del 19 de septiembre de 2019 se cancela.
Featured from left to right: Jim Eby (Land Bank Authority Board Chair), Commissioner Joshua Parsons (Lancaster County Commissioners’ Office), Kelly Murphy (Columbia Borough Council President), Keith Combs (Columbia Borough School Board President), and Mayor Leo Lutz (Columbia Borough).
The Lancaster County Land Bank Authority (Land Bank) has completed its first rehabilitation of a property in Columbia Borough. An open house will be held on Wednesday, April 25th at 2:00 PM. The property, located at 839 Blunston Street, was vacant, blighted, and tax-delinquent. The completely renovated home will now become a residence for a new homeowner. Columbia Borough and the Columbia Borough School District were the first members of the Land Bank. Columbia Borough is committed to downtown revitalization and neighborhood improvement.
The Land Bank worked in collaboration with Columbia Borough and the Columbia Borough School District to achieve this success. The building was acquired with a combination of funds from Columbia Borough and the Community Development Block Grant funds which are allocated to Lancaster County by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The building was sold to a private developer who completed the renovations and is now selling it to an owner-occupant.
The Land Bank and its collaborative partners continue to work within the Borough to decrease blight and vacancy. The Land Bank’s mission aims to increase homeownership rates in Lancaster County. Increasing homeownership rates improve neighborhoods and strengthen the County’s tax base.
The Lancaster County Land Bank Authority’s mission is to deter blight and to return vacant property to productive status using a unified, predictable, and transparent process, thereby revitalizing neighborhoods and strengthening the County’s tax base.