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Tri-COG Land Bank

Phone: 412-462-7600 
Address: 1705 Maple St.

Homestead, PA 15120 
Meeting Place: 1705 Maple Street, Homestead, PA 15120 / Zoom 
Meeting Time: Check for details: https://tricoglandbank.org/get- 
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Tri-COG Land Bank (TCLB) was founded in 2017 by Turtle Creek Valley Council of Governments and Steel Rivers Council of Governments (formerly Steel Valley COG and Twin Rivers COG). The organization was born out of years of research and advocacy seeking to address the prevalent problem of vacant and abandoned properties in the Mon Valley and Eastern Suburban region of Allegheny County. After both Councils of Governments commissioned a study to quantify the financial impact of blight in 2012, it became clear that the cost of doing nothing was staggering and unsustainable.

TCLB spent the next few years learning more about the intricacies of property acquisition and achieving insurable title, developing a scalable process to gain ownership of abandoned properties and transform them into new community assets. It acquired its first property in May 2018 and sold its first two properties in 2020. In between acquisition and sale to a new owner, TCLB also pursues the legal process of Quiet Title Action to be able to sell the properties with clean, insurable title. Additionally, TCLB addresses immediate maintenance needs and cleans out leftover trash and debris left inside each house.

BoardURL: www.tricoglandbank.org/about/our-people/

Members:

Member
Michael Belmonte
Crystal Jennings-Rivera
Richard Livingston
Ed Nusser
David Pasternak
Maureen Quinn
Amanda Settelmaier
Elaina Skiba
Louis J. Weyand