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Cleveland State University

Center for Community Planning and Development

2012

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Southington Township Comprehensive Plan: Visions 2060, Southington Township Comprehensive Planning Committee, Kirby Date, Melissa Schneider Jul 2012

Southington Township Comprehensive Plan: Visions 2060, Southington Township Comprehensive Planning Committee, Kirby Date, Melissa Schneider

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

This Comprehensive Plan has been prepared by the residents of Southington Township in partnership with Cleveland State University's Center for Community Planning and Development, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs (CSU). The Plan has a simple goal: Provide a clear vision for the future of Southington, aligned with the desires of our citizens, and based on our past, present, and expected future. Change and growth will come to Southington Township, perhaps more quickly than expected. This will be especially true when public water and sewer infrastructure comes to our Township, expected during the life of this Plan. The only …


Responding To Foreclosures In Cuyahoga County 2011 Evaluation Report, Kathryn W. Hexter, Molly Schnoke Jan 2012

Responding To Foreclosures In Cuyahoga County 2011 Evaluation Report, Kathryn W. Hexter, Molly Schnoke

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

The foreclosure crisis hit Cuyahoga County earlier and harder than the rest of the nation. The crisis continues to weaken the County’s already weak housing market, as evidenced by declining property values, increasing numbers of vacant and abandoned properties and the continuing high rates of foreclosure filings. In 1999, there were 4,900 residential foreclosure filings in Cuyahoga County. That number doubled to about 10,000 by 2005 and peaked in 2007 at close to 14,000. In 2011, the County had just over 11,000 residential foreclosure filings. In total, an estimated 68,000 homes in the County have been “touched” by foreclosure. The …