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Since 1991 Georgia Land Banks have been tackling vacancy and abandonment in an increasing number of communities. Georgia Land Banks are created by local governments and have special powers that help them achieve the ability to acquire tax delinquent properties and remove blight. Land Banks serve as a strategic tool within local governments to improve property values and return properties to effective use and revenue generation.
The Augusta, Georgia Land Bank Authority’s mission is to Identify, Improve, Reactivate and Redistribute vacant, abandoned, and dilapidated properties for housing, economic and civic purposes. We work tirelessly to improve the quality of life in our community by promoting economic growth, reducing blight, and encouraging sustainable development.
The Augusta, Georgia Land Bank Authority has the following priorities for use of AGLBA properties:
- Neighborhood Revitalization including the return of vacant, abandoned or foreclosed property to productive status; land assemblage for economic development; long-term “land banking” of properties for future strategic uses; and provision of financial resources for operating functions of the AGLBA.
- Living Wage Housing including the preservation, production or rehabilitation of housing for persons with incomes reflective of average incomes in Augusta-Richmond County, and the preservation of long-term land affordability through apparatuses such as community land trusts or similar not-for-profit or public entities.
- Economic Development including use and development of property that promotes job creation and that generates revenue for AGLBA operations and future AGLBA investment in Augusta-Richmond County communities.
- Conservation including the preservation and re-use of land for environmental conservation and other greening purposes, including Augusta’s Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance.
