Chillicothe & Ross County — The land bank has learned a lot in its decade, and is encountering new situations…but also has new strategies and tools in its mission to clean up dilapidated properties.

The Ross County Land Reutilization Corporation, better known as the Chillicothe and Ross County “land bank,” will have its bimonthly meeting this morning (November 17th) with the Ross County Commissioners.

After the previous Land Bank meeting on September 22nd, 2025, I asked its chair, Chillicothe Mayor Luke Feeney, about some of the requests from neighbors of dilapidated properties.

One couple in Bourneville say they have been struggling with an abandoned house that damaged their property with a fire, and is now overgrown and infested with rodents. They asked for help to acquire the prope

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