Vacants to Value

10-5-12: The Lines Between Us: Creating a Market for Vacants

Potential buyer Stephanie Gaynor at an open house. Credit: Stephanie Hughes

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has proposed her own plan to deal with the vacants in Baltimore.  It’s called Vacants to Value, and she launched it in November 2010.  The program focuses on selling the vacants in specific transitioning neighborhoods. 



10-5-12: The Lines Between Us: Dealing with Blight

Here, you can listen to the full conversation Sheilah had with Eric and Mel -- it went much longer than we had time for on air, but it's absolutely worth a listen.



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