The purpose of the Lackawanna County Land Bank is to use available resources to facilitate the return of vacant, blighted, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties to productive use, thereby combating community deterioration, creating an economic growth and stabilizing the housing and job market.
The Land Bank acquires, holds, and transfers interest in real property for the following purposes:
- to deter the spread of blight;
- to promote redevelopment and reuse of vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties;
- to support targeted efforts to stabilize neighborhoods;
- to stimulate residential, commercial and industrial development.
Lackawanna County Land Bank Board of Directors
Bill Gaughan
Lackawanna County Commissioner and Chairman
Marion E. Gatto
Patrick Tobin
Kristin A. Magnotta
Michele Bannon
Sherry Frable
Attorney Joseph Colbasanni
Solicitor
Ralph Pappas
Staff