Property owners can register, pay a $175.00 fee and maintain the vacant lot next to their own property over a period of as long as three years with regular lawn mowing to receive a credit toward purchase. Contact the Shelby County Land Bank to find out if a lot next to your property is eligible for the program.
Jul 17, 2018 · Here's how it works. You have to live adjacent to the vacant lot, pay a $175 application fee, mow the lawn for up to three years, and voila – ...
Jun 26, 2016 · To be eligible, a property must be vacant, owned by the city or county and share a property line with the prospective buyer. The buyer must be ...
Oct 20, 2015 · Not long after Memphis City Councilman Berlin Boyd pitched the idea of a mow-to-own program for the city, Dawn Kinard, administrator of the ...
Nov 7, 2015 · 20 on first reading by City Council credits mowers $25 [per] cut for three years." Dave Nyczepir of Route Fifty reports that the program will ...
Aug 3, 2021 · One of the programs discussed was the mow-to-own program that received significant media coverage when it passed in 2015. It's meant to help ...
Dec 23, 2015 · Memphis mow-to-own program to launch in 2016. AP. MEMPHIS — One of the city of Memphis' newest initiatives to aid in fighting blight is ...
Nov 16, 2015 · Memphis City Councilman Berlin Boyd plans to put his mow-to-own program into action next month in order to combat blight in the city.
The city of Memphis' much-anticipated mow-to-own program will launch early in 2016, affording the owners of properties next to vacant city- or-countyowned ...
Apr 27, 2015 · MEMPHIS — Memphis and Shelby County officials are exploring a new program to improve blighted properties.