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Governing, 6/5/2025
But the foundation and its CEO, Seth Baker, realized that they needed something to make the town more attractive to workers. Like many smaller Midwest communities, Van Wert was experiencing significant decay and business vacancy in its core.
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Many of these buildings were in bad shape, some on the verge of collapse. In fact, shortly after the land bank acquired the 1905 Home Guards Temple building, downtown’s largest, it collapsed. Most of the buildings had unoccupied upper floors, and some had vacant storefront space as well. Some were occupied by businesses whose proprietors also owned the building, but without a succession plan in place for the owner’s coming retirement.
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