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Home » Land Tenure for Urban Farming » Urban Farming Resources » CLT Case Studies

CLT Case Studies

Urban Agriculture and Community Land Trusts

This case study project of the National Community Land Trust Network (now Grounded Solutions Network) was led by Jeffrey Yuen, with assistance from Greg Rosenberg.

  • Athens Land Trust
  • Church Community Housing
  • Dudley Neighbors Inc.
  • Durham Community Land Trust
  • Kulshan Community Land Trust
  • Lopez Community Land Trust
  • Madison Area Community Land Trust
  • Sawmill Community Land Trust
  • Southside Community Land Trust

LAND TENURE FOR URBAN FARMING

  • CHALLENGES
  • KEY CONCEPTS
    • Shielding Land from Speculation
    • The Ownership Trap
    • Property Taxation
    • Right-Sized Land Tenure
    • Working in Teams
    • Respect for Place
    • Community-Engaged Agriculture
  • STRATEGIC QUESTIONS
  • THE ROLE OF NONPROFITS
  • THE ROLE OF LAND TRUSTS
    • Open Space Land Trusts
    • Community Land Trusts
    • Land Trusts Involved in Urban Agriculture
  • THE CENTRAL SERVER MODEL
    • The Central Server Entity
    • Neighborhood Satellites
    • Who Owns the Land?
    • Case Study: NeighborSpace (Chicago, IL)
    • A Land Trust for Commercial Urban Farms?
    • Best Practices
  • ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
    • CLT Case Studies
    • How CLTs Secure & Protect Land
      • Fee Simple Ownership
      • Ground Lease
      • Deed Restrictions
      • Easements
      • Summary Table
    • Publications & Presentations
    • Sample Documents
    • Tools
      • Land Inventory Tracking Form

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The Center for Community Land Trust Innovation, a nonprofit NGO established in 2018, promotes and supports community land trusts and similar community-led development on community-owned land strategies internationally.