About Us

The Macon-Bibb County Land Bank Authority (MBLBA) is a mission-driven organization that identifies delinquent and dilapidated properties and works to convert them to properties with productive use for the community.

The Macon-Bibb County Land Bank Authority was established in 1996 as the second land bank in the State of Georgia through an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Macon and Bibb County. The Macon-Bibb County Land Bank Authority is a governmental authority under the laws of the State of Georgia for the public purpose of returning non-tax-generating properties to productive use. The Land Bank Authority works in collaboration with Macon-Bibb County to implement community and economic development; specifically providing land for housing production and creating jobs for low to moderate-income citizens through residential, commercial, and industrial development. The Land Bank Authority is a strategic tool that supports growth and investment in neighborhoods throughout the city.

OUR PURPOSE

Our purpose is to acquire the title to tax delinquent, vacant, abandoned, dilapidated, and other types of properties and work to get them transformed into mixed market rate housing, green spaces, and other productive uses for the community.

We inventory, maintain, lease, repair, sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of acquired properties to facilitate the return of these properties to a productive use. We also have the ability to extinguish past-due tax liens allowing developers to keep their costs low when developing affordable housing. All of our efforts support the creation of market and affordable housing, public space, new industry, and jobs for the citizens of the City and County.

OUR STAFF

Everett Verner,
Executive Director
everner@maconlandbank.org

Khaia Gibson,
Office Manager
kgibson@maconlandbank.org

Michael Bill,
Property Coordinator
mbill@maconlandbank.org