This is our home.

The Ohio Valleyis the community.

OVLP isn't a buyer that happens to operate here — we're rooted in these counties. Landowners, builders, conservation partners, families rebuilding after disaster. One valley. One table.

9
Active Counties
Ohio & West Virginia campaigns
1.77M+
Valley Acres
The landscape we know and work in
Local
Not a Land Grab
Intentional buyer, not an algorithm

Active across the Ohio Valley

Franklin CountyColumbiana CountyBelmont CountyJefferson County+ 5 more

What community means here

Land. People. Partners.

Community on this page isn't a giving report — it's the counties, the families, and the organizations doing real work alongside us.

The Land

Forests, infill lots, inherited parcels, back-tax acreage — land that matters to families here, not line items on a spreadsheet.

The People

Landowners selling with dignity. Builders getting first look at inventory. Neighbors still living with East Palestine.

The Partners

Organizations already doing stewardship, recovery, and stabilization — we stand with them because we work in the same counties.

Where we show up

Same counties.
Same obligation.

Franklin County infill. Columbiana County recovery. Belmont timber and watershed. When we close a deal in a county, we're already connected to the people and organizations doing the hardest work there.

Arc of AppalachiaSalvation Army — East PalestineCOCIC Land Bank

Organizations we stand with

Real partners. Real work.

Stewardship, recovery, and land banking — in the same counties where we buy and close.

Appalachian forest canopy
Conservation

Arc of Appalachia

Protecting Ohio's forests, wetlands, and wild places.

Permanently protects natural lands across the Ohio Hill Country — restoring invasive damage, clearing illegal dumps, maintaining trails that connect communities to the landscape.

Southern & Eastern OhioVisit Arc of Appalachia
Community members together
Disaster Recovery

Salvation Army — East Palestine

On the ground when Ohio Valley families need it most.

Since the February 2023 derailment in Columbiana County — clean water, supplies, food, and emotional support for families whose land and health were compromised through no fault of their own.

East Palestine, OHVisit Salvation Army
Urban neighborhood renewal
Land Banking

COCIC Franklin County Land Bank

Returning vacant properties to productive community use.

Acquires tax-delinquent and abandoned parcels, demolishes blight, cleans contaminated sites, and transfers stabilized land to trusts, developers, and homeowners rebuilding neighborhoods.

Franklin County, OHVisit COCIC Franklin County Land Bank

Personal to us

Why East Palestine Matters

Columbiana County is one of our core markets. Families there are still living with contaminated soil, water, and air — some selling to relocate, others staying to rebuild.

They deserve a buyer who understands what happened — not one treating it as just another deal.

Own land in the Ohio Valley?

Direct buyer. No agents. No runaround. We know these counties because we work them every day — not because a spreadsheet told us to.

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Build or develop here?

The Builders Network gives members first look at off-market parcels across the valley — before they go anywhere public.

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A portion of every closing supports Arc of Appalachia, Salvation Army East Palestine recovery, and COCIC Franklin County Land Bank.