Update description in cook_landbank spider
@@ -189,10 +189,16 @@ class Cook_landbankSpider(Spider):
return name
def _parse_description(self, item):
- """
- No real 'description' field to parse. Leaving None.
- """
- return None
+ ADDEDdescription = ("The CCLBA acquires, holds, and transfers interest in real estate "
+ "properties throughout Cook County to promote redevelopment and "
+ "reuse of vacant, abandoned, foreclosed or tax-delinquent properties "
+ "and support targeted efforts to stabilize neighborhoods. It was "
+ "formed by ordinance of Cook County in 2013 to address the large "
+ "inventory of vacant residential, industrial and commercial property "
+ "in Cook County. The CCLBA is the largest land bank by geography in "
+ "the country and is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by "
+ "the Cook County Board of Commissioners.")
+ return ADDEDdescription
def _parse_start(self, item):
start_date = item.css('[itemprop=\'startDate\']::attr(datetime)').extract_first()
