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<br />COMMON GROUND VOL. 13 NO. 1 JANUARY -MARCH 2002
<br />Open Space, from page 1
<br />State
<br />Jurisdiction
<br />Description
<br />Funding
<br />Arizona
<br />Gilbert
<br />Open space bond
<br />$20.4 million
<br />California
<br />Placer County
<br />Property tax for parks and recreation
<br />$8.4 million
<br />Santa Clara County
<br />Property tax for parks, open space and trails
<br />$160 million
<br />Colorado
<br />Statewide
<br />Great Outdoor Colorado open space bonding
<br />$115 million
<br />Basalt
<br />Bonds for open space, parks, wildlife, etc.
<br />$3 million
<br />Broomfield
<br />Sales tax for parks and open space
<br />$8 million
<br />Douglas County
<br />Bonds for open space
<br />$43 million
<br />Manitou Springs
<br />Sales and property tax for parks and open space
<br />$1.4 million
<br />Parker
<br />Bond authority for parks, open space
<br />$12.5 million
<br />San Miguel
<br />Property tax for parks, open space, trails, etc.
<br />$14 million
<br />Superior
<br />Sales tax for open space
<br />$8 million
<br />Connecticut
<br />Glastonbury
<br />Bond for open space
<br />$3 million
<br />Florida
<br />Lake County
<br />Sales tax for parks
<br />$30 million
<br />Georgia
<br />Suwanee
<br />Bond for parks, open space, trails, greenways
<br />$17.7 million
<br />Iowa
<br />Ames
<br />Bond for conservation/ recreation area, water supply
<br />$4.97 million
<br />Massachusetts
<br />Agawam
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation, etc.
<br />$1.6 million
<br />Cambridge
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation, etc.
<br />$25.7 million
<br />Easthampton
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation, etc.
<br />$1.9 million
<br />Newton
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation, etc.
<br />$10.2 million
<br />Peabody
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation, etc.
<br />$3.1 million
<br />Maine
<br />Falmouth
<br />Bond for land acquisition and open space preservation
<br />$1.5 million
<br />Michigan
<br />Birmingham
<br />Bond for parks, recreation and land acquisition
<br />$25 million
<br />Missouri
<br />Green County
<br />Sales tax for parks, trails, zoo, etc.
<br />$18.7 million
<br />New Jersey
<br />Barnegat Township
<br />Property tax for conservation and recreation areas, etc.
<br />$1.28 million
<br />Bloomfield Township
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation and conservation
<br />$4.1 million
<br />Califon Borough
<br />Property tax for open space
<br />$87,475
<br />Chatham Borough
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation, etc.
<br />$390,000
<br />Delaware Township
<br />Property tax for open space, farmland preservation
<br />$2.3 million
<br />Demarest
<br />Property tax for open space, farmland preservation, etc.
<br />$283,645
<br />Egg Harbor. Township
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<br />Property tax for conservation and recreation
<br />$6.5 million
<br />Fairfield Township
<br />Property tax for open space, conservation
<br />$730,000
<br />Franklin Township
<br />Property tax for recreation, farmland preservation, etc.
<br />$380,000
<br />Gibbsboro
<br />Property tax for parks, open space, etc.
<br />$560,000
<br />Glen Gardner Borough
<br />Property tax for open space, farmland preservation
<br />$47,529
<br />Gloucester Township
<br />Property tax for parks, open space, etc.
<br />$8.9 million
<br />Hainesport Township
<br />Property tax for open space
<br />$89,820
<br />Hamilton Township
<br />Dedicates funding for open space
<br />-
<br />Hope Township
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation, farmland preservation
<br />$1.32 million
<br />Jackson Township
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation, water quality
<br />$4 million
<br />Lawrence Township
<br />Property tax for parks, open space, etc.
<br />$4.9 million
<br />Little Egg Harbor
<br />Property tax for conservation
<br />$1.8 million
<br />Little Silver Borough
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation, farmland pres., etc.
<br />$1.3 million
<br />Manasquan Borough
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation, etc.
<br />$315,175
<br />Manchester Township
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation, etc.
<br />$3.4 million
<br />Mendham Township
<br />Property tax for land conservation, recreation
<br />$663,089
<br />Middlesex County
<br />Property tax for recreation, conservation, etc.
<br />$188 million
<br />Midland Park Borough
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation, farmland preservation, etc.
<br />$240,500
<br />Moorestown Township
<br />Property tax for open space
<br />$4.8 million
<br />Morris County
<br />Property tax for open space, recreation, farmland preservation
<br />$192 million
<br />New York
<br />Ardsley Village
<br />Bonds for parks, open space
<br />$1.75 million
<br />Dobbs Ferry
<br />Bond for park, open space
<br />$3 million
<br />Easthampton
<br />Bond for open space
<br />$5 million
<br />Southold
<br />Bond for open space, farmland preservation
<br />$2 million
<br />Tarrytown
<br />Bond for land conservation
<br />$3 million
<br />North Carolina
<br />Orange County .
<br />Bonds for parks, open space, recreation
<br />$20 million
<br />Ohio
<br />Gates Mill
<br />Property tax for land and water preservation
<br />$90,500
<br />Miami County
<br />Property tax for land preservation
<br />$21 million
<br />Stark County
<br />Property tax for parks
<br />$19.2 million
<br />West Geauga Park District
<br />Property tax for environmentally sensitive land acquisition
<br />$276,000
<br />Pennsylvania
<br />Franconia Township
<br />Income tax for open space, farmland preservation
<br />$8.5 million
<br />Patton Township
<br />Bond for open space
<br />$2.5 million
<br />Plumstead Township
<br />Bond for open space, conservation easements, etc.
<br />$6 million
<br />Stroud Township -
<br />Income tax for open space
<br />$3.6 million
<br />Texas
<br />Alvin
<br />Bond for land acquisition and improvements, parks, etc.
<br />$3.15 million
<br />Cedar Park
<br />Bond for parks and recreation
<br />$10.6 million
<br />Harris County
<br />Bond for parks
<br />$60 million
<br />Houston
<br />Bond for parks, recreation
<br />$80 million
<br />Round Rock
<br />Bond for parks
<br />$17.3 million
<br />Travis County
<br />Bond for parks
<br />$28.6 million
<br />Washington
<br />Bainbridge Island
<br />Bond for open space, forest acquisition, etc.
<br />$8 million
<br />Source: LandVote 2001, tpl.org, (ta.org
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