Montgomery County should reconsider park gift
Montgomery County might be strapped for cash, but the board of supervisors has demonstrated acutely shortsighted vision by turning down free land for a park not once but twice.
The gift of 44 acres behind the Thomas Lane neighborhood of Prices Fork first came before supervisors a couple of years ago from Anne Price Yates. She is a granddaughter of Harvey Price, a former dean of agriculture at Virginia Tech who once farmed the property. She offered it for a park and asked that it be named in her ancestor’s honor. The Prices Fork community already bears the family name.
Supervisors turned her down.
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Oh My GOSH…how can they do that?! Someone didn’t put on their thinking cap. The county should accept the offer and then place it in a 10 year conservation easement if they don’t have the funds now to make into a park. There are land conservancies all across the country that have funding available to localities and groups – they could easily arrange an agreement and preserve this valuable open space in the midst of a rapidly growing region. Anyone?!?!?!?!??!?!?!
Comment by Love It Here — December 11, 2012 @ 4:19 pm
I agree 100% with Love It Here.
Comment by Fernando — December 15, 2012 @ 8:33 am