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The city of Albuquerque has identified funds needed to buy the Poole property on Albuquerque’s West Side. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A protracted battle over the long-term fate of 23 acres overlooking the Rio Grande oxbow is seemingly over now that Albuquerque officials have cobbled together enough money to buy the property and preserve it from development.
Once slated for 69 new homes, the Poole property named after its former owners is now set to become part of Albuquerque’s open space network. The City Council on Monday gave Mayor Tim Keller’s administration the necessary approval to complete the $6.7 million purchase using a variety of city funding sources.
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By MARK RENFREE
Grandparents Park Site
Grandparents Park Site
Credits: Malik Lyons
January 13, 2021 at 2:58 PM
SOMERSET, NJ – A project to build what the town is calling a “grandparents park” is drawing criticism from residents who said the plan furthers the erosion of “bucolic” Franklin. Concerns over safety, the park’s potential impact on wildlife and the site’s proximity to other parks and amenities brought at least 30 residents out in opposition to the project at last night’s special council meeting dedicated to the proposal.
Officials said the estimated $550,000 in funding for the project would come from the town’s Open Space Trust Fund – generated by a special tax that can only be spent on developing and preserving open space, farmland and historic properties. The money raised through this tax cannot be used for general budgeting by the town.