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Concord may buy 35-acre conservation land along Hopkinton border
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The city of Concord may add another 35 acres of conservation land along the Hopkinton border to a large swath of protected property totaling 3 square miles.
The city Conservation Commission has approved spending $49,900 from the Conservation Trust Fund to buy the land along the former District 5 Road, west of Penacook Lake, from the Leadbeater family.
The proposal will be the subject of a Jan. 11 public hearing, after which the City Council will decide whether to approve the expenditure.
“The property adds to a large contiguous block of conservation land totaling over 1,950 acres in Concord,” says a report by Assistant City Planner Beth Fenstermacher. That includes the adjoining 235-acre Country Hill Woods owned by the city and the 546-acre Rossview Farm, which has a state conservation easement, as well as nearby Desjardins Property and 11 a