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loes.ati t u e is 1■0e.7110:. <br /> MIS( ltmdo to buy land and inelopnonr <br /> tu:hts. <br /> A variety ni tools (geographic)tat urn Kiss <br /> sstems. remote swung, and Internet sites) <br /> arc providing a wealth of information about <br /> h ,tl and regional rnvimn menus. ,As A restlt. <br /> canununi(ies e m better identify Yehe e devel- <br /> opment ,Itould go And where tint irunmcntal <br /> et !If onsntmts tide development undo sit.tble, <br /> difficult,and expenioe_ <br /> 'y a I rr nd 2' 1118 s Aing in green <br /> §s' <br /> inftd. trnetnre <br /> s' _•'a. ., Planning in Ntnenca Its traditian:dlc me:tnt <br /> bpd <br /> planning For dayelopment ._I loweter, it h.>_s <br /> d.twnetd on PCNIdellts in hundscdi of eomrnu- <br /> -s nitics that envtnmsnental quoin° is a gout{ <br /> mvesunent. It coutrihutes to overall qu.tlityot <br /> Etc. attracts neV, businesses. and cmcourat.tCs <br /> esisting ones to 51:ty where they are. <br /> Iaspayens have been paying to keep land <br /> open. Between 19e78 and 22002,soters across <br /> America apprtaced more than 700 ballot mea- <br /> sures involving over S i{) billion in land pres- <br /> ervation and sntu't growth project:. accord- <br /> ing to the Land Prose Alliance. Yet man}' <br /> parts of the U.S. are in a race against time to <br /> protect important Lends from development. <br /> Given current rates of pupal nfon growth and <br /> I velopmeru, the race will he largcic won or <br /> lost 3N/thin the next 20 on <br /> I itrod 3:l'nkiuz(lie lone:I it'll <br /> Cher oP the sho rte•omen gs of the typical.om <br /> h <br /> p rehensiye plain utg process n that it Ii is a <br /> tune horizon of only 10 to 20 Years, not long <br /> enough to fbtge a truly long.range vision tors <br /> 'tatautableeootmunity or region. <br /> t pp's� Lay seyt <br /> Fscognizm„ the need for long timelines. <br /> the regional&tvernmentofportlandlhe.e#on <br /> ARi 7+I ttT (Merril),adopted it 20x0 plan in I itti,a aj- <br /> ... reuse.ItOIVOn bt ndsSm.ut 4roweh <br /> Z3/4402 wc„,aCVl:l <br /> rvp <br /> i7 tai y. <br /> In Baltimore (:ounty, Mar)land. officials <br /> responded rn public eo tie eon:hoot zprawl in . .-. <br /> the mid-I990s by dossn'ziming 10,000 acres . . , <br /> of rural Iand Prom one dwelling per fire as s _. <br /> (resource conservation) to one tI selling per <br /> 70 acres tagrteulturah. In 1 e)98, soter, iu <br /> A'uuura Conan.('alttotns,s, a s iosaii a bap- <br /> lot measure that sal?jeers un ictonmg pen <br /> poser! in the agricultural zone in the next.0 .. °e <br /> ycirs too wturrcfcrendnm.In NeuJeat c. ?: .r ,wy..� _ tit <br /> eounncs and I 1 R nmmlupali tes hare dratted -t + "+ty s �' <br /> open ,pace pl.tn> and established open space <br />