Pike's conundrum: too little land, too much demand

From: Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Baumel, Ken | Copyright information

Pike County may lose its remaining 38 percent of undeveloped land (all in tracts that are 100 acres or larger), according Peter Pinchot, grandson of the modem conservation movement founder and former Pennsylvania governor, Gifford Pinchot.

Peter Pinchot and members of Keep Pike Green (KPG) are seeking Pike County support for a $10 million bond referendum to promote long-term easements (to set aside undeveloped land as green space in perpetuity); raise capital for municipal planning; pr...

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