Items Tagged with 'Purchase of Development Rights'

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Farmland preservation program moves forward

Funds used for PDR program could find another use next year.

March 1, 2013
Despite a concern about cost and a realization that the plan’s ambitious goal won’t be reached, the county’s Purchase of Development Rights program will not only survive this year, but it could very well grow. Read More

PDR may be at a crossroad

County will vote on preservation measure.

February 22, 2013
When Kent County commissioners approved the Purchase of Development Rights ordinance in late 2002, the farmland preservation program had a goal of setting aside 25,000 acres in its first decade of operation. Read More