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	<title>The Fayette Alliance &#187; Conservation Easements</title>
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		<title>Council Adopts FY 2012 Budget, Including $1 million to PDR Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask your council member to support the $1 million local match for the PDR program and farmland preservation, both of which are critically important to Lexington-Fayette County and they must continue to be a major priority for our community.]]></description>
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		<title>Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) Program Protects Fayette County&#8217;s Pristine Farmland</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Eblen: PDR still a great deal for taxpayers&#8221; Excerpt from Kentucky.com, posted February 28, 2010 By Tom Eblen, Herald-Leader Columnist &#8230;Any healthy city needs to grow, and Lexington has managed growth better than most. Sprawl was limited by the Urban Services Boundary, created in 1958 and expanded a few times since then, as well as by minimum lot sizes for rural homes — 10 acres from 1964 to 1999, when they were increased to 40 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lexington&#8217;s PDR program garners praise from Planning Magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Farmland conservation easements are most effective when they accompany a local comprehensive plan, restrictive agricultural zoning, and growth boundaries. Several of the leading counties in growth management have used this approach, including &#8230; Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky.&#8221; Saving Farms &#38; Farmland. Planning Magazine, August, 2009. For more information on farmland conservation easements, also known as PDR (Purchase of Development Rights) visit LFUCG&#8217;s PDR Program www.lexingtonky.gov/index.aspx?page=497 and the Bluegrass Conservancy www.bluegrassconservancy.org]]></description>
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