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	<title>The Fayette Alliance &#187; PDR</title>
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	<description>Our Town, Our Farms, Our Future</description>
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		<title>Council Adopts FY 2012 Budget, Including $1 million to PDR Program</title>
		<link>http://fayettealliance.com/blog/ask-council-to-support-farmland-preservation/</link>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[How We've Made a Difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protecting Our Farmland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bluegrass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation Easements]]></category>
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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>The &#8220;Goals &amp; Objectives&#8221; of Comprehensive Plan Update are in Full Swing</title>
		<link>http://fayettealliance.com/blog/the-goals-objectives-of-comprehensive-plan-update-are-in-full-swing/</link>
		<comments>http://fayettealliance.com/blog/the-goals-objectives-of-comprehensive-plan-update-are-in-full-swing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fayette Alliance continues to promote the importance of farmland preservation, responsible development and special neighborhoods, and an improved infrastructure and environment during the current “Goals and Objectives” phase of the Comprehensive Plan. &#124; Photo by Jeff Rogers &#124; www.jeffrogers.com]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor Proposes New Budget to Close City Deficit</title>
		<link>http://fayettealliance.com/blog/mayor-proposes-new-budget-to-close-city-deficit/</link>
		<comments>http://fayettealliance.com/blog/mayor-proposes-new-budget-to-close-city-deficit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fayette Alliance Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lexington]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Purchase of Development Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Gray's proposed budget would lay off workers, close pools, and decrease PDR funding among other initiatives to cut government spending. ]]></description>
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		<title>Council Funds Farmland Preservation Program</title>
		<link>http://fayettealliance.com/blog/council-considers-funding-for-farmland-preservation-program/</link>
		<comments>http://fayettealliance.com/blog/council-considers-funding-for-farmland-preservation-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fayette Alliance Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How We've Made a Difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protecting Our Farmland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Rogers Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purchase of Development Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On November 18th, Council issued bonds to finance the Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) program, 11-1.]]></description>
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		<title>Alliance Supports Mayor’s Proposed $2 million Budget for PDR</title>
		<link>http://fayettealliance.com/blog/alliance-supports-mayor%e2%80%99s-proposed-2-million-budget-for-pdr/</link>
		<comments>http://fayettealliance.com/blog/alliance-supports-mayor%e2%80%99s-proposed-2-million-budget-for-pdr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fayette Alliance Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Development Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his annual state of the merged government address, Mayor Newberry recommended allocating $2 million of LFUCG funds to the PDR program in FY 2011. If granted by the Council, this local funding will enable PDR to receive $2 million in state and federal “matching” dollars. If accomplished, PDR will have a total of $4 million in its coffers to purchase conservation easements on prime Fayette County farmland. It is important to note that local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) Program Protects Fayette County&#8217;s Pristine Farmland</title>
		<link>http://fayettealliance.com/blog/purchase-of-development-rights-pdr-program-protects-fayette-countys-most-sensitive-rural-land/</link>
		<comments>http://fayettealliance.com/blog/purchase-of-development-rights-pdr-program-protects-fayette-countys-most-sensitive-rural-land/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conservation Easements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horse Capital of the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inner Bluegrass Region]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sprawl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World Monuments Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Eblen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Services Boundary]]></category>

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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>
		<link>http://fayettealliance.com/blog/lexingtons-pdr-program-garners-praise-from-planning-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://fayettealliance.com/blog/lexingtons-pdr-program-garners-praise-from-planning-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fayette Alliance Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bluegrass Conservancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation Easements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purchase of Development Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saving Farms & Farmland]]></category>

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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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		<title>Fiscal Year 2010 Purchase of Development Rights Program Budget Request</title>
		<link>http://fayettealliance.com/successes/fiscal-year-2010-purchase-of-development-rights-program-budget-request/</link>
		<comments>http://fayettealliance.com/successes/fiscal-year-2010-purchase-of-development-rights-program-budget-request/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How We've Made a Difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protecting Our Farmland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the LFUCG PDR program became eligible to receive a $3 million federal allocation from the Federal Ranchlands and Protection Program. To receive this grant, PDR must receive $3 million in local &#8220;matching&#8221; funds. If accomplished, PDR would have a total of $6 million in its coffers to purchase conservation easements on Fayette County farms. The Council has the ultimate “power of the purse” and can adopt the $3 million allocation in its FY 2010 budget. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LFUCG Equine Task Force Recommendations</title>
		<link>http://fayettealliance.com/successes/lfucg-equine-task-force-recommendations/</link>
		<comments>http://fayettealliance.com/successes/lfucg-equine-task-force-recommendations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How We've Made a Difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protecting Our Farmland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equine Task Force]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2008, equine industry leaders participated in the LFUCG Equine Task Force and recommended ways in which local government can actively support the horse business—from lobbying state government to change KY tax law, to continuing funding of the PDR program. The Fayette Alliance strongly supports these policy initiatives. On December 9th, the LFUCG Budget &#38; Finance Committee officially adopted the recommendations, and will take them to the full Council for adoption and implementation in 2009.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LFUCG Purchase of Development Rights Program (PDR) Budget for Fiscal Year 2009</title>
		<link>http://fayettealliance.com/successes/lfucg-purchase-of-development-rights-program-pdr-budget-for-fiscal-year-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://fayettealliance.com/successes/lfucg-purchase-of-development-rights-program-pdr-budget-for-fiscal-year-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How We've Made a Difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protecting Our Farmland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LFUCG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Building support and gaining consensus on the Urban County Council for $2.4 million in local funding for the LFUCG Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) program. This represents a .23% increase from the prior fiscal year. PDR will use this money to purchase conservation easements on approximately 1,812 additional acres of prime agricultural land in Fayette County.  View the Fayette Alliance’s position statement.]]></description>
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