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	<title>The Fayette Alliance &#187; Urban Services Boundary</title>
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	<description>Our Town, Our Farms, Our Future</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>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Land Use News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation Easements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horse Capital of the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inner Bluegrass Region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDR]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The World Monuments Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Eblen]]></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 acres. 
Still, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agritourism</title>
		<link>http://fayettealliance.com/farm-facts/agritourism/</link>
		<comments>http://fayettealliance.com/farm-facts/agritourism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 19:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Farmland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Services Boundary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Farming in Fayette County is not just about cash receipts; it&#8217;s also about tourism. Agritourism in Fayette County is also a major industry, contributing over a billion dollars each year to the regional economy.
&#8211; The Lexington Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, 2006
60% of tourists visit Lexington to see its farms. 
&#8211; The Lexington Convention Visitor’s Bureau, 2006
A remarkable amount of tourists come to Fayette County each year to experience its rural heritage. In 2004, over 1.4 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effects of Urban Sprawl on Agribusinesses in Fayette County</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 19:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Farmland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Services Boundary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Sprawl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite these incredible statistics, we are losing the factory floor of the thoroughbred, general agriculture, and agritourism industries in Fayette County to urban sprawl.
Between 1997-2002, we lost 19,508 agricultural acres in Fayette County.
&#8211; 2005 USDA Annual Report.
And it is estimated that we lose 137 acres of prime agricultural land in the inner Bluegrass Region each day to urban sprawl.
&#8211; USA Today, “Houses vs. Horses, November 3, 2005
Sprawl also has affected the national agricultural landscape.  Since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Services Boundary</title>
		<link>http://fayettealliance.com/neighborhood-facts/urban-services-boundary/</link>
		<comments>http://fayettealliance.com/neighborhood-facts/urban-services-boundary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Neighborhoods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Services Boundary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Expansion of the Urban Service Boundary will be extremely expensive.
It will cost, on average, $16,529.00/acre to lay new sewer lines.
Despite our current storm water and sanitary sewer problems, if we decide to expand the urban service boundary, it will cost, on average, $16,529.00/acre to lay new sewer lines. (&#8211;2006 Rural Sanitary Sewer Capability Study.)  This number covers just sewer lines, not major roadway improvements, police, fire, schools, or other infrastructural needs.
&#8211; Rural Sanitary Sewer Capability Study, 2006
It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affordable Housing</title>
		<link>http://fayettealliance.com/neighborhood-facts/affordable-housing/</link>
		<comments>http://fayettealliance.com/neighborhood-facts/affordable-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Neighborhoods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Services Boundary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An expansion of the urban service boundary will not necessitate affordable housing in Fayette County.
On average, Lexingtonians make $35,982/year. 
&#8211; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2005
The average sales price for a new single family home is $188,131. 
&#8211; Lexington-Bluegrass Association of Realtors, 2007
The average sales price for a new townhouse is $157,622. 
&#8211; Lexington-Bluegrass Association of Realtors, 2007
After doing the math, it is no surprise most people have to go into debt in order to buy a new “affordable” [...]]]></description>
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