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Group: Lands of opportunity
by Outspoken on Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:27 am
Group: Lands of opportunity
BY KEITH EDWARDS
Staff Writer Kennebec Journal
AUGUSTA -- A small group of residents who love the outdoors looks at the hundreds of acres of undeveloped public land in the city and sees opportunities.
Opportunities along Bond Brook to create hiking and biking trails.
Opportunities to preserve old-growth forest for future generations.
Opportunities to show local kids the unique ecosystem of the Great Sidney Bog.
These Friends of Augusta Outdoors, as they have called themselves, also envision ways to draw visitors to the city -- to hike and bike and spend money in local stores and restaurants.
Augusta residents David Gomeau and Mike Seitzinger and City Services Director Leif Dahlin pitched the creation of the new Friends group to the City Council on Monday as a way to raise funds to help create and maintain recreational opportunities on undeveloped, city-owned land.
"We're talking about taking city lands and converting them into recreational opportunities," said Seitzinger, who also is a member of the Augusta Charter Commission.
A new trail system "would give Augusta residents great opportunities to exercise and be healthy, opportunities for social development, opportunities for economic development," Seitzinger said. "This could help make Augusta a destination."
A new trail system "would give Augusta residents great opportunities to exercise and be healthy, opportunities for social development, opportunities for economic development," Seitzinger said. "This could help make Augusta a destination."
City government can't conduct fundraising, but the Friends group could.
"It's a huge economic tool, waiting for us to start using it,' said Gomeau, a former city councilor and former city arborist. "We'd like to see a group of people working hand-in-hand with the Conservation Commission. But this group would have the ability to raise money."
Rex Turner, of the Augusta Conservation Commission, is also a key member of the group, but was unable to attend Monday's meeting.
Interest in green space is growing.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/4970765.html
Staff photo by Joe Phelan
BY KEITH EDWARDS
Staff Writer Kennebec Journal
AUGUSTA -- A small group of residents who love the outdoors looks at the hundreds of acres of undeveloped public land in the city and sees opportunities.
Opportunities along Bond Brook to create hiking and biking trails.
Opportunities to preserve old-growth forest for future generations.
Opportunities to show local kids the unique ecosystem of the Great Sidney Bog.
These Friends of Augusta Outdoors, as they have called themselves, also envision ways to draw visitors to the city -- to hike and bike and spend money in local stores and restaurants.
Augusta residents David Gomeau and Mike Seitzinger and City Services Director Leif Dahlin pitched the creation of the new Friends group to the City Council on Monday as a way to raise funds to help create and maintain recreational opportunities on undeveloped, city-owned land.
"We're talking about taking city lands and converting them into recreational opportunities," said Seitzinger, who also is a member of the Augusta Charter Commission.
A new trail system "would give Augusta residents great opportunities to exercise and be healthy, opportunities for social development, opportunities for economic development," Seitzinger said. "This could help make Augusta a destination."
A new trail system "would give Augusta residents great opportunities to exercise and be healthy, opportunities for social development, opportunities for economic development," Seitzinger said. "This could help make Augusta a destination."
City government can't conduct fundraising, but the Friends group could.
"It's a huge economic tool, waiting for us to start using it,' said Gomeau, a former city councilor and former city arborist. "We'd like to see a group of people working hand-in-hand with the Conservation Commission. But this group would have the ability to raise money."
Rex Turner, of the Augusta Conservation Commission, is also a key member of the group, but was unable to attend Monday's meeting.
Interest in green space is growing.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/4970765.html
Staff photo by Joe Phelan
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