[Massplanners] Land Acquisition Strategy

[Schreiber, Gideon]

There is the Boulder County and Boulder, CO strategy for open space acquisition and protection.  Here is the county page: Open Space Acquisitions - Boulder County<https://bouldercounty.gov/open-space/management/acquisitions/#:~:text=Boulder%20County%20acquires%20property%20for,exchange%20for%20land%20use%20approvals.> and here is the City’s plan: Open Space Mountain Parks Acquisition Update 2013-2019 (bouldercolorado.gov)<https://bouldercolorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021-01/osmp-acquisition-plan-update-2013-2019.pdf>

Gideon Schreiber, AICP, Assistant Director of Planning
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Community Development & Planning
City of Watertown, 149 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472
(617) 972-6417 then press 1 and then 3

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From: MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org> On Behalf Of Kristen Las via MassPlanners
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2022 10:11 AM
To: Mass Planners <massplanners at masscptc.org>
Subject: [Massplanners] Land Acquisition Strategy

Good Holiday Week Planners!

Shrewsbury is looking to develop a land acquisition strategy.  Are any of you aware of municipalities (in Massachusetts or nationwide) that have a land acquisition strategy for anything like:

General Municipal Purposes
Roadways
Affordable Housing
Economic Development
Preservation
- prevent development
- habitat protection  (sustainable)
- historic preservation (Prosperous)
Open Space
Active Recreation
-Trails
-Greenway

Thank you for your help.

Kristen D. Las, AICP
Assistant Town Manager
Town of Shrewsbury
100 Maple Avenue
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
klas at shrewsburyma.gov<mailto:klas at shrewsburyma.gov>
508-841-8508

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