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CCF
Directors
Alan Ankers
Barney Arnold
Liz Carpenter
Wayne Davis
Marjie Findlay
David Freedman
Peg Gladstone
Heidi Harring
Steve Hinton
Lori Jiménez
Jamie Klickstein
Lynn Knight
Jay Luby
Greg Peterson
Scott Simpson
Steve Spang
Sally Swift
Steve Tobin |
CCF
P.O. Box 300
Carlisle, MA 01741 |
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A Great day for Carlisle
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O’Rourke ribbon cutting
completes a two year saga
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 In
September 1997 the Carlisle Land Trust voted to assume the right
of first refusal on the O’Rourke Farm and to commit a $15,000 deposit.
The town took over this role and voters approved the purchase by
the end of the year. CCF/CLT stayed involved in the process which
culminated in the transfer of the land to U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. Board member Greg Peterson acted as liaison between the
O’Rourkes, the town, the Fish and Wildlife Service, Kennedy’s and
Meehan’s offices and the Trust for Public Land which encouraged
Republican support. CCF/CLT covered several thousand dollars of
out of pocket expenses and again acted as a trusted broker and catalyst,
salting the process with many volunteer hours and a few dollars,
to bring about a result we can enjoy forever.
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Growing Pains
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Does growth from new construction cost a town more than it receives
in taxes? The Land Preservation subcommittee of CCF felt that
an are to this question would help the town plan for growth and
estal long term priorities. Growing Pains, an exhaustive
study conducte Beth Hambleton, Nancy Pierce and John Ballentine
found that: “ the of growth becomes a deficit with a new school
and a full time fire department” That is, growing beyond a certain
point will cost more than the revenues received from each new house.
The authors recomr investigating “multiple means to slow the rate
of growth in school population” caused by new development, which
includes “making strategic land purchases and encouraging conservation
restrictic roles that CCF traditionally plays.
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1999 Financial Report
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In
the first eleven months of 1999, the Carlisle Conserva Foundation
has received donations and dues of $74,159 and ear interest income
of $3,034. Gifts of $39,285 were designated for us protecting the
Wang-Coombs Land. $7,950 was designated for adc land to the Great
Brook State Park. Year to date expenses in 1999 $81,757. CCF incurred
expenses of $51,502 to protect the Wang-Coombs cornfields which
were fully covered by designated gift 1998 and 1999. Other engineering
and legal fees related to obtaining land and conservation restrictions
were $8,576. Land purch were $7,500 and Malcomb handicapped trail
construction fees v $5,000. A complete financial statement is available |
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Fontaine K. Richardson, Treasurer.
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