NY unveils park plan for Governors Island
24006
New York officials on Wednesday unveiled a plan to transform half of Governors Island, the largely abandoned former military base located just 800 yards south of Manhattan, into a "park at the center of the world."
746809
By Doug Donovan, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 18--Mayor Martin O'Malley is set to announce today a $6.2 million plan to lease 48 acres of undeveloped land in Mount Washington for 80 years, a deal that adds the most significant swath of open space to Baltimore's park system in decades.
769671
By Lisa Wangsness and Beth Daley, The Boston Globe  Mar. 5--As a gubernatorial candidate last year, Deval Patrick delighted  environmentalists with a pledge to spend an extra $10 million his first year  in office to begin fixing the state's long-neglected parks system.
459457
New Jersey Nets owner Bruce Ratner's much-debated Atlantic Yards development project was approved Friday by the Empire State Development Corp., a major step forward in his bid to move the team to Brooklyn.
366752
A one-day arts festival, featuring games, dance and costumed revelry, will inhabit Governors Island this Sunday.
22804
By Bob Jordan, Asbury Park Press, N.J.  Jun. 21--MIDDLETOWN -- A new shuttle bus service will provide a link  between a train station and a ferry terminal, part of an effort to boost use  of the Bayshore Ferry Terminal without increasing automobile access there.
710015
By Rosemary Winters, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 1--Sandy residents could have a new park soon.    The city's Parks and Recreation Department wants to develop 4.3 acres at  622 E. 7800 South, next to Union Middle School.
69662
Democrat New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer made official yesterday what has been speculated for months, that he will run for governor of New York State in 2006.
550327
District officials yesterday began selling their plan to build a waterfront ballpark to business leaders who would end up paying the bulk of the cost, as a panel of
674969
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Friday gave developers 90 days to bid on Manhattan's 26-acre West Midtown railyards, where Gov. Eliot Spitzer said he hoped to create a new Rockefeller Center.
296309
There appears to be the germ of a good idea in Gov. Ernie Fletcher's proposal to offer tax credits to those who agree to protect their land from development and make it available to the public for hunting, fishing, hiking or other purposes.
424703
Dozens of sports fields on a tiny island off Manhattan have prompted a debate over fair play.
476818
By Daniel Wagner, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Jun. 20--With the state legislature expected to wrap up business by the end of Thursday and take a recess, a Long Island group is still working to advance its priorities of environmentally sustainable growth through several bills.
374091
On Monday, the mayor made the latest in a series of proposals intended to help the city cope in an environmentally sound way with the one million new residents expected by 2030.
334851
he co-owner of the New York Islanders hockey team is proposing a 60-story tower in the center of Nassau County - more than triple the height of the tallest existing building on Long Island.
45281
From New York Attorney General to New York Governor. That&#39;s the path Democrat Eliot Spitzer hopes to take. Spitzer announced he is running for governor in 2006.
612687
By The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 14--One consultant plus two master plans equals the potential for a municipal masterpiece.   Residents and officials of Roanoke city and county should compose their parks and recreation master plans with broad, bold strokes.