Dakota County / Making Parks More Popular: County Officials Seek Public Comment on Three 'Vision' Plans to Lure More Metro Visitors
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By Frederick Melo, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Feb. 22--Fans of the great outdoors appear to really enjoy themselves in Dakota County. If only they'd swing by a little more often.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 23--Government officials from Pueblo and El Paso counties will continue long-term vision planning for Fountain Creek next week in Pueblo.   A forum from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
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By The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 8--County's vision for limited development near Swift Reservoir looks promising   It is way too easy for the 400,000-plus residents of Clark County to dismiss as insignificant the civic affairs of adjacent Skamania County, population 10,300.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  May 26--The Destin History and Fishing Museum should decide how big its future facility will be.   Pedestrian crossings at Azalea and Benning Drives should be well defi ned, attractive to the eye and obvious to motorists.
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By Christian Hill, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 22--LACEY -- The city and a private landowner are poised to unite in an effort to turn hundreds of acres of vacant land in Hawks Prairie into a vibrant community center.
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By Guy McCarthy, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Feb. 5--BEAUMONT -- More than 100 area residents attended open-house  meetings last month to learn more about how an electric utility's plans for  replacing transmission lines could affect them.
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By Mark Havnes, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 1--KANAB -- The Kane County Commission has joined a growing chorus  of local-government opposition to Divine Strake.
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By The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho  Dec. 15--Jerome County commissioners know all too well how difficult dairy issues are to explain to some local residents. So you'd think they'd be just as cautious about explaining dairy zoning to national tourists.
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By Nancy Perkins Deseret Morning News  ST. GEORGE -- Four possible growth scenarios are on the table for review during the next three weeks as Vision Dixie begins its final series of public meetings in Washington County.
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State and federal government officials plan to tour rain-damaged fields in eastern North Dakota and meet with farmers.  Doug Hagel, regional director of the U.S.
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By DIANA BOWLEY; OF THE NEWS STAFF  DOVER-FOXCROFT - While Piscataquis County commissioners on Tuesday supported a local man's efforts to bring excursion rail to the Moosehead Lake region, the chances of it happening are unlikely, according to a railroad official.
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By Janice L. Habuda, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 6--Kenmore officials want to join a growing coalition of municipalities seeking guidance for dealing with vacant properties.
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By Mary Ann Ford, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 9--BLOOMINGTON -- A controversial wind farm proposal has been recommended to the McLean County Board.
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By Joan Kent, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Dec. 12--When I learned the La Crosse Redevelopment Authority planned a public hearing on the proposed sale of a small piece of land off Riverside Park to Jay Hoeschler, I thought I should write a story to let people know the property was available.
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By Kevin Bonham, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Mar. 8--The fate of the $1.7 million Grand Forks County Old Jail renovation project and the future of the Public Safety Answering Point's relocation to the facility may well rest with the North Dakota Legislature and House Bill 1051.
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By Laura Oppenheimer, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Sep. 4--Parks supporters will make the case this fall that drinking clean  water, trekking through the forest and watching animals play are as valuable  as traditional government services competing for money on Portland-area  ballots.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Sep. 23--The community was polled, a task force was assembled and a vision was drawn up for the redevelopment of Destin's harbor --but that plan was not approved.