First Offers for Land Are Being Made
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By Max B. Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb.
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By Brian Callaway, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Feb. 22--A developer is forfeiting what potentially could be a multimillion-dollar housing subdivision to boost a Bucks County program aimed at preserving farmland.   Richard Zaveta, who runs Zaveta Construction Co.
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By By Melanie Sill, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun.
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By Bob Cuddy, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 18--The rolling hills that help entice tourists to the North Coast may or may not end up with "starter castles" or other structures on their ridgelines.
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Construction firms are invited to bid for the right to build five new eco-villages in England.
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By Kristin Davis, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Jun. 24--SOUTHERN SHORES, N.C.   Six property owners have agreed to lease land to Southern Shores for a canal dredging project.
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Business & money: Homeowners may have to provide their buyer with a home information pack as early as September 1.
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By Daniel D'Ambrosio, Waterbury Republican-American, Conn.  Sep. 7--MIDDLEBURY -- The Board of Selectmen has endorsed a new ordinance  that would require land use applicants to pay for consultants hired by the  town to evaluate their projects.
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By Denis CuffSTAFF  A conservation group announced a deal last week to buy a half- square-mile of spring-fed grasslands and oak forests north of Clayton, where county-approved growth limits scuttled plans to build housing.
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By R.A. Dyer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep. 19--AUSTIN -- Even as controversy mounted over the possible sale of Eagle Mountain Lake parkland to developers, state officials were taking steps to auction off two more tracts, including land adjacent to a popular park in Austin.
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First time buyers will be offered new help to afford a plan under plans being unveiled by John Prescott.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 16--The owners of the Destin land marked for the extension of Commons Drive would still prefer to receive land in exchange for their property rather than money, City Manager Greg Kisela says.
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Toyota has been outbid by a land developer for state-owned property in York Township, but officials say this is one deal that will be decided by more than money.
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By Arlene Mart?nez, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Mar. 12--Property owners debating whether to keep their land undeveloped forever can reap better tax benefits if they do it this year.
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A PLAN to build 27 houses is to be debated by a planning committee.Bett Homes has submitted the application to Derwentside District Council to develop land at Four Winds, on Wesley Terrace, Castleside.
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By AARON APPLEGATE  By AARON APPLEGATE  The Virginian-Pilot   SUFFOLK - A developer has a contract to buy about 700 acres of farmland in the central part of the city, a huge chunk of prime undeveloped real estate at the intersection of two highways near downtown.
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By Darla L. Pickett, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine  Feb. 3--SKOWHEGAN -- About 70 acres north of Coburn Avenue that were  destined for a housing development are being purchased by a local land trust.