Yes! Especially in the times we live his wisdom should inspire us all! Feeling thankful and grateful.
Kathy Madison Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 13, 2022, at 2:48 PM, Sara Mattes <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had recently shared an article from a 1984 land use conference publication. > Bob Lemire was a critical participant and authored a piece on Lincoln’s land > conservation and planning efforts and the formation of the Rural Land > Foundation. > He understood how to build a partnership between the public and private > sector to achieve community goals. > It was innovative then, and still is today. > > I have a copy of the article, if any are interested. > The title of the publication, still available, is: > https://www.amazon.com/Land-Saving-Action-Russell-Brenneman/dp/0933280238/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= > > Thank you, Bob. > > Sara > > > > ------ > Sara Mattes > > > > >> On Jun 13, 2022, at 10:35 AM, MARY ROSENFELD <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Bob Lemire - conservation giant... >> >> Bob Lemire had a vision for Lincoln's conservation and rural character >> back in the fifties and acted on it. At the time state monies suddenly >> became available to buy land for conservation. Lincoln was an agricultural >> town at the time and land values were reasonable. Bob acted quickly. He >> went to his fellow citizens who had larger tracts of land and asked if they >> would give or sell part of all of their land to conservation - often with >> the proviso they could still farm their land. >> From his efforts a large amount of land was conserved in Lincoln - a >> major factor in the beauty, ecology, and rural character of Lincoln today. >> He wrote about this in his book "Creative Land Development" - still a >> major resource for saving land, while balancing it with the needs of the >> landowners. >> Now there are many pressures on Lincoln's lands. Let's remember what >> Bob and his fellow citizens originally did to conserve Lincoln's natural >> lands - and what an amazing legacy that is to continue to preserve today. >> >> Mary Rosenfeld >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >
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