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ed itself by green countryside, relatively untouched by sprawl.
Such preservation of land, purchased by the city, has come at a cost: Boulder imposed a tax on real estate transactions of a certain value. However, in Montgomery County, Md., McMahon said the $50 million spent by the government over the past 19 years to buy and preserve land compares to the $.5 billion cost of services that same land might have required if it had been j developed.
Maryland and other states have done a better job of setting up ways to preserve land, McMahon said.
“We don’t have enough tools in the toolbox,” he said.
On May 21, at 7 p.m. McMahon, co-author of ! “Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities,” will speak at 1 the Sperryville Fire Hall at the meeting of the Sperryville Gateway Committee. The public is invited to attend.
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