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It's wide open

The Parks and Recreation Department has a new blog -- www.lrpr.org -- designed to encourage public debate about how (or if) Little Rock can make sure new development leaves more of the city's natural features in place. Concerned that the city could be paved boundary to boundary in the future? Check out what Parks has to say about its proposed "Open Space" policy, read the recommendations of a city task force and put in your own two cents.

Posted by Leslie Newell Peacock on March 30, 2007 03:19 PM | Permalink

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If you want to know what kind of impact growth has on parks and open space. Look at the revenue that Conway is able to generate with Park Impact Fees.

Since the fee is structured to replace the capacity that is lost because of growth you can begin to see what is lost in cities like Little Rock that don't have an impact fee.

If they really want a city within a park then they'll pass an impact fee so that local leadership makes the land purchase decisions and not development. Parks aren't gifts given by developers.

Posted by: Tax Payer | March 30, 2007 03:50 PM

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