http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com/2006/07/05/this-weeks-column-4/ a survey of governance and policy Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:49:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com/2006/07/05/this-weeks-column-4/#comment-1715 Exile on Jones Street / Asheville, Greensboro, Greenville Land & Water Conservation Hearings Wed, 03 Jan 2007 21:18:55 +0000 http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com/2006/07/05/this-weeks-column-4/#comment-1715 [...] Reminders from Land for Tomorrow and NC Conservation Network that there are a series of hearings coming up on land and water conservation. After the failure in the last session of what seemed like a well-supported effort to get a conservation bond before the voters, the GA set up a Land and Water Conservation Study Commission to look at the best approach and gather a little feedback. Here’s a link to the commission’s last set of discussions. The study commission is holding a series of hearings starting Thursday in Asheville and moving across the state. If you want to make a real statement about Global Warming, air quality or the rapid loss of forests and farmland to development, this would be a good time to stand up. A good turnout at the hearings would help impress upon the members of the legislature that the public is serious about setting aside some of the goodliest land for future generations. Here’s the sked for the hearings via Land for Tomorrow: Asheville Regional Meeting: Thursday, January 4, 2007 [...] [...] Reminders from Land for Tomorrow and NC Conservation Network that there are a series of hearings coming up on land and water conservation. After the failure in the last session of what seemed like a well-supported effort to get a conservation bond before the voters, the GA set up a Land and Water Conservation Study Commission to look at the best approach and gather a little feedback. Here’s a link to the commission’s last set of discussions. The study commission is holding a series of hearings starting Thursday in Asheville and moving across the state. If you want to make a real statement about Global Warming, air quality or the rapid loss of forests and farmland to development, this would be a good time to stand up. A good turnout at the hearings would help impress upon the members of the legislature that the public is serious about setting aside some of the goodliest land for future generations. Here’s the sked for the hearings via Land for Tomorrow: Asheville Regional Meeting: Thursday, January 4, 2007 [...]

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