LandChoices: Opportunities for Landowners to Preserve Their Land

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The Milford Times

Februrary 25, 2010

LandChoices featured on Twin Cities Public Television
LandChoices, a national nonprofit land conservation group based in Milford, is part of two Public Television programs put together by the nonprofit group 10,000 Friends of Minnesota. The two programs, Land Matters - Smarter Subdivisions and Land Matters - Rethinking Main Street, are airing in 2010 on Twin Cities Public Television in Minnesota and feature video footage from LandChoices to educate planners, township officials, landowners and the community about the benefits of conservation subdivisions.

The videos feature interviews with noted planner and LandChoices' advisory group member Randall Arendt, considered the nation's expert on conservation subdivisions.

"The programs help open township officials' eyes to the fact that outdated ordinances need to be updated to make conservation subdivisions the permitted use for developers if you want to preserve water quality, natural areas, wildlife and working farmland in your community," said LandChoices founder Kirt Manecke. "Begging a developer to change their 'cookie-cutter' subdivision site plan after they've invested thousands of dollars in it is a waste of time — it's too late by that time."

LandChoices is the first and only national nonprofit organization working to take conservation subdivisions nationwide to protect clean water, natural areas, wildlife and working farmland. Learn more at www.landchoices.org.