In 1996, Amherst County, the historic City of Lynchburg, and the Commonwealth of Virginia sought help in protecting a mile-long stretch of scenic bluffs along the James River across from Lynchburg's downtown.
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TPL acquired 23.5-miles of the Macomb Orchard Trail as part of The Southeast Millennium Greenways Trails program.
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We're working to build a new park on Madison Avenue in East Hollywood. If funding is secured, part of this half-acre lot will be transformed into recreation play spaces and the remainder will become a community garden.
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In September 2010, The Trust for Public Land transferred ownership of Chehalem Ridge to Metro. The property is now being restored as the new Chehalem Ridge Natural Area.
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TPL helped purchase more than a dozen properties for the park, including a former factory that was demolished to make way for a much-needed new parking lot.
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TPL helped the city of Providence, Rhode Island purchase two parcels of land and a building along Mashapaug Pond, the city's largest natural fresh water lake; the park now houses environmental education programs and the city's first freshwater community boating program.
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A third of an acre may not sound like much, but when it's the only open space for the 12,000 people living within one-half mile of the park, it's huge.
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Located along the west bank of the Los Angeles River in southeast Los Angeles County, the city of Maywood houses numerous abandoned factory sites but only two small public parks.
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For years, the more than 1,000 students at McKinley Elementary School in Newark's Central Ward, had nothing but a virtual wasteland of asphalt for a playground. The new two-acre park that opened in 2003 includes a track, basketball court, grass playing field, swings and play equipment that is available to students and the community.
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Working with the Marine Corps Air Station and the SC Conservation Bank, TPL placed a conservation easement on the 375-acre McLeod Farms, now owned by Beaufort County.
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