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m: <br />Message From The Editor <br />Z hIS is the INAL CL R,\L ISSI E OF GREiZNStNSt. A NEWSLETTER FOR <br />Citizens, public ofticids. business people, and professionals about public hindinc to con­ <br />serve disnncnv e natural, histone, recreational, scienntic. and scenic resources <br />Great chance is underway in the value .\mencans place on their ieeaev ol parks <br />and open spaces. This is ex'ideni on the ground in communities across the nanon. in the <br />large number of citizen groups working to sa\ e special places, and in mcrea>ed pnv ate <br />donations for local conserv anon pro»eci.«. It is also e\ ident in the arrival oJ a neu era tor <br />public funding tor parks and open space <br />Increasinglw parks and recreation are seen as green infrastructure *— basic <br />investments that make a communin* work. Public dollars, while far from adequate, arc <br />beginning to reflect this growing recognition. .\n electronic search of news anicies <br />about proposed and recent communin* and state funding for parks and open space in <br />199^ turned up over .o.OOO hits, lust through .August* <br />GREENSKNSE will’ <br />• Exchance information about public financing strategics tor land conservation <br />• Examine the national implirations of these local conserv ation funding efforts <br />• Build networks among people developing innov anve conserv arion finance approaches. <br />GhEEINS en SE vsill emphasize state and local spending — because that s where <br />much of the money is <br />\V*e want to hear from vou. How* did vou find the money to fund a land project? <br />Tell us about vour search and vour solutions. \A*e will try to answer your questions <br />about others* strategies, or pose them to our readers in this column <br />And we are micrcsied in your comments about Gre ENS en SE. W hat ideas and <br />suggestions do v ou hav e for making ^REENS ens E a useful forum for c.Nchanging <br />information on conservation funding .' <br />The E-mail address is greensense@igc.apc.org Or write Editor. Gr EENS en SE. <br />1616 P Street. .VW*. Suite -415. Washington. D.C 20036. or call (202) 79“.S-^02 S <br />Published bv: <br />TRUST The Trust for Public Land <br />PUBLIC <br />LAND <br />Editorial address: <br />Phyllis Alvers. Editor <br />C O State Resource Strategies <br />1616 P Street. N W. Suite 415 <br />Washington. D C. 20056 <br />(202) 797-5^02 <br />116 New Montgomen* Street <br />Fourth Floor <br />San Francisco. CA 9-4105 <br />(415) 495-4014 <br />Jh9 Trv« for Public Umi a s nociptofit orf«munon O 1994 Thm Tniw for Public Lam I sad <br />tbsi bdpt *nd ctMuauaiiy froupt act^uire Ph\'Ui* Mvari. Stair Rrtourcr StrBiSfwt <br />and pePMCt conaervaaon lands for public uia. All nfbis rwrvrd. <br />Gr EENS ens E is disiribuied as a complimentan' service to public <br />finance and conierv'anon professionals. To order, call (800) 0 H-L.AND. <br />/wC' ct*niuuuu^ frt'0fu t\uu' / <br />of \*Mn of underifivYstmenc.% <br />Lawxnakers also provided S19 million <br />tor buvine land in the Pine Barrens <br />and .Adirondack Park, gave the <br />Hudson River Creenway CATuncil and <br />Conservanev budgets a nice b<x>st. and <br />Jan • .\W 1^*^ Jan • .NW 1995 <br />iiMt <br />A ter* <br />adopted a statewide Open Space Plan, <br />developed with extensive citizen input. <br />10 guide suic and local spending. <br />• Delaware directed a third of its S60 <br />million surplus 10 state parks. The $20 <br />million appropriation replaces bonds <br />scheduled for nc.vt v*ear. The upfront <br />cash, supponed by the govc -nor and <br />fiscal adv'isors. adds interest dollars to <br />Delawares land buving program and <br />saves bonding transaction costs B