Star Tribune Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:00:47 GMT
Dakota County: A natural approach to parks
Dakota County is planning ahead to ensure that green spaces stay that way. It's newest regional park is the latest example. ... Olson, whose family has owned this property north of Farmington for decades, is in the glacially slow process of selling it to Dakota County as the centerpiece of a major new regional park to be known as Vermillion Highlands. And he wanted to show off its centerpiece, a man-made lake created by his father and wryly dubbed "Lake Inferior." "The name," he said, "started as a joke -- and stuck." The land became available for public use when his mother died a few years ago, leaving her heirs to work out what to do with the family property: Split it up? Share it? Sell it? That scenario is being played out all across the southern metro area these days. Scott County, after decades without buying any parkland, has acquired 700 acres in the past four years -- and is angling for more. Carver County, eyeing potential sites, is actively considering accelerating its acquisitions by decades, asking voters to raise taxes to do so.
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