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Texas takes legal action to save Fairfield Lake State Park
Read full article: Texas takes legal action to save Fairfield Lake State ParkThe Texas Parks and Wildlife Department began the legal process of eminent domain to seize the former state park and save it from being turned into an upscale subdivision. The agency had offered a Dallas-based developer $103 million for it.
Dallas developer starts construction at former Fairfield Lake State Park despite threat of land seizure
Read full article: Dallas developer starts construction at former Fairfield Lake State Park despite threat of land seizureTodd Interests, which plans to turn the former park into a high-end subdivision, has a week left to respond to the state’s final offer for the property.
At a shuttered Texas coal mine, a 1-acre garden is helping feed 2,000 people per month
Read full article: At a shuttered Texas coal mine, a 1-acre garden is helping feed 2,000 people per monthThe garden in the middle of a 35,000-acre former mine is supplying thousands of pounds of fresh produce to families in three counties that have few grocery stores.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department opts for eminent domain to save Fairfield Lake State Park
Read full article: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department opts for eminent domain to save Fairfield Lake State ParkWith only three days left on the state’s lease, the agency unanimously voted to condemn almost 5,000 acres in Freestone County in an effort to keep the park open to the public after developers purchased the property to build a gated community.