$1.16 billion in new land protection funding approved by voters in 2001. (Rec Room).Voters in 2001 approved 159 state and local ballot measures, committing $1.16 billion in new funding for parks and open space conservation, according to the Trust for Public Land (TPL 1. TPL - Table Producing Language. "The Bureau of Labor Statistics Table Producing Language (TPL)", R.C. Mendelssohn, Proc ACM Annual Conf (1974). 2. TPL - Fleming Nielson. A concurrent functional language. 3. ) and the Land Trust Alliance (LTA LTA Land Transport Authority LTA Land Trust Alliance LTA Lawn Tennis Association LTA Lost Time Accident LTA Lighter-Than-Air LTA Lieutenant (Singapore military) LTA Lipoteichoic Acid LTA Lymphotoxin-Alpha ). Sixty-seven percent of the referenda presented to voters was approved during the year. Nearly 1.3 million individuals cast votes on November 6 alone in favor of increased open space funding in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington. The number increases when you add two mail-in referenda in California. Among the largest measures approved on November 6 were: * $200 million in Morris County, New Jersey Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 25 mi (40 km) west of New York City. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 470,212, and grew to 493,160 as of the Census Bureau's 2006 estimate.[]. , for open space, recreation, and farmland preservation * $115 million in Colorado for the state's Great Outdoors Colorado program * $80 million in Houston for acquisitions of and additions and improvements to parks and recreational facilities * $60 million in Harris County, Texas Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of 2000 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 3.4 million (though a 2006 estimate placed the population at nearly 3. , for acquisition and development of parks * $50 million in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey Old Bridge Township is a Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 60,456. What is now Old Bridge Township was originally incorporated as Madison Township , for open space acquisition * $43 million in Douglas County, Colorado Douglas County is the eighth most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county, sometimes nicknamed Dougco, is located midway between Colorado's two largest cities: Denver and Colorado Springs. , for open space protection Results in 2001 compare favorably to the support for open space evidenced at the ballot box in recent years. From 1998 to 2000, voters approved approximately $17.6 billion for open space protection. Complete open space election results are available through LandVote 2001, an online service of the LTA and TPL, which is accessible through either www.tpl. org, or www.lta.org. The LandVote 2001 database is a partnership of TPL and LTA. |
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