(131 quotes found)
“The biggest thing for me is preserving the habitat. An estimated 2,500 acres a day (nationwide) is lost to malls and subdivision. We are trying to preserve some place for the wild animals to call home.”
Wayne McCants
“These 60 acres will be regenerated with houses, sports facilities and leisure facilities as well as a world-class stadium.”
David Gold
“This is February, and we've got a 2,500-acre fire burning like it was June and caused by a campfire. When the forest and other land management agencies start saying their fire restrictions are in place, please listen.”
Wendell Peacock
“Years ago a town would have, on average, 20 acres annexed in a given year. Last year alone 120 acres were annexed. The rate is happening faster and the parcels that are going are bigger. Which I don't think bodes well for the town.”
Dave Combs
“Going from an agricultural zoning of a minimum 10 acres to one acre lots is a huge change. It's more in the best interest of the developer; it's not in the best interest of the community.”
David Holtz
“On Game Day, the Grove, a shaded 11-acre park in the middle of the Ole Miss campus, is filled with medieval-style tents as many tailgaters hire students or locals to set up as early as 6 a.m.,”
Dave Hollingsworth
“People with 20 acres of lava and sagebrush have been stuck.”
Dave Hunnicutt
“Our clients are everyday folks. We don't represent big corporations; we represent the husband and wife who have 80 acres of land they want to divide and they can't under Oregon's land-use laws.”
“Sixty-five acres is a lot of land, and an expensive piece of land.”
Will Beaton