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Reconnecting
the Land
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Allegheny Land Trust Purchases Wingfield Pines
Community Conservation in Action
USC
Citizens for Land Stewardship was a major supporter of the acquisition
of the former Wingfield Pines Golf Course and Swimming Club by the
Allegheny Land Trust for land conservation purposes. This
page
and those that follow are intended to recall the history of this
project for current readers. |
With a few strokes of a pen, the Wingfield Pines
property was conserved forever when Allegheny Land Trust closed on the
property on Friday, January 28, 2001. Thanks to months of negotiating,
volumes of grant proposals and the shear determination of dozens of
people who dedicated their time and money, the vision of the property
as protected open space is now a reality!
There were several moments in 2000 when it looked
bleak, but each time the community responded with contributions to keep
the project moving. As the purchase deadline neared, ALT was facing a
$100,000 gap in funding. To meet contractual deadlines with the seller
and to avoid the possibility of losing the property, ALT decided to
borrow the funds, something the trust has not done before.
Be sure to visit this wonderful
piece of local open space and to thank ALT for taking the necessary
bold steps it made to close the deal. Today Wingfield Pines
is the home of a unique abandoned mine drainage purification system.
For information and directions, click: Wingfield
Pines, Allegheny Land Trust, located in Upper St. Clair
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