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Land Buy Keeps 177 Hays County Acres From Development

AUSTIN-The city of Austin and Hill Country Conservancy have partnered to add to the bank of land removed from the path of construction.

By Tim Green | Updated on February 12, 2002

AUSTIN-The Hill Country Conservancy, in partnership with the city of Austin, has bought 177 acres in Hays County to preclude the possibility that the land would be developed. The transaction preserves environmentally sensitive land and protects the city’s water quality, according to the city and the conservancy.

The conservancy bought the property on the north side of Onion Creek from John and Janie Orr with a portion of $13.4 million earmarked for the acquisition of open land by Austin voters in November 2000. The transaction is the first under the Open Spaces Proposition, which adds to the 14,818 acres of environmentally sensitive land the city has already acquired. HCC and the city will co-manage the property.

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