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Guilford Receives Open Space Grant Money From State
This is the last "central inholding" that will protect an established forest block that has been utilized by the public.
GUILFORD, CT - Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that $4.8 million in state grants are being awarded to support the purchase of 1,139 acres of land for 15 projects in 14 Connecticut municipalities that the state will designate to be preserved as open space.
One of those projects is in Guilford.
Town: Guilford
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Project Title: Westwoods
Sponsor: Guilford Land Conservation Trust
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Grant: $162,500
Acreage: 32.18 acres
Description: This is the last "central inholding" that will protect an established forest block that has been utilized by the public and maintained as open space, known as Westwoods. The Westwoods open space area has received several grants from this program in the past. Westwood is a forest block of over 1,000 acres made up of land owned by the State (Cockaponset State Forest), the Guilford Land Conservation Trust, and the Town of Guilford.
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