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Oxford Receives Open Space Grant Money From State
Oxford will receive more than $1 million in state grant money to buy 32 acres for the open space project.

OXFORD, 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 grants is for Oxford.
Town: Oxford
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Project Title: Schreiber Farm Open Space
Sponsor: Town of Oxford
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Grant: $1,105,000
Acreage: 132 acres
Description: Located along Quaker Farms Road (4,500+/- feet frontage) the property is characterize by its undulating terrain with extensive wetlands and gravel soils that has been used for agriculture purposes (open fields and prime farmland soils). The Eight Mile Brook that is buffered by early successional habitats and supports listed species runs the length of this parcel feeding and draining two ponds. This property is also the location of an aquifer for the Town of Oxford.
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