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Centennial farm owner tells board city road plans threaten family farm; cites state farmland preservation funding
Summary
A longtime farmer said proposed road work and past condemnations have taken significant portions of his family's land and urged the board to avoid further takings; he referenced a state Farmland Preservation Fund and expressed concern about access and business impacts.
Philip Kelly, a lifelong farmer who said his family's property has been farmed for 130 years, addressed the Board of Mayor and Aldermen during public comment to oppose a proposed road alignment that he said would take a third of a 30-acre tract and has previously led the city to condemn portions of his family's land.
"Our farm has been our family a hundred and 30 years. It's a century farm,"…
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