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Cache County buys nearly 1,000 acres including Sherwood Hills and Chambers Farm; HB 237 boosts future open-space funding
Summary
County staff described purchases including 470 county-owned acres at Sherwood Hills (plus 300 privately acquired by a donor) and a 557-acre Chambers Farm acquisition for about $1.9 million; the meeting also covered HB 237, which redirects greenbelt rollback taxes into a county open-space fund that could add roughly $900,000/year on average.
Staff updated the advisory committee on recent Cache County land acquisitions and the county’s evolving funding picture for open space. The county purchased 470 acres in the Sherwood Hills/Wellsville area while a private buyer (Mark Thompson) purchased an adjacent roughly 300-acre parcel; combined, nearly 800 acres will be preserved in that corridor.
Staff said the county spent about $7.5 million on the Sherwood purchase but leveraged partner contributions: Wellsville City provided $1,000,000, the state Outdoor Recreation grant contributed $2,000,000, and Mark Thompson donated $500,000 toward the county acres. That combination reduced the…
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