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  • The approach allowed Maryland to increase spending on school construction, as well as to continue robust funding for Chesapeake Bay restoration, open-space and other environmental programs during the worst years of the downturn.

    Maryland may need 56-percent property tax hike to cover state debt, report says Aaron C. Davis 2011

  • The property's owners balked at the open-space plan, but it wasn't until a developer teamed up with one land holder in a proposal to build 19 soccer fields and a "Latino-oriented shopping mall" that tensions arose.

    Land Battle Stirs Richmond David Ferry 2011

  • The Race Street Pier, which opened this past May, is an example of how the city is reclaiming its river edge, and this finger-like promenade, jutting out into the Delaware River is a harbinger of other open-space improvements that will be dotted along the river at half-mile intervals.

    Charles A. Birnbaum: City Shaping III: The Philadelphia Story Charles A. Birnbaum 2011

  • The Race Street Pier, which opened this past May, is an example of how the city is reclaiming its river edge, and this finger-like promenade, jutting out into the Delaware River is a harbinger of other open-space improvements that will be dotted along the river at half-mile intervals.

    Charles A. Birnbaum: City Shaping III: The Philadelphia Story Charles A. Birnbaum 2011

  • The property's owners balked at the open-space plan, but it wasn't until a developer teamed up with one land holder in a proposal to build 19 soccer fields and a "Latino-oriented shopping mall" that tensions arose.

    Land Battle Stirs Richmond David Ferry 2011

  • In New York state, funding for the Environmental Protection Fund, about half of which is designated for open-space conservation, was cut to $134 million from $205 million in the 2008-09 budget year.

    Real-Estate Crash Aids the Green Movement Laura Kusisto 2012

  • The lakes have the added benefit as open-space landscaping.

    How to Build a Greener City Michael Totty 2011

  • Senior executives at companies such as Gillette, ING Direct, and Zappos all sit in open-space environments.

    Be Excellent at Anything Tony Schwartz 2010

  • In an open-space dorm with lots of beds, the slimiest dude in a crew would sleep somewhere off in the middle so he could be away from the drama when it popped off.

    Magic City Trick Daddy 2010

  • In an open-space dorm with lots of beds, the slimiest dude in a crew would sleep somewhere off in the middle so he could be away from the drama when it popped off.

    Magic City Trick Daddy 2010

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