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2006 Local Open Space Intiatives by County


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County Township Description Vote
Bucks East Rockhill Township .125 percent earned income tax increase for the purchase of open space, farmland and recreational lands Passsed - 53% to 47$
Springfield Township $5.0 million Bond to buy easements to preserve open space Passed - 74% to 26%
Wrightstown Township $1.5 millionĀ  Bond for the preservation of open space Passed - 78% to 22%
Warwick Township $7.0 Million Bond for the preservation of open space, farmland and parks Passed - 72% to 28%
Chester East Vincent Township .2 percent earned income tax increase for open space, parks, and farmland Passed - 55% to 45%
London Grove Township .25 of one percent earned income tax increase for the purchase of land for the protection, preservation and conservation of open space Passed - 51% to 49%
Pocoposon Township 1 mill property tax increase for the purchase of open space Failed - 64% to 36%
West Vincent Township 1 to 1.25% earned income tax increase for the purchase of open space Passed - 70% to 30%
East Pikeland Township .25 percent earned income tax increase for the preservation of open space Passed - 65% to 35%
Elk Township .5 percent earned income tax increase for the preservation of open space, farmland, and historic lands Passed - 65% to 35%
Schuylkill Township .25 percent earned income tax increase for the preservation of open space Passed - 64% to 36%
Delaware Radnor Township Bond for the preservation of open space and recreational lands Passed - 78% to 22%
Monroe Paradise Township .25 percent earned income tax increase for the purchase of open space, conservation easements, and recreational lands Passed - 72% to 28%
Middle Smithfield Township .25 percent earned income tax increase for the acquisition of open space, farmland, and recreational lands Failed - 44% to 56%
Montgomery Upper Merion Townshiop Bond for the purchase of open space Passed - 85% to 15%
New Hanover Township .15 percent earned income tax increase for open space Passed - 57% to 43%
Upper Dublin Township Bond for the acquisition of land and/or easements to protect natural and cultural resources Passed - 64% to 36%
Upper Pottsgrove Township .25 percent earned income tax increase to buy and preserve open space Passed - 60% to 40%
Whitemarsh Township .25 percent income tax increase for the preservation of open space and farmland Passed - 60% to 40%
Northampton Lower Mount Bethel Township .25% earned income tax to fund open space preservation Passed - 76% to 24%
Lower Saucon Township 5-year, .25 percent earned income tax increase for the preservation of open space, farmland and recreational lands Passed - 60% to 40%
Plainfield Township .25 percent earned income tax increase to purchase land, easements and property rights Failed - 42% to 58%


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