Nearby: Allegheny Land Trust Receives $509,500 Grant for Former Pittsburgh Cut Flower Property
ALT is purchasing the 180-acre property in Richland Township for $1.4 million. It plans to protect more than 80 percent of the land, which is made up of ponds, streams, meadows and woodlands.
The pot of money to buy the former Pittsburgh Cut Flower property in Richland Township just got a whole lot bigger. The Allegheny Land Trust—which is under contract to buy the 180-acre property on Bakerstown Road in Richland Township—announced this week that it is the recipient of a $509,500 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. ALT contracted with Legacy Landings LLC, the current owner, to buy the property for $1.4 million and already has raised thousands of dollars toward that goal. Legacy Landings is working now to clean up the property of dilapidated greenhouses and other structures, some of which have hazardous materials in them like asbestos. The land trust plans to permanently protect more …
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