Maho Bay land update

Since yesterday’s Beach Break was Maho, a little update on preserving that area of the island. Remember the rich guy that almost bought hundreds of acres of land across the road from Maho and was going to build a think tank resort and put a big dock in the bay? That fell through last year. But saving this land isn’t quite a done deal yet. The Trust for Public Land is THIS CLOSE (use your best Maxwell Smart accent) to buying all this land. (Most of it is owned by heirs to the original owner, who have tried for years to subdivide and sell it.) TPL has raised $24.5 million to buy the 415 acres of untouched land that rolls over several hillsides and down to the beach. It says it doesn’t yet have quite enough (not specific). TPL intends to donate that land to the VINP and, if it pulls it off, it’d be the biggest land deal for the Park since the Rockefeller deal in the ‘50’s. Read a little about the Trust for Public Land’s vision, and maybe consider the pledge form to support it, here.

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