WEST VINCENT TOWNSHIP LAND TRUST
In January 1999 the WEST VINCENT LAND TRUST, INC. was officially incorporated and recognized as a tax exempt organization. This organization intends to:
- serve the needs of West Vincent Township in the preservation, conservation and stewardship of open space including agriculturally productive lands and natural areas.
- assist the Supervisors and Planning Commission in decisions regarding open space planning and land acquisition.
- provide assistance to landowners in the Township who wish to pursue conservation objectives in their long and short term plans for their properties.
- establish an “Endowment Fund” to provide operating revenue for stewardship and planning activities.
- serve as a liaison with conservation and historic preservation organizations, such as the French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust and Green Valleys Association and promote the services that they can offer.
- purchase development rights, accept lands, conservation easements and trails from donors, including developers and establish management procedures with Homeowners Association
- provide an organization to accept ownership of existing trail easements created under subdivision.
- carry out the purposes and programs as more fully set forth in the Articles of Incorporatio
The 9-member board of the Land Trust consists of:
one member from the Board of Supervisors
one member from the Planning Commission
one member from the EAC
two members from the conservation community
(e.g. - French & Pickering Creeks
Conservation Trust, Green Valleys Association,
etc.)
four members from the
community at large
Monthly meetings are held at the Township Building on the first Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. The annual meeting is held the second Tuesday of June.
The current West Vincent Land Trust Board:
Zoe Perkins, Chairperson
Jake Scott, Vice Chairman
Joseph Vasile, Treasurer
Sara Shick
James Bentley
Robert Casciato
John Eldridge
Donna Hartnett