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THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND <br /> Transaction Services Fact Sheet <br /> Working with TPL <br /> The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is a national nonprofit land conservation organization <br /> founded in 1972 to protect land for the public's use and enjoyment. TPL's goal is to conserve <br /> land for people, which it accomplishes through several programs. Its principal program is <br /> acquiring lands suitable for open space and parks and conveying them to public agencies for <br /> ownership and management. TPL also provides training and technical assistance to citizens, land <br /> trusts and government agencies to strengthen their land conservation activities. <br /> TPL helps public agencies accomplish their land acquisition priorities. We respond to the land <br /> conservation agenda of public agencies and the communities where people live, work and play. <br /> This fact sheet answers some of the common questions about how TPL works. <br /> How does TPL.work with the government to protect land? <br /> TPL works with government agencies at their invitation or at the invitation of landowners <br /> to acquire land for conservation and public use. TPL provides valuable assistance in the <br /> following ways: <br /> Buying Time. Because of budgetary, staffing and legal constraints, public agencies are <br /> frequently not in a position to act when important parcels of land become available. In active <br /> real estate markets, timing is critical. As an independent private organization, TPL responds <br /> quickly to opportunities to secure land for conservation and "bridges" the gap between the time <br /> the land is available and the time public purchase is possible. TPL brings extra hands and minds <br /> to assist over-extended government staffs. <br /> Complex Acquisition Challenges. Public agencies often do not have the time or staffing <br /> capacity to work through complex acquisition issues. This is one of TPL's strengths. TPL's <br /> project staff is supported by financial and legal specialists with experience in sorting out the <br /> complexities of real estate transactions, such as those arising from title problems, disputed water <br /> rights, zoning uncertainties, hazardous waste contamination and litigation. <br /> 1 <br />