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"Conservation Development." Other cities, environmental and planning organizations, <br />and the development community, are turning to Lino Lakes to find out how we're making <br />it work. <br />The idea was to provide design flexibility in creating new neighborhoods to achieve <br />desired public values. Our first "Conservation Development" is underway. It has received <br />much attention because it is environmentally sustainable, and workable. Our "Parks, <br />Natural Open Space /Greenways, and Trail System Plan" can be implemented and paid <br />for largely with private development dollars. <br />In the past year our city staff has been asked to speak about conservation development at <br />conferences sponsored by the Regional Greenways Collaborative, the Minnesota <br />Recreation and Park Association, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the <br />American Planning Association, and Minnesota Land Trust. <br />The Pioneer Press recently reported on the Foxborough Estates conservation development <br />in Lino Lakes. <br />So, we now have a plan and a way to implement that plan. We are proud of our progress. <br />We have tools, resources and experience we did not have 10 years ago. <br />Since 2003, the city has increased funding for trail development. We have partnered with <br />Anoka County to provide a paved trail segment connecting the Town Center with the <br />regional park trail system. Soon, residents will be able to get from Pheasant Hills to city <br />hall and the YMCA via off -road trails. <br />4 <br />