Two options are available for downloading the booklet Balancing Our Heritage with Our Horizons.  Option one is to download the entire document.  The problem with this option is that the file is very large (617KB)--primarily attibutable to the color cover.  Option two is to download only the contents of the booklet.  This option will not include the cover, but it will be a much smaller file (125KB).  You can still view the cover information by looking below.

You must have have Adobe® Acrobat® installed to read the files for either option one or option two.  If you do not have Adobe® Acrobat® you can download it for free from the following Web site: www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html

Option #1: Download the entire booklet in PDF form. (Warning: The file is 617KB in size.)
Option #2: Download only the contents of  the booklet (in PDF format). (125KB)

You can obtain a free printed version of the booklet by contacting the Saline County Extension Center either by phone (660-886-6908), by e-mail (salineco@missouri.edu) or in person at the offices at 153 South Odell in Marshall (8 AM to noon, 1 PM to 4:30 PM, M-F).

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Contents

The contents of the land use public issue forum booklet Balancing Our Heritage with Our Horizons are provided as a PDF file.

Click here to view the contents as a PDF file.  The PDF file is 125KB in size.

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The Saline County Study Steering Committee would like to acknowledge and thank the Saline County Commission for their support of the Saline County Study and the Land Use Public Issue Forum Committee.

The Saline County Study Steering Committee would also like to acknowledge the assistance of others who have been involved in one way or another with the Saline County Study. This includes: Tim Simmons, Patti Carr , David Perkins, Corey Lyon, Russell Dehn, Dennis DiPietre, Vince Burke, Daryl Hobbs, Jerry Organ, Stan Wood, Jim Meyer , John Lory, John Hoehne, Charles Fulhage, Mubarak Hamed, Anna Kovalyova, Mel Zielinski and Jim Scott.

The LUPIF Committee also acknowledges the valuable background information provided in the publication, Land Use Conflict: When City and Country Clash.

The LUPIF committee acknowledges and thanks Pat Smith, editor in the Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA), for the special contribution to this publication.

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For copies of this booklet or to volunteer to help with discussion groups, please contact the Saline County University Outreach and Extension Center at 660-886-6908.

Further Reading and Additional Information Sources

Saline County Study web site: http://www.cares.missouri.edu/salinecounty/
American Farmland Trust web site: http://www.farmland.org
American Planning Association web site (books on land use): http://www.planning.org/bookstore