Vineyard Land Bank Buys Quansoo Lot from Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation

"Land Bank Buys SMF Lot, Gains Quansoo Access"
The Martha’s Vineyard Times, April 3, 2008
By Nelson Sigelman

MARTHA’S VINEYARD -- The Sheriff's Meadow Foundation (SMF) on Friday announced it had agreed to sell a six-acre lot off Quansoo Road in Chilmark on Tisbury Great pond to the Martha's Vineyard Land Bank. The sale marks the first property transfer between the Island's two largest conservation organizations, one a private nonprofit, the other a public conservation agency.

The selling price is $3 million. As part of the purchase the Land Bank will gain rights to a public walking trail on an adjoining 145-acre farm, along with access to the Tisbury Great Pond shoreline. ...

The Quansoo lot is part of a 145-acre farm Florence "Flipper" Harris gave to Sheriff's Meadow. According to a press release from SMF, the sale of the lot was provided for in Mrs. Harris' will, in order to provide an endowment for the stewardship of the remainder of the farm. ... ©

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