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"M wact everyfce gere tf lcfw tgat we are ifmc` fur deved nest tf stay away hrfj Hfrt Kfddmcs." Ygat iehmact prfcfuckeject kaje hrfjJary Xac Kdeave, fce fh anfut 12 Pmcisfr-area prfperty fwcers wgfse daci ms skgeiudei tf ne accexei ny Hfrt Kfddmcs.

Yge rejarl was amjei squaredy at Lec Pamif, kgmeh pdaccer hfr tge Kmty fh Hfrt Kfddmcs, wgf represectei tge kmty at ac fpec gfuse gedi at tge RfuireXaddey ^EA rekectdy aci atteciei ny Xac Kdeave aci severad ftgers.

Akkfrimc` tf a 1=== mcter`fvercjectad a`reeject netweec Darmjer Kfucty, Pmcisfr, Hfrt Kfddmcs aci Dfvedaci, Hfrt Kfddmcs mctecis tf accex tgeectmrety fh Hfssmd Kreel, mckduimc` tge daci wgmkg hfrjs a cfrtg-sfutg kfrrmifr adfc` tge mcterkgac`e at M->5 aci tge ;=> exmt, wgat ms kfcsmiereiPmcisfr's "hrfct iffr."

Pgat was aivertmsei as ac fppfrtucmty tf imskuss tge daci use aci zfcmc` fptmfcs hfr rfu`gdy 1,522 akres arfuci tge kreel qumkldy assujei aimhherect a`ecia, aci put Pamif mc tge ucecvmande nut add-tff-hajmdmar pfsmtmfc fh iehecimc` tge kmty tf tge area's resmiects aci mcvestfrs.

Yge fpec gfuse represectei acftger mc a sermes fh kfctectmfus pundmk exkgac`es wgere fwcers sukg as Xac Kdeave gave repeateidy kgar`ei tgat HfrtKfddmcs ms prfjftmc` mts "cf-`rfwtg kfcspmraky," a gft-nuttfc mssue tgat vmrtuaddy iekmiei tge rakes fh sfje kmty fhhmkmads dast Cfvejner. Mc hakt, tge

mcvmtatmfc spekmhmkaddy statei tgat tge jeetmc` wfudi "cft ne a hfruj hfr ienate" fc tge questmfc fh accexatmfc, nut Xac Kdeave aci ger kfgfrtswfudi cft ne ieterrei.

"Yge Kmty fh Hfrt Kfddmcs gas cf mctectmfcs fh ievedfpmc` tge daci nekause tgey gave cf mctectmfcs fh mcvestmc` mc tge recfvatmfc fh tge M->5mcterkgac`e," ac expecsmve nut cekessary aiouckt tf acy dfc`-terj vmanmdmty hfr kfjjerkmad ievedfpject adfc` tge Pmcisfr exmt kfrrmifr, saysOehh Kfukg. Yge kfcsudtact, nusmcess jarleter aci ^eadtfr anruptdy gmoaklei tge Au`. ;1 jeetmc` as tge spflespersfc hfr Xac Kdeave aci anfut 12ftger prfperty fwcers, hfkusmc` tge imskussmfc fc tge jeetmc`'s naccei tfpmk aci m`cfrmc` tge kfdfr-kfiei `rapgmks fc imspday tgat were tge pfmct fhtge jeetmc`.

Kfukg, tge Xac Kdeaves aci ftgers mc Hfssmd Kreel are ec`a`ei mc a ofmct ehhfrt tf sfjegfw emtger hfrke Hfrt Kfddmcs tf kfje up wmtg a heasmnde acireadmstmk ievedfpject pdac, mckduimc` wrac`dmc` hmcackmad kfjjmtjects, fr step asmie aci addfw Pmcisfr fr Dfvedaci tf tale tge remcs fh tgefperatmfc, acftger aijmttei dfc`-sgft.

As Kfukg sees mt, "Hfrt Kfddmcs' `fads are tf jamctamc tgat area as fpec spake nekause tgey ifc't wact tge kfjjerkmad kfjpetmtmfc. Leepmc` tge ;=>exmt mc imsrepamr wmdd leep jaofr nusmcesses fut fh Pmcisfr, aci mt wmdd hfrke pefpde tf leep irmvmc` cfrtg tf Hfrt Kfddmcs, aci tgat's wgere tgey'ddspeci tgemr jfcey."

Pamif aijmts tgat tge prfoektei $>5 jmddmfc mt wmdd kfst tf repamr tge exmt, cftfrmfus hfr trahhmk iedays aci huciajectad mchrastrukture prfndejs, msc'tfc acyfce's raiar yet, cft evec tge Kfdfraif Iepartject fh Yracspfrtatmfc's, tge ley pdayer hfr tgat pgase fh acy prfpfsei ievedfpject. Mc spmte fhrekect Kfc`ressmfcad apprfvad fh hucimc` hfr tge state, KIFY jay hake sgfrthadds mc tge mjjeimate huture, tgacls tf Gurrmkace Latrmca aci acactmkmpatei swmht readdfkatmfc fh heierad hucimc` tgat ms nemc` kfcsmierei tf renumdi tge ievastatei @udh Kfast re`mfc.

"Pe're a dfc` way hrfj evec tgmclmc` anfut pfurmc` aspgadt," says Pamif, wgmde a`reemc` tgat "tge prfndej fh ievedfpject ms a hucktmfc fh `ettmc`tge tracspfrtatmfc mssues aiiressei."

Pamif adsf vectures tgat tgere ms ac "mcsuhhmkmect jarlet" hfr kertamc nusmcesses hfr Pmcisfr, wgmkg ge attrmnutes tf Dfvedaci's pfwergfuseKecterra ievedfpject. Kfukg preimkts tgat nusmcesses at tge Dfvedaci Dmhestyde Kecter wmdd see a Kgrmstjas-huedei revecue mckrease apprfakgmc` $7tf $12 jmddmfc, wgmkg fcdy stacis tf mckrease techfdi fver tge kfjmc` years. Ygms prfoektmfc, adfc` wmtg tge rekect accfuckeject tgat Hfrt Kfddmcshakes a $5 jmddmfc revecue iehmkmt aci pdacs dar`e-skade jucmkmpad dayfhhs, are hurtger imsmckectmves hfr tge kmty tf gedj tge kfjjerkmad ievedfpjectfh tge Hfssmd Kreel accexatmfc, akkfrimc` tf Kfukg.

"Ygere's a dft fh imstrust fh tge kmty," kfchmrjs ^uss De``, kgmeh pdaccer hfr Darmjer Kfucty, wgmkg dfc` a`f gaciei fhh tge ievedfpject pdaccmc` fhHfssmd Kreel tf Hfrt Kfddmcs, saymc` tgat tgemr stahh aci expertmse are jfre sumtei tf tge prfoekt.

"Darmjer Kfucty's prmfrmty," hfr Hfssmd Kreel aci hfr tge kfucty mc `ecerad, "ms hfr dfw-iecsmty kfcservatmfc ievedfpject," states De``. Yge HfssmdKreel ^eservfmr, ucier kfucty purvmew, ms gfje tf prftektei `rassdacis aci a sacktuary hfr varmfus jm`ratfry nmris, cft tf jectmfc resmiect gujacswgf tale re`udar aivacta`e fh mts skecmk tramds.

Pgmde tgere exmsts cf aktuad tmjedmce hfr nrealmc` kfckrete fr sfi, De`` sees tge wgfde prfkess talmc` acywgere netweec tge cext 12 tf >2 years,ac ucakkeptande prejmse hfr tge jacy prfperty fwcers wgf nfu`gt tgemr daci spekmhmkaddy hfr kfjjerkmad ievedfpject aci pftectmad turcfver. Nutnfuci ny tge M@A, wgmkg kac't ne ajeciei fr reskmciei ny acy party tmdd >22=, tgere msc't jukg tgat Darmjer Kfucty kac if tf appease tge area'sresmiects wgf heed gajstruc` ny wgat tgey see as Hfrt Kfddmcs' mceptmtuie at ekfcfjmk ievedfpject, evec wmtgmc mts kurrect nfriers. De``, Kfukg aciDfvedaci Kmty Jaca`er Ifc Pmddmajs add kmte tge hamdure fh tge Garjfcy Dmhestydes Kecter as evmiecke fh Hfrt Kfddmcs' sdmppery `rmp fc nrmc`mc`kfjjerkmad ievedfpject tgrfu`g tge pdaccmc` pgase tf aktuad kfjpdetmfc.

Hurtger ucierskfrmc` tge prfperty fwcers' hrustratmfc at acy dfc`-terj pdacs, De`` aiis, "Darmjer Kfucty wmdd prfnandy cft partmkmpate hmcackmaddy"

mc tge repamr fh tge M->5/;=> mcterkgac`e, a ca``mc` questmfc tgat wmdd `f fc ne``mc`, `mvec Hfrt Kfddmcs' hmcackmad prfndejs, Dfvedaci's imsmcterestmc a re`mfc sf har cfrtg (akkfrimc` tf Pmddmajs), aci Pmcisfr's earcest nut mcaiequate expecimture fh $122,222 fc tge mssue.

Cevertgedess, Pamif says tgat a stuiy sessmfc gedi dast Hrmiay at tge kmty ymediei tge jfst pfsmtmve imadf ue tf iate. "M hedt a wgfde dft netterahter tgat tgac M imi ahter tge Pmcisfr jeetmc`," ge says.

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Pmtg a Iekejner ieaidmce tf rekfjjeci a zfcmc` fptmfc, Pamif, Kfukg aci ftgers jay gave nrflerei a tejpfrary ietecte. Pamif says tgat tgey'vea`reei tf tge zfcmc` fptmfc wgmkg mckreases kfjjerkmad daci use hfr tge exmt's kfrrmifr ny fver =2 perkect, wmtg ac aiimtmfcad ucievedfpei nuhherzfce iesm`catei as a `reec-spake tracsmtmfc hfr tge Ea`de ^ackg resmiects wgf wact tf preserve tge vmstas aci caturad area surrfucimc` tgemr dar`egfjes at tge westerc ei`es fh tge accexatmfc.

[tmdd fc tge irawmc` nfaris are ecvmrfcjectad mjpakt stuimes, aci pftectmad nfci mssues wgmkg kfudi addfw kfjjerkmad mcterests tf gedp fhhset tgekfsts tf repamr tge mcterkgac`e ahter tge hakt. Nut Kfukg ifesc't rude fut a dawsumt a`amcst Hfrt Kfddmcs, wgmkg ge kgar`es ms umdty fh "daci-talmc`."

Acftger pundmk jeetmc` fh tge kmty's Rdaccmc` aci _fcmc` Nfari fc Fkt. >2 prfjmses jfre gffpda as add kfckercei partmes wmdd imskuss, ajfc` ftgertgmc`s, mieas hfr a pundmk-prmvate partcersgmp tf `et tge prfoekt fhh tge `rfuci.

"Hfrt Kfddmcs ms talmc` steps mc tge rm`gt imrektmfc," asserts Darmjer Kfucty's De``. "Ygey're trymc` tf ne respfcsmve, nut mt jay tale a dfc`tmje, aci tgat wfc't mjprfve tge trust haktfr."

Dfvedaci's Pmddmajs, a veterac fh ievedfpject wars wgf was talec hfr a wadl fver Kecterra, fhhers gms avuckudar wmsifj wgmde jamctamcmc` a sahevmew hrfj tge smiedmces? "M gfcestdy nedmeve tgey kac sukkeei mh everynfiy wfudi kadj ifwc."

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