<p>*County's bid for Gambrills site wins initial approval *</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.farm05jun05,0,6798749.story?coll=bal-local-arundel%5B/url%5D">http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.farm05jun05,0,6798749.story?coll=bal-local-arundel</a></p>
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Anne Arundel County will seek to convert the former Naval Academy Dairy Farm into a community garden and botanical garden after its bid for the prized 857 acres won initial approval yesterday.</p>
<p>The county will begin exclusive lease negotiations with the Navy on June 25, said Navy spokesman John S. Verrico. If a final agreement is reached, the county will solicit ideas from the public on the future of the Gambrills farm....
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<p>...and another era passes. :(</p>
<p>Where do the drinks and milk come now? Ice cream stopped coming from the dairy back in my day.</p>
<p>Reckon my milk containers just became collectors items...</p>
<p>Meeting scheduled for comments on conceptual plan</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-ar.dairy11jul11,0,2912669.story?coll=bal-local-arundel%5B/url%5D">http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-ar.dairy11jul11,0,2912669.story?coll=bal-local-arundel</a></p>
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Pledging to maximize public input on the future of the former Naval Academy dairy farm, Anne Arundel County officials will detail their conceptual plan for farming and recreation there at a town hall meeting within the coming weeks.</p>
<p>In a briefing before the County Council, county officials said yesterday they hope to sign a lease with the Navy by Nov. 30 and open a park next year....
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<p>Most of 857-acre site will remain a farm</p>
<p>Navy</a> dairy farm lease finalized - Naval Academy - (HometownAnnapolis.com)</p>
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The county and the Navy have settled on the final terms of the lease for the former Naval Academy Dairy Farm in Gambrills.</p>
<p>Under the lease, the county will control the dairy for 30 years and will likely create botanical and community gardens, an education building and will sublet most of the 857-acre property to a resident farmer....
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<p>Council</a> gives final OK to leasing Navy farm -- baltimoresun.com</p>
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Anne Arundel County took the final step toward acquiring control of the former Naval Academy Dairy Farm in Gambrills, with the County Council's approval of a 30-year lease with the U.S. Navy.</p>
<p>Under the terms of the lease, which goes into effect Feb. 1, the county will pay $240,000 a year for the 857-acre property, which had been considered for a state horse farm, a recreational community center and a sand-and-gravel operation....
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