[Michigan_LT] FW: Never hold title in your name

[BLonik13 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/14/07 12:27:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Lorna408 at aol.com writes:


> Washtenaw is called land trust

A bit of history:  what is now called Washtenaw Land Trust started in the 
early 1970s as the Washtenaw Land Conservacy, which did a few notable projects 
but was mostly inactive by the 1990s.  Another group, the Potawatomi Community 
Land Trust, incorporated in 1989 and became the active group in Washtenaw 
County.  The two organizations merged in the late 1990s, first becoming the 
Washtenaw-Potawatomi Land Trust and finally WLT.  When the final name changes were 
being pursued, there was a desire by the state to have "conservancy" used 
instead of "trust" for the reasons Lorna cited.  An influential board member was 
able to convince the state that the word trust should be continued and prevailed. 
 My understanding is that any new organization that forms is supposed to use 
conservancy.

Hope that helps!

Barry Lonik


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