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Article: Voorhees, N.J., Golf Course Saga Illustrates Difficulties of Open-Space Drives.

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By Cynthia Burton, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 11--VOORHEES, N.J.--Sometime after midnight on Nov. 8, 2001, a weary township planning board gave preliminary approval to the property owner's plans to allow 217 homes on the 156-acre Kresson Golf Course.

Nothing so unusual about that. Except that the board's decision -- which vastly increased the market value of the land -- came even as the mayor, Camden County and the state were negotiating to buy the golf course for open space. If they succeed, any increase in the price will land in the laps of taxpayers.

The golf course, owned by the Aducat family, ...

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