User:Martha Forsyth/Madison Meadow

"See User:Martha Forsyth/Madison Meadow/longversion for something that could be worked into an independent article. The page as it stands here will be incorporated into Eugene Oregon (oops...not including the 'Further Reading'."

In the fall of 2003, neighbors noticed that "an unassuming two-acre remnant orchard tucked into the Friendly Area Neighborhood" had been put up for sale by its owner, a resident of New York City. Learning that a prospective buyer had plans to build several houses on the property, they formed a non-profit organization called Madison Meadow in June of 2004 in order to buy the property and "preserve it as undeveloped space in perpetuity." In 2007 their effort was named Third Best Community Effort,, and by the end of 2008 they had raised enough money to purchase the property.