[MR] Land Land, Give me lots of Land

[Malone, Nicholas S.]

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There has been well enough hinting. I have some basic knowledge of land,
law's and 501(c)3's and can help but is there anyone out there that wants to
organize a private or NFP, land fund/Investment ?

Nicholas S. Malone
Information Systems Supervisor
Virginia Department of Transportation
Transportation Planning Division
1401 East Broad Street, Room 113
Richmond, VA 23219
P: 804.786.1124
F: 804.225.4785
Nicholas.Malone at VirginiaDOT.org



> -----Original Message-----
> From: clevin at ripco.com [mailto:clevin at ripco.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 12:12 PM
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: RE: [MR] interesting new site (fwd)
>
>
>
> > 	Yes and No. Yes it would be good to have and there have recently
> > been at least one start-up and several inquiries into the
> process. No it
> > should not be Atlantian, if it is too connected to a NFP
> operation then I
> > believe that the red-tape and committee structures will
> keep it from ever
> > happening. The ones of these that work are all privately
> owned by people who
> > want to work with the SCA, i.e.. Pennsic.
>
> I know that the former "West Kingdom Land Fund" has been split
> off from the SCA as a separate non-profit entity, in order to
> preserve its funds in case something happened to the SCA, Inc.
> itself. I can't see a reason why that'd be a problem. After all,
> lots of other non-profits (churches, BSA councils, etc.) hold
> campgrounds, and we've leased these properties for events many
> times. Any "Atlantian Land Fund" property would probably have to
> do likewise-that is, lease not just to SCA groups (though perhaps
> at a discount), but also to other groups or even individuals
> seeking to enjoy the fresh air.
>
> I'm not well-versed in how campgrounds are run, but something
> tells me that it's as complex as any other development.
>
> > 	Now a great research project would be to locate these
> campgrounds,
> > lands, timeshares etc, and their owners in order to compare
> services, costs,
> > designs, business models etc. Maybe even a cooperative
> mailing list and a
> > cooperative advertising web page.
>
> Wish I had the time, because it does sound nifty to do...:-\
>
> Pedro
>
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