Over the years, a few houses have been built on the lower slopes of Garret Mountain, and a few sizable tracts were privately owned.
After years of aggressive rezoning and more than a decade of environmental cleanup, sizable tracts of land along nearly 600 miles of waterfront in all five boroughs are positioned for development.
A large temple also owned sizable tracts of land and employed thousands of laymen to supply its needs.
The western site is among the last sizable tracts open to development in the 2.5 square mile community.
Jackie Lykins, an assessment official in Marquette County, booted up her computer and displayed some of the dozens of sizable tracts of timberland — parcels ranging from 40 acres to 400 — that were sold last year to buyers from other states.
The reasons include high operating costs, community hostility and soaring land values as developers scramble for sizable tracts of land on which to build housing, shopping malls and office buildings.
Through its power of eminent domain, the state has been able to set aside sizable tracts of land to protect watersheds, prevent soil erosion, allow natural regeneration to take place, and preserve habitats, species, and biodiversity.
In one farsighted move, Brazil has set aside sizable tracts in the Amazon as Indian reserves, thereby giving stewardship to the indigenous peoples who have long lived in harmony with the forest.
"The whites want us off these islands," said Jasper Barnes, one of the few blacks on St. Simons who still holds sizable tracts of land.
I am currently unemployed but have a sizable trust fund.
