Near my house is an old abandoned trail. It was about 300 acres that Aetna Insurance Company bought and turned into a park for its employees, but they left about a year later.

So now it's blocked off (to most people), but it has a beautiful brook running through it, four or five unique trails, two old baseball diamonds, a picnicking area, and parking for well over 1000 vehicles.

And nobody can touch it because Aetna still owns it.

How would I go about writing a proposal to my local government to convince them to buy and maintain the land? I mean, I live in a pretty big suburb, and this place is right near a bike path and about 10 different condominium communities, so there's definitely a big population that would use this place. It's so beautiful, it just seems such a waste to not let the people explore.

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