The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $400,327.20 for the business week ending on Friday, July 31, 2020. The land bank receives its funds from a two per cent fee charged on many Vineyard real estate transactions.
Much of the land bank revenue last week came from the town of West Tisbury, where three transactions resulted in $131,560. Three transactions earned $99,554 in Chilmark. Three transactions earned $84,051.20 in Tisbury. Five transactions resulted in $76,802 in Edgartown. And one transaction generated $8,360 in Oak Bluffs.
No eligible transactions were recorded in Aquinnah.
The land bank uses its revenues to purchase and manage land for purposes of conservation, preservation and passive recreation. To date the agency has participated in the purchase of more than 3,243 acres of Vineyard land.
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