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Land Resources / News / North Carolina
44 Acre West Ashley Farm to Become Public Park
Source: WestAshleyPatch, by Jonathan Allen
September 14, 2011 
Emily Ravenel Farrow and her husband Ashby, were among the first Charlestonians to use a conservation easement to protect a historic property when they worked with the Historic Charleston Foundation to preserve their home at the time, 64 South Battery St., so it was only fitting that Emily, "Miss Em" to many who knew her well, would bequeath her family farm to an organization that would protect it. Ashem Farm, a contraction of Ashby and Emily, was left to the Lowcountry Open Land Trust upon Emily's death in April. Ashby had passed away years earlier. In 2005 Emily Farrow put a conservation easement on the land, giving the LOLT control of the development rights of the property, and preserving its rural character in perpetuity, according to LOLT Executive Director Elizabeth Hagood.
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