MEMORIES NEXT.

>>> 10 YEARS AGO, ATTORNEY ERI BIRNBAUM WAS MURDERED IN A BRAZEN DAYTIME SHOOTING IN STRIP MALL PARKING LOT.

AND NOW, A DECADE THAT ARE POLICE ARE HOPING A REWARD $20,500 WILL HELP BRING HI KILLER TO JUSTICE.>> HE WA JUST AN ALL-AROUND GOOD GU HE WAS MY GO TO GUY.

EVER HAD A QUESTION, IF I WAS DEALING WITH AN ISSUE, NOT A LEGAL ISSUE, ANY ISSUE, LIFE, ERIC GAVE RATE, NATI ADVICE.

HE WAS ALWAYS A GOOD GO TO PERSON FOR THAT.

I MISS HIM EVERY DAY.

I MISS WORKING WITH HIM.

I JUST MISS TALKING TO HIM EVERY DAY.

>> THE OFFICE DOOR THE LAW WHERE ERIC BIRNBAUM WORKED ETCHED WITH HIS NAME.

IT WAS IN THIS PARKING LOT WARM SUNNY DAY, FEBRUARY 1 WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN COLD BLOOD SHORTLY AFTER HE ARR IN HIS OFFICE IN HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

HE RECENTLY JOINED HIS FRI TERRY GOLDBERGS LAW OFFICE AROUND 9:00 A.M.

HE STOPPED IN THE PARKING TO CHAT WITH A COWORKER.

JUST THEN, A MAN APPROACHE BEHIND HIM AND LEVELED A P TO THE PERSONAL INJURY LAW HAD AND FIRED ONE SHOT.

THE GUNMAN THEN FLED AND L THE COWORKER UNHARMED.

AT ABOUT 115 THAT DAY, JUS FOUR HOURS AFTER THE SHOOT ERIC BIRNBAUM WAS DEAD.

TERRY GOLDBERG HAD KNOWN H SINCE THE TWO WERE TEENAGE AND HE IS THE GODFATHER OF TWO CHILDREN.>> I WAS AT H GETTING READY TO COME TO T OFFICE AND I GOT A FRANTIC PHONE CALL FROM MY SECRETA ONE OF MY SECRETARIES WHO OUTSIDE SAYING HELLO TO ER AND THEY JUST PULLED UP RI AT THE SAME TIME AND SAID AND SOMEBODY WALKED UP FRO BEHIND HIM AND SHOT ONE BU AND LEFT AND THE SECRETARY HIT THE DECK AND DID NOT R SEEM TO CONCERNED THAT SHE BE ONE OF THE ONLY WITNESS DID NOT TRY TO HARM HER.

AND JUST LEFT AT, AND NOBO WAS REAL SURE WHERE HE LEFT TO.

OR HOW HE LEFT.

WHETHER HE LEFT ON FOOT OR VEHICLE.

>> FOR 10 YEARS PLEASE HAV STRUGGLED TO FIGURE OUT WH FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS WA GUNNED DOWN SO SENSELESSLY IT IS A MYSTERY.

YOU DON'T SEE CASES LIKE T OFTEN WHERE A PROFESSIONAL IN ESSENCE, EXECUTED IN BR DAYLIGHT IN FRONT OF A COW.

AND EVERY LEAD THAT WE HAD RESULTED IN A DEAD-END.

>> FOR ME PERSONALLY, I HA DEALT WITH MANY MURDER CAS THIS IS THE MOST LENGTHY T HAVE DEALT WITH PERSONALLY THIS IS A CASE THAT HAS BE THROUGH MULTIPLE PROSECUTO OUR OFFICE, BUT IT IS A CA THAT REMAINS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO CERTAINLY OU OFFICE AND AGAIN THE VICTI FAMILY.

>> THEY SAID HE WAS A WELL- LIKED AND RESPECTED ATTORN POLICE BELIEVE THIS WAS NO RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE.

>> THIS IS NOT A RANDOM KILLING.

YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THAT ARE INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE KNOW SOMETHING.

>> GOLDBERG SAID HE TRIED PIECE TOGETHER WHAT MIGHT HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS.

HE BELIEVES THE CRIME TO B CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

HE SAID ERIC WAS ONE OF TH KINDEST PEOPLE HE HAS EVER KNOWN.

>> YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT KNOW WHY AND WHO.

I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH IT F YEARS NOW.

I STAYED UP AT NIGHT A LOT THE BEGINNING GOING THROUG FROM MY HOME, LOGGING ONTO SYSTEM AS ERIC, GOING THRO EVERY EMAIL HE SENT, EVERY LETTER HE SENT CAJUSTE TRY TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETH JUST GOING THROUGH HIS VOICEMAILS.

SO I SPENT AN AWFUL LOT OF NOT SLEEPING FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS AND TRYING BE AN INVESTIGATOR MYSELF.

I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING I FILES.

SO IT WOULD BE, FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT WOULD BE GO KNOW THE REASON WHY.

WAS THIS A TOTAL MISTAKE M FOR SOMEONE ELSE?

WITH THAT MAKE ME FEEL BET >> IT IS A CASE WHERE OUR INVESTIGATORS LONG WITH NO HAMPTON TOWNSHIP HAVE FOLL UP, AS I SAID, ON ALL THE TRADITIONAL LEADS, WHETHER BE A SCORNED LOVER, WHETHE BE A BUSINESS DEAL GONE BAD , A MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

WE HAVE POURED OVER HIS LI AND IT APPEARS AS IF HE LI VERY GOOD, POSITIVE LIFE.

SO WE REMAIN IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE LOOKING FOR T AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR THO THAT HAVE INFORMATION TO C FORWARD.

>> HIS SISTER DONNA, WHO L IN FLORIDA WITH THEIR ELDE FATHER, SAID SHE REMAINS HOPEFUL THAT THE KILLER WI ONE DAY BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.>> NO.

I WAS HOPING FOR AN ANSWER PRETTY IMMEDIATELY.

I GUESS SOMEWHERE ALONG TH YOU JUST LOSE HOPE AND FAI THAT YOU WILL EVER GET AN ANSWER.

WELCOME FIRST OF ALL, WE A KNOW THAT KNOWING THE TRUT WILL NOT BRING MY BROTHER WHICH IS A RESULT I WOULD PREFER.

SHORT OF THAT, YES, I WOUL LIKE JUSTICE.

BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TH THAT, EVEN THOUGH THAT IS IMPORTANT, I WOULD JUST LI KNOW WHY.

MY BROTHER WAS THE KIND OF HE WOULD GIVE YOU THE SHIR OF HIS BACK EVEN IF HE COU NOT AFFORD IT.

AND HE WOULD GO OUT OF HIS TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOU BE HE DID SOMETHING FOR HIMSE HE WAS THAT KIND OF GUY AND I KNOW PEOPLE SAY THAT HE WAS IT.

HE WAS THE REAL DEAL.

>> LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIA PROVIDED THIS SKETCH ALONG A DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPE >> I WOULD SAY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL THAT FIRE THE S WAS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS WEARING A KNIT CAP AND A S JACKET.

WE BELIEVE HIM TO BE AN OL SKIN WHITE MAN.

WE KNOW HIM TO BE A SMOKER BETWEEN THE AGES OF 30 AND YEARS OLD MOST LIKELY.

THIS WAS AT THE TIME OF TH SHOOTING.

AND THE REWARD REMAINS ACT >> FOR THOSE CUDDLY YEARS CONTINUE TO GO ON.

I DON'T THINK THEY ARE VER CLOSE.

SO, YES, AT THIS POINT, I SAD THAT IT IS 10 YEARS.

I AM NOT SHOCKED THAT IT I YEARS JUST BECAUSE OF EACH PASSING YEAR I HAVE STARTE LOSE A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE.

I STILL DO HAVE HOPE THOUG I STILL HAVE HOPE.

I HOPE PEOPLE DON'T FORGET ABOUT AND I HOPE PEOPLE KEEP TAL ABOUT IT, AND I HOPE IT RE IN THEM FINDING OUT WHO AN WHY.>>> A REWARD OF $20,50 STILL REMAINS FOR ANY INFORMATION THAT MIGHT LEA THE REST OF ERICKSON KILLE IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION TH YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WI POLICE, CALL 215456 TIPS.

FROM HOLLAND PENNSYLVANIA PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT.>>> I AM FROM EASTON, BORN AND RAISED IN BOTH MY MATERNAL PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS CAME EASTON IN THE 1920S AND MY PARENTS WERE BORN IN EASTO IT IS LIKE HAVING THE BIG GREEK WEDDING FAMILY SO 25 FIRST COUSINS ON ONE SIDE 16 ON THE OTHER AND JUST GROWING UP WITH FAMILY, BU BEYOND MY PERSONAL FAMILY, WAS ALSO COMMUNITY.>> Repo COLLEGE PROFESSOR KAREN BR HAS BEEN COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHS, ANTIQUES, AND ARTIFACTS THAT REPRESENT E AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE SHE SAID IT ALL STARTED WH SHE FOUND PICTURES FROM HE AUNTS 1940S ERA CAMERA.

>> MY AUNT HAD A WONDERFUL CAMERA.

SHE HAD PICTURES OF SOLDIE BLACK SOLDIERS, FROM EASTO THAT FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR I SHE HAS PICTURES OF CHILDR SCHOOL PICTURES AND PICTUR SHE HAD THAT ARE FROM THE 30s AND EARLY 40s.

>> SHE HAS PARTNERED WITH SIEGEL MUSEUM IN DOWNTOWN INTO CURATED BLACK HISTORY DISPLAY THAT WILL OPEN TO PUBLIC IN NOVEMBER.

SHE IS ASKING COMMUNITY ME TO COME THE SIEGEL THURSDAY NIGHT AND BRING MEMORIES PICTURES, ANTIQUE IT MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO BECO PART OF THE SHOWCASE.

>> MY UNCLE JOE WAS THE FI AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIREFIGHT EASTON SO MY COUSIN DONATE SOME THINGS FROM HIM AND I INDIVIDUALS HAVE ANYTHING THEIR FAMILY BETTER FIRST SET A PRECEDENT FOR WHAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS ACCOMPLI IN EASTON, WE DEFINITELY W THAT TO BE PART OF THE EXH AS WELL.

>> SHE HAS ALREADY COLLECT SOME RARE FINES INCLUDING PICTURE OF EASTON SUSPENSI BRIDGE.

>> ALL OF THE CHILDREN OR WOULD ACTUALLY WALK ACROSS SUSPENSION BRIDGE THAT COND THE SOUTHSIDE TO THE NORTH AND WHEN I SAY SUSPENSION BRIDGE, I AM TALKING WOULD ROPE.

SO IT WAS A BRIDGE THAT WO SWAY.

>> Reporter: TUESDAY NIGHT DISCUSSION WILL FOCUS ON T ROLE OF BLACK WOMEN IN EAS HER MOTHER FRANCES DORSEY ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK NUR AT EASTON HOSPITAL.

SHE ALSO HELPED TO RUN A DEBUTANTE PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.

>> MY MOTHER ALONG WITH A OTHER LADIES, THEY WERE PU TOGETHER A DEBUTANTE PROGR AND THE BECAME A SCHOLARSH PROGRAM.

SO NOT ONLY LEARNING SOCIA GRACES, BUT ALSO WHAT IS T NEXT STEP FROM GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AND WHAT IS YO PLAN.

>> Reporter: SHE IS LOOKIN PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ALL ERAS INCLUDING THE 1970S.

SHE SAID THE SCHOOL INTEGR AND FORCED BUSING IN THE 7 CAUSED INTERRUPTION EVERY RACISM AT EASTON AREA SCHO >> AR LIKE WHO ARE YOU AND IS YOUR HAIR DIFFERENT AND IS THE TEXTURE OF YOUR HAI DIFFERENT AND WHY DO YOU H THESE BRAIDS IN HER HAIR O CORNROWS THAT I AM WEARING I SAID THAT KIND OF THING BECAUSE IT WAS 1970 AND 19 THE BIGGEST RACE RIOT IN E HIGH SCHOOL IN HISTORY.

IT WAS FORCED BUSING.

IT WAS THE 70s.

BUT THE THING ABOUT IT WAS YES, IT WAS TOUGH, BUT IT EXPOSURE.

>> Reporter: HER EXHIBIT W HIGHLIGHT BLACK PEOPLE WHO STAPLES OF EASTON INCLUDIN BUSINESS OWNERS, EDUCATORS FAITH LEADERS.

>> IT IS NOT JUST BLACK HI BUT AMERICAN HISTORY BECAU IS A PART OF OUR HISTORY.

YOU NEED TO KNOW ON WHOSE SHOULDERS YOU STAND.

THE SACRIFICES OF THOSE TH HAVE GONE BEFORE YOU, WHAT WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

A TO IGNITE YOU, TO MOTIVATE TO INSPIRE YOU.

>> Reporter: THE EVENT RUN FROM 7:00 TO 9:00 P.M.

ON TUESDAY AT THE SIEGEL M LOCATED AT 342 NORTH HAMPT STREET.

>> YOU CAN'T FORGET WHAT W IN REGARDS TO THE COMMUNIT AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN EASTO AND EASTON IS STILL FERTIL GROUND.

THERE IS STILL YET MORE TO ACCOMPLISHED.>> Reporter: REPORTING IN EASTON PENNSYLVANIA I AM MEGAN FR FOR PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT.>>> AMERICAN WOMEN, STARTING A FAMILY CAN BE RISKY.

MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES A THE RISE ACROSS THE U.S.

ACCORDING TO THE CDC AND PENNSYLVANIA, DOES HAVE DO SINCE 1994.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE RYAN McKENZIE WANTS TO KNOW WHA GOING ON WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH THAT IS CAUSI SOME OF THE YOUNGEST PENNSYLVANIANS TO LOSE THE MOTHERS.

>> IN 1986, CENTERS FOR DI CONTROL AND PREVENTION CRE A PREGNANCY MORTALITY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM TO FIN CAUSE OF MATERNAL DEATHS I UNITED STATES.

THE SYSTEM FOUND THAT DESP DECLINES IN MATERNAL DEATH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, UNITED STATES REPORTED MUC HIGHER PREGNANCY RELATED DEATHS.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO GOVERNORS OFFICE, FROM 201 THROUGH 2016, THERE WERE 1 POINT FOR DEATHS FOR 100,0 LIVE BIRTHS IN PENNSYLVANI NATIONWIDE, EVERY YEAR, AN ESTIMATED 700 WOMEN DIE AS RESULT OF PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH.

THAT ACCRDING TO A REPORT RELEASED BY PROPUBLICA AND >> NOT ONLY HAS PENNSYLVAN SEEN THE INCREASE BUT ACRO THE COUNTRY FROM 2000 THRO 2014 THE RATE HAD GONE UP 26%.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING STATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE EXPERIENCING.

>> HE AUTHORED LEGISLATION EVENTUALLY MADE ITS WAY TO GOVERNORS DESK.

IT BECAME A 24.

ESTABLISHING THE MORTALITY REVIEW COMMITTEE IN PENNSYLVANIA.

WHILE THE CDC STUDIES MATE OR TALLY NATIONWIDE, MORE SIMILAR GOVERNMENTAL PROCE EXISTED WITHIN PENNSYLVANI COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA SPECIFIC TO THE COMMONWEAL.

>> THE COMMITTEE BRINGS TOGETHER PRACTITIONERS FRO DIFFERENT PRACTICE AREAS A PENNSYLVANIA, AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THEY WILL BE TO GATHER ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT MATERNAL DEATHS AND ALL OF IT IS SCRUBBED FOR ANY KIND OF PERSONAL INFORMATION SO TH NOT A CONCERN.

AND THEN THEY CAN REALLY L AT THAT IN A HOLISTIC MANN EACH OF THOSE CASES, AND A AGGREGATE THAT DATA ACROSS STATE SO THEY CAN ANALYZE AND SEEING IF THERE ARE TR IN THE DATA, AND IF THERE WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS DO TH WANT TO PROVIDE TO ACTUALL IMPROVE MATERNAL CARE.

>> Reporter: HE IS A PHYSI AT NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CEN LEHIGH VALLEY, OTHERWISE K AS NHC LV A NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES HEALTHCARE TO ANY REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILIT PAY.

HE TOLD ME OVER 70% OF NHC PATIENTS LIVE BELOW THE PO LEVEL.

>> HAVING MET SO MANY MOTH CARING FOR THEM JOINTLY, Y KNOW WITH OUR TEAM HERE, I DEFINITELY LEARNED THAT TH IS A LOT MORE THAT WE NEED ADDRESS THE JUST THE MEDIC PIECE TO EVERY PERSON THAT CARE FOR.>> Reporter: THEY INCORPORATING INNOVATIVE MATERNAL CARE PROGRAMS.

THEIR PHYSICIANS ARE WELL OF THE ISSUES REPRESENTING McKENZIE IS HIGHLIGHTING.

THE MATERNAL DEATHS ACROSS U.S.

AND HAVE ADOPTED THE CENTER AND PREGNANCY MODEL PROGRAM OF THE CENTERING HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE, A GR CARE REGIMEN THAT INCORPOR 1090 MINUTE PRENATAL CARE VISITS WITH CLINICIANS AND OR EIGHT OTHER PREGNANT PATIENTS.

>> THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAV THE ONLY GROUP PREGNANCY C PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.

>> Reporter: WHAT MAKES CENTERING PREGNANCY SO DIFFERENT FROM THE USUAL D VISIT?

IT IS PARTICIPATORY CARE.

HE IS A NURSE MIDWIFE.

>> EVERY PATIENT, WHEN THE COME IN, THEY GET THEIR OW BOOK.

AND IN THE FIRST SECTION O THEIR BOOK, THEY ARE WRITI DOWN THE DATE OF THE VISIT NY WEEKS PREGNANT THEYARE EVERY PRATAL CARE VISI AND THEY ITE EIR OOD ESSU, IG, THR UTINE IG OTHEBABI HEARTOS,AND IFHE BA ISMOVI.

IFHE BA ISMOVI.

Rorte CEE ET TH THMESEOF INICNS R L 10 EK INICNS R L 10 EK >>IT ISE THSAMENURSTHAT TH MEEAND A MEDIL TH MEEAND A MEDIL SISTT T TH MEEAND A MEDIL SISTT T SO ITGOESWI THE TTO OF SO ITGOESWI THE TTO OF THA LATISHS.

IT NOOUSOBODY IN A WHE AT RERDINYO A WHE AT RERDINYO VIL.

IT IS A FFERT APOACH IT IS A WATOPEFUY GAIN ENGH MILIITY WITHE ENGH MILIITY WITHE CLICIAN COGNIZE POTENTIALISSUES OR MPLICATIONS BEFORE EY BECOME LIFTHREATENING PRLEMS.

THIS IS ALL WHILE STILL RECEIVING THE SAME MEDICAL PRENATAL CARE.

A PREGNANT WON WOULD OTHERWISE RECEIVE ON A ONE ONE DOCTOR VISIT.

>> YOU ARE STILL GETTING A THE CHECKING IN OF THE BAB HEALTH AND ULTRASOUNDS AND THE BLOODWORK AND TIME WIT DOCTOR THAT YOU WOULD BE GETTING OTHERWISE.

>> Reporter: JENNIFER IS A LONGTIME PATIENT OF NHC LV CENTERING PREGNANCY PROGRA >> WHEN YOU ARE IN A GROUP A LOT OF MOMS, YOU FEEL MO READY AND MORE PREPARED FO YOUR PREGNANCY AT THE END THE GROUP.

>> Reporter: SHE IS EXPECT HER THIRD CHILD SOON, BUT STILL VALUES THE CENTERING PREGNANCY AN APPROACH, SO MUCH SO THAT IS BACK FOR A THIRD TIME.

>> THEY TALK ABOUT EVERYTH LIKE ANY DOUBT THAT YOU HA THEY WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, PREGNANCY, BREA- FEEDING, NUTRITION, AND TH TALK ABOUT DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND ANYTHING, VIOLENCE WITH YO PARTNER, ANYTHING THAT HAS DO WITH YOU BEING SAFE AND WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU AR SAFE.

SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAG MOM TO COME TO GROUP MEETI THAT WAY THEY KIND OF SEE OTHER MOMS AND OTHER PEOPL GOING THROUGH THE SAME EXPERIENCE AND WE CAN ALL EACH OTHER OUT.>> Reporter THE END OF THE DAY THE STA QUO IS NOT WORKING.

TOO MANY WOMEN ARE DYING.

IS THIS THE SOLUTION?

IT MAY BE PART OF IT COVER REPRESENTATIVE McKENZIE IS COMMITTING TO FINDING LONG WORKABLE SOLUTIONS THAT WI SAVE PENNSYLVANIA'S MOMS.> U.S.

OUT OF ALL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES HAS THE HIGHEST OF MATERNAL DEATHS AND THA SIMPLY SOMETHING THAT SHOU NOT BE HAPPENING AND WE NE ADDRESS THAT.

>> IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVA I AM CHLOE NOUVELLE, PBS39 TONIGHT.

>> LEARN HOW THEY PRESERV NEARLY 100 ACRES OF FOREST >> I WAS MORE EXCITED ABOU CLOSING THIS PROJECT SINCE STARTED HERE THAN ANY OTHE PROJECT.>>> SKIING ON TOP THE TRASH INCINERATOR MAY NOT BE THE APPEALING THING TO DO, WAI UNTIL YOU SEE HOW THEY ARE DOING IT IN DENMARK.>>> IF HAVE A STORY, PLEASE EMAIL AT NEWS AT WLVT.ORG.>>> THE HUNTERDON LAND TRUST RECENTLY PURCHASED 98 ACRE UNTOUCHED FOREST IN BETHLE TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY OFF O LUDLOW STATION ROAD.

THE MISSION IS TO PRESERVE INTEGRITY OF THE RURAL LANDSCAPES IN THE COUNTY R BY PROTECT THE NATURAL RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT AND EDUCA THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED TO THIS ACQUISITION DOES JUST THAT.

>> THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY W SOMETHING ON OUR AGENDA FO LONG TIME.

WE ACTUALLY FOUND RECORDS A PREVIOUS TRUSTEE HAD TAL TO THE LANDOWNER IN 2001, HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR ALMOS YEARS TO ACTUALLY GET THIS PROPERTY PRESERVE SO IT WA OUR RADAR A LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE OF THE AREA THAT W DISCUSSED, AND IT IS PRIST IT WAS NOT ALTERED BY AGRICULTURAL USE AND THE QUALITY OF THAT IS IMPORTA FOR US IN OUR WORK IN PRESERVING WATER QUALITY.

>> IT IS A NONPROFIT AGENC BY A BOARD OF TRUSTEES USI GRANTS OF LAND TRUST WAS A TO BUY THE PROPERTY FOR $500,000 FROM PRINCETON RESIDENT PETER EISENBERGER OWNED IT FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS.

SEVERAL PLACES WERE KEY IN HELPING PUT TOGETHER THE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE A THEY AWARD THE PROJECT THE GRANT AS DID THE WILLIAM P FOUNDATION AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY.

ISLAM TOWNSHIP ALSO CONTRI MONEY FROM ITS STATE GREEN MONEY.

>> SOMEONE ON THE GROUND H AND I NEGOTIATED WITH THE OWNER AND PREPARE THE CONT AND GOT THE APPRAISALS ON SURVEY AND THE ENVIRONMENT REPORTS AND PULLED IT ALL TOGETHER AND FOUGHT THE FU AND GOT THE GRAMS AND CLOS PROJECT.

>> Reporter: SHE WROTE THE PROPOSALS IN 2015 AND WAS ELATED TO SEE THE LAND SEC THE LAND TRUST HAS PRESERV MORE THAN 9500 ACRES SINCE INCEPTION.

FUNDING FOR LAND ACQUISITI COMES FROM GOVERNMENT GRAN PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND DO >> I WAS MORE EXCITED ABOU CLOSING THIS PROJECT SINCE HAVE STARTED HERE AT THE T THAN ANY OTHER PROJECT BEC IT WAS A START TO FINISH A WAS SOMETHING WE REALLY WA TO ACQUIRE AND IT FELT VER GOOD WHEN IT WAS DONE.

>> Reporter: PRESERVING TH LAND WILL LET THE LAND HAV LOT OF USES, PROTECT THE WATERSHED AND IT OFFERS AN IDEAL PLACE FOR HIKERS WIT VIEWS OF SURROUNDING MOUNT AND OPEN FIELDS.

THE PROPERTY IS NEAR THE T HILL AND CHARLESTON RESERV CREATING THE POSSIBILITY O SOMEDAY LINKING SEVERAL TR >> I THINK IT IS ALSO THAT LIKE THE RURAL CHARACTER.

PEOPLE MOVE HERE BECAUSE I NOT NEW YORK CITY OR PHILADELPHIA BUT IT IS THE COUNTRYSIDE AND THE LIKE T RURAL LANDSCAPES A PART OF IS THE SCENIC VISTAS AND W WILL PRESERVE THAT LAND SO CONTINUE TO HAVE FARMLAND IS PRODUCTIVE FOR NOT ONLY AND CROPS AND OTHER THINGS THAT BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT I WHAT WE ALL BELIEVE IS PAR OUR HERITAGE.

>> THEY TRANSFER THE TRUST THE COUNTY WHICH WILL OWN MANAGEMENT.

PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT.>>> IT NOT BE THE ALPS OR EVEN SN BUT DANISH SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS ARE TESTING O ARTIFICIAL SKI SLOPE BUILT TOP OF AN INCINERATION PLA Reporter: THE PLANT DOESN' EMIT TOXINS AND THE MAN-MA MOUNTAIN RISES 280 FEET AB THE FLAT LANDSCAPE OF COPENHAGEN.

THE SURFACE IS A SPECIAL MATERIAL THAT FEELS VERY SLIPPERY JUST LIKE SNOW.

>> SLIPPERY, I SEE BUT IT SUPER FUN AND ONCE YOU HAV TRIED TWO OR THREE RUNS, I FEELS MORE AND MORE NATURA I THINK I'M GOING TO TAKE LEAST 10 OR 20 MORE AND HOPEFULLY I WILL FEEL A LI BIT AT HOME AGAIN BUT IT I FANTASTIC TO BE IN THE MID OF COPENHAGEN AND ACTUALLY ABLE TO ESCAPE.>> Reporter DENMARK IS FAMOUS FOR ITS LANDSCAPE.

EVENTUALLY, THIS RECREATIO AREA WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE SLOPES A GREEN SLIDING SYNTHETIC SERVICE PLUS A RECREATIONA HIKING AREA AND A 264 FOOT CLIMBING WALL.>> WE HAVE SUPER POSITIVE REACTIONS O SKIING IN THE MIDDLE OF OC AND DENMARK IS FLAT LIKE A PANCAKE ALMOST WE HAVE 600 SKIERS IN DENMARK SO TO BE TO SKI IN YOUR OWN BACKYAR EXTRAORDINARY.

>> Reporter: THE 516 MILLI DOLLAR TRASHED ENERGY PROJ BEGAN IN 2013 AND REPLACES PLANT THAT HAS BEEN PRODUC HEATING FOR HOME SINCE 197 THE PROJECT WENT ONLINE LA YEAR, BUT IT HAS BEEN DELA BY SCANDALS, INCLUDING ALL MISUSE OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

THE INCINERATOR PROCESS IS RAISED FROM 550 RESIDENTS 45,000 BUSINESSES.

IT PRODUCES ELECTRICITY AN HEATING FOR AROUND 150,000 HOUSEHOLDS.

THE LOWER HALF OF THE HILL OPENED FOR TWO DAYS OF TES RUNS LAST WEEK.>> I HAD BE THINK THREE WEEK ON A SNOW AND THAT WAS EIGHT YEARS A AND I AM ABLE TO DO IT AND SEE PEOPLE JUMPING AROUND IT IS EVERYONE CAN STAY HE AND JUST ASSIGNED AND EXCITED.>> Reporter: ONCE WHOLE PROJECT IS COMPLETED ROOF WILL CONTAIN SUNNYSLO KOSKI SLIPS GREEN SPACES A HIKING TRAILS.

THE SLOPES WILL ALSO HAVE LIFTS TO TAKE PEOPLE UP TO TOP.>> WE ARE LACKING THE ONE THIRD OF THE HILL AND THAT IS DONE WE CAN TEST T AND WE ARE READY TO OPEN I TO THE PUBLIC.

AND WE CAN OPEN THE SKI SL AND WE ALSO HAVE A RESTAUR AND WE HAVE CLIMBING WALLS THE WORLDS HIGHEST CLIMBIN WALL AND A RUNNING PATH ALONGSIDE THE HILL AND HIK PATH AND THEN WE HAVE THAT WE ARE LIKE A MOUNTAIN RES JUST NARROWED DOWN IN A SM AREA AND THAT IS WHAT WE W TO GIVE PEOPLE, THE FEELIN BEING ON A VACATION JUST F FOUR HOURS.>> Reporter: FO PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT, I AM H LEIGH, THANK YOU FOR WATCH.

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