City records show money through the state’s Green Acres program helped develop the land that now includes children’s attractions, a model railroad and a carousel. Those would be eliminated by the state or sold to the aquarium’s parent company at market value. Michael Devlin, director of the Garden, plans to fight the state’s request. Devlin said in 1994 that the city directed the Children’s Garden, Cooper’s Ferry Partnership and the city’s redevelopment agency to develop the property. He contends the land still belongs to the city and should be preserved as green space.

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