Selection Committee:    _____________________ , _____________________ , and __________________ all went to the University of Virginia together and studied environmental law. They have worked for state agencies and have risen to positions of power and prestige. ______________________ is Virginia's Secretary of Natural Resources, _____________________ is the Attorney General of Virginia, and ______________ is a long-time State Senator. These three individuals must decide to whom the park will be sold. They must examine the site, devise a system for rating proposals (based on environmental impact, community interests, economic implications), hear proposals, and sell enough of the park to raise at least $4,000,000.

Realtors:    _______________ won the lottery in 2007. At the time, she was living in an abandoned school bus with her good friends ___________________ and _________________. Having developed an appreciation for fine housing, they founded the international real estate firm "Tri Giggle, Inc.," which specializes in exclusive luxury homes. Tri Giggle proposes to buy a plot for $2,000,000 to subdivide into large lots for elegant homesites.

Power Company:    As everybody suspected she would, _________________ went to MIT, earned her PH.D. at the age of 22, and became a famous authority on nuclear power. When she went to work for Virginia Power, she was delighted to find that _________________ , an environmental engineer, and _________________ , a public relations specialist, would be on her staff. All three are sincerely committed to nuclear power as environmentally sound, safe, and cost effective, and they would like to buy a park plot for $2,500,000 for a small nuclear power plant.

Restaurant Owners:   ___________________ and ________________ have traveled a bit. After dropping out of school they worked as deck hands on a freighter. Eventually, in Casablanca, they were astonished to run into _____________________ , who had just completed a book about international foods. Together they decided to return home and open a fine restaurant featuring foods from all over the world. With royalties from the book as financial backing, They are able to offer $1,000,000 for one of the park plots for their restaurant.

Environmentalists:    ____________________ and ___________________ always were the kind of people who escorted flies outdoors rather than swatting them. Their love of nature led them to become environmentalists, and they founded "Naturecare" in 1999. Astute as ever, they hired ______________________ , a successful used car salesman, as general manager. Although "Naturecare" operates on a small budget, they are hopeful that they will be able to buy one of the park plots for $500,000. In order to set it aside as a wildlife refuge.

Local Politicians:    If you want to hear the latest news and gossip, everyone knows to ask __________________ , __________________ , and ___________________. Naturally, they are local politicians. They love their work, but have to deal with some really difficult decisions. Local sewage treatment has become a crisis they can't ignore. The old plant, just upriver of the park, overflows with every rain, pouring raw sewage into the river. Voters are demanding action. The community Board of Supervisors has authorized $1,750,000 for the purchase of land for a state-of-the-art sewage treatment facility.

Retirement Home:   Nobody could believe it when they heard that _____________________ had eloped with ____________________ and that they had gone to Nags Head to sell timeshare condos. After the hurricane last year, they had nothing left but their savings, which they decided to come home with. They would like to start a condo-style retirement community on the park site, and have hired ___________________ (who earned an MBA at VCU and has been business manager for three nursing homes) as general manager. They have $2,000,000 to purchase land.

Teen Center:    _____________________ went to JMU and ______________________ to Longwood. Both earned scholarships for graduate study at Johns Hopkins, became psychologists, and went into business together ten years ago, specializing in teen counseling. They have come to believe that many teens with drug and alcohol problems need to get away from the situation at home during counseling and, with encouragement and financial backing from ____________________ , a local philanthropist, hope to open a substance abuse residential center for teens. They have $900,000 to spend on land.

Estuarine Lab:    ____________________ , who always loved to go fishing, worked as a waterman briefly after graduation, became interested in fisheries management, took a few biology courses, and the next thing he knew he was a graduate student at VIMS. Of course, ___________________ and __________________ were already there. After completing their Ph.D.s, none of them could find a job. So, they wrote a proposal to EPA to start their own laboratory for estuarine research. It was funded. They have $1,250,000 available to purchase waterfront land. With the lab, they plan to research aquaculture and population dynamics, with the objective of stabilizing Virginia's fisheries.