MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — There is a new effort underway in Vermont's capital city to develop an open space on the edge of the community.

The Times Argus reported City Manager Bill Fraser’ said he was working with various interested parties on reviving a proposal to develop some of the 100-acre parcel to the east of downtown off Barre Street known as Sabin's Pasture

Fraser said renewed interest in the parcel followed the recent sale of a nearby 18-acre parcel of land owned by Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Talks with Sabin's pasture owner Doug Zorzi ended three years ago after the city changed the zoning of the site.

Under the original proposal for Sabin's Pasture, Zorzi would sell the land to the Trust for Public Land, which would sell the open land back to the city. The plan was to create a new city park to serve the city’s eastern neighborhoods.

Zorzi did not respond to a request for comment.

Fraser said negotiations had resumed but he was not able to provide specifics.

“We’re working with Doug, but I don’t know what’s changed from his perspective,” Fraser said. “There’s not a lot of specifics."