Our Mission
Athens Land Trust’s (ALT) mission is to promote quality of life through integration of community and the natural environment by preserving land, creating energy-efficient and affordable housing, and revitalizing neighborhoods. With 981 acres in Athens-Clarke, Barrow, Oconee, Walton, and Wilkes Counties protected under conservation easement and over 100 affordable housing units, ALT is producing visible results. |
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Calling all golf fans: purchase your tickets to the Stadion Athens Classic and benefit ALT through Tickets Fore Charity!
The Stadion Athens Classic, part of the PGA's Nationwide Tour, takes place at the UGA Golf Course from April 26-May 2. Tickets to the entire event are only $25 each - and all proceeds from advance sales will go to local non-profit organizations, including ALT, through the Tickets Fore Charity program!
 You can purchase your tickets online HERE. Be sure to designate ALT as the charity of your choice! If you prefer to pay by check, you can stop by the ALT office, or download this ticket order form and mail it with your check to:
Stadion Athens Classic at UGA
2600 Riverbend Road,
Athens, GA 30605
More details about the tournament are available at www.stadionathensclassic.uga.edu. The Stadion Athens Classic is a great opportunity to catch the PGA TOUR stars of tomorrow when they come to Athens, and to help ALT at the same time.
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Learn more about our work to renovate the historic Pope Street Cottage to serve as A Home of Our Own, and how you can help! |
ALT nominated for EarthCraft House Award!
 Athens Land Trust’s renovation of the historic Pope Street Cottage has been nominated for Project of the Year in the EarthCraft House Renovation category for 2009. The EarthCraft Awards will be presented on January 29th, 2010 at the EarthCraft Builder’s Breakfast at Philips Arena. Read the press release for more details.
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ALT Featured in Saving Land Magazine Winter 2009 Issue
 ALT is featured in the Winter 2009 issue of the Land Trust Alliance's quarterly magazine Saving Land. Community Ties: Athens Land Trust’s Dual Mission highlights ALT's work as both a conservation land trust and a community land trust. In 2008, ALT was one of the first land trusts in the country to be accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission.
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Catch ALT on YouTube!
Local videographer John Hadden has created a short video about ALT that explains our housing and land conservation programs. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/
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Land Recently Protected by ALT
ALT's newest easement, the Burdett
Farm in Wilkes County.
In December, 2009, the Burdett family placed an easement permanently protecting 167 acres just east of historic Washington in Wilkes County. The Burdett farm sits along Upton Creek, a major tributary to the Savannah River, and has been in Allen Burdett's family since the early 1800s. In addition to a working forest, the farm contains the grave site of Revolutionary War veteran Abram Simon. The Burdetts' goal is to use ecological land and forestry management practices on the property that has previously been managed for loblolly pine in a more conventional manner.
This easement brings the total number of acres protected by ALT to 981.
We've moved!
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Find us at our new office home at 685 North Pope Street, just off Prince Avenue between Emmanuel Episcopal Church and the UGA President's House. Our phone and fax numbers remain the same.
Athens Land Trust
685 North Pope St.
Athens, GA 30601
(706) 613-0122
(706) 613-0143 fax
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Athens Land Trust is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation established in 1994 with the dual goals of land preservation and affordable, energy efficient housing. ALT believes in a holistic approach to sustainable development that addresses environmental, economic and community needs.
ALT builds affordable houses for low to moderate income families and permanently protects important green space in the Athens-Clarke County Area through its Affordable Housing and Land Conservation Programs.
Your support is critical to our continuance. Become a member and receive the Athens Land Trust Newsletter (US Mail) or request a sample copy
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