Preserving North Georgia
The North Georgia Land Trust is a community-based nonprofit with the sole purpose to permanently conserve land and create greenspace throughout the region.
Established in 2023, the formation of the trust comes at a pivotal time as commercial and residential growth sweeps across our region. While economic development enriches lives, we believe the land trust provides a positive path toward creating a healthy balance for our community.
Our Mission
The North Georgia Land Trust works to preserve precious greenspace in North Georgia forever… and forever is a long time.
Our Vision
The North Georgia Land Trust works with willing landowners to preserve their property forever through the donation of their land or by the placement of a conservation agreement on their property while retaining ownership. The Land Trust works to attract, educate, and partner with donors and supporters in North Georgia who support and value the protection of greenspace, watersheds, vistas, farmland, and other natural wildlife habitats. Our preservation work enhances quality of life for all citizens while providing economic benefits to communities and future generations of the North Georgia region.
Our Values
The North Georgia Land Trust is a non-profit organization, directed by a local and dedicated Board of Trustees who believe in the importance of preserving greenspace. We want future generations to experience the same natural environments that their parents and grandparents have enjoyed. The Land Trust believes in open and honest dialogue around the practical realities of balancing preservation with economic development so that our communities can continue to grow and support future needs, recognizing that both activities are vital for a healthy and growing North Georgia.
Our Goals
The North Georgia Land Trust is exclusively devoted to charitable purposes with the overarching goal of conserving land for the benefit of the public. These benefits include the protection of habitats for native plants and animals, improving water and air quality, and maintaining distinctive scenic areas such as streams and forests that define our North Georgia region.
In our formation years as an organization, we are focused on:
- Protecting 1,000 acres over the next two years
- Building a $2 million endowment by 2030
- Educating the public and generating interest among landowners
- Growing our reputation as a respected, trusted, and successful nonprofit land trust
Our Passion
Why are we so passionate?
Why are we so passionate about a land trust for North Georgia?
Look around you. On nearly every corner and highway, you’ll see rapid development – trees cut down, land graded and cleared, lakes and streams impacted.
Is all this necessarily bad? No, it’s economic development creating jobs and helping North Georgia families. . . .
But shouldn’t there be an equally important goal to help conserve greenspace for future generations of our families to enjoy? We believe both development and conservation can happen together.
At the North Georgia Land Trust, we are passionately recruiting and building an organization of local landowners, local donors, businesses, and other like-minded individuals who support our primary goals: To protect, hold, promote, educate, and organize more greenspace in North Georgia . . . forever.
How can you help?
If you are a landowner interested in keeping your property green forever – or limiting its development – give us a call. We can discuss several ways for you to voluntarily partner with us – and also potentially benefit from tax deductions.
Join our passion to preserve greenspace
If you just have an interest in seeing and enjoying more greenspace, you can become a member supporter of North Georgia Land Trust (ask your friends, too!). To get started, simply click here – or the Donate button at the top of this website –and please consider an ongoing yearly donation. All donations are tax deductible.
For more information, call us at 770-540-5373
Looking ahead, as we grow and raise funding from member supporters like you, we look to purchase additional key properties, support the work of the North Georgia Land Trust and our volunteers, and conserve more greenspace across our region . . . forever.
And forever is a long time.
Sincerely,
Brent Hoffman
Founder, Chairman
North Georgia Land Trust