Georgia

TPL preserved a 10-acre property at the entrance of Bellwood Quarry, which will be a new 300-acre park along Atlanta's Beltline.

Boulevard Crossing Park was the first fully assembled new park along the Atlanta BeltLine.

The Trust for Public Land is working with cities along the Chattahoochee River to create a paddling trail along a 52-mile stretch that will help establish the area as  destination for recreation and ecotourism.

In 2002, a torrential flood descended on Atlanta's historic Vine City and English Avenue communities. In its aftermath, 160 families lost their homes. While the city worked to relocate those impacted by the flood, the land where they once lived lay vacant. Flooding, pollution, and sewer overflows have continued to plague residents.

Enota Park will connect the Westview neighborhood to the Atlanta BeltLine.

Hardman family members approached The Georgia Trust and The Trust for Public Land with the proposal to donate the property so that it could be conserved and protected from the development.

The Hyde family bought this farm on the Chattahoochee River in the 1920s, and J.C. Hyde, the last of the family, farmed it until he was in his 90s, plowing by hand with the assistance of his stalwart mule, Nell, even as the land around the farm was consumed by urban sprawl.

The Trust for Public Land assembled 6 key properties totaling 485 acres for this heavily used park in Gwinnett County.

In 2005, The Trust for Public Land protected five acres along Tanyard Creek as a new park named for Louise Howard, the longtime owner of the property.

TPL helped purchase more than a dozen properties for the park, including a former factory that was demolished to make way for a much-needed new parking lot.

In 2017, Atlanta’s Department of City Planning decided to create a Placemaking program to empower communities and champion improved streets and streetscapes. Recognizing The Trust for Public Land’s national leadership in Creative Placemaking, they asked TPL to partner with them to set the program on a successful course and provide expertise to lead the program in future years.

In 1994, a rural landowner in rapidly developing Forsyth County came to
TPL with a vision to protect the Sawnee Mountain ridgeline as one of the
largest open spaces in Metropolitan Atlanta.

Though only 30 miles long, the Soque River is a vital tributary to the Chattahoochee River, a source of drinking water for millions of people downstream.