Georgia

America’s schoolyards are packed with potential. In a few places, schoolyards are vibrant community hubs, open to the public after school hours and designed to meet the needs of neighbors as well as students. But in too many communities, schoolyards look more like parking lots than playgrounds, and their gates lock as soon as students head home for the day.

One of Georgia's premiere stopping spots for migratory ducks and other waterfowl, the refuge is also home to bald eagles, black bears, and alligators. And as a planned link in Macon's Ocmulgee Heritage Greenway, the refuge will increasingly welcome human visitors.

For more than 25 years, The Trust for Public Land has led the effort to create a continuous greenway along the Chattahoochee, from Helen to Columbus. Through these efforts, we have helped preserve more than 18,000 acres of land and 80 miles of riverfront for public use. Nearly 3 million people visit the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area each year to fish, hike, paddle and enjoy Georgia’s most famous river.

The Trust for Public Land worked with local advocacy groups to bring new life to this four-acre park by finding ways to fund an improved design.

On Georgia’s largest undeveloped barrier island, The Trust for Public Land has conserved more than 2,000 acres for the Cumberland Island National Seashore.

Fort King George is a window into Georgia's past, cherished by the local community and historic preservation enthusiasts nationwide.

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 our national leadership in creative placemaking, they asked us 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.