Next Homebuyer Education Workshop July 14th and May 21st.
The next homebuyer education workshop will take place on Saturday, July 14th and Saturday, July 21st, from 12:30 - 4:30 p.m.
NOTE: Attendance is required at BOTH sessions in order to earn a Homebuyer Education Certificate, which is necessary for many affordable housing and loan programs.
For more information or to pre-register, please contact Mary O'Toole or Nathan Shannon at Athens Land Trust at (706) 613-0122 or by email at mary@athenslandtrust.org, nathan@athenslandtrust.org
Our homebuyer education seminars are offered FREE of charge, thanks in part to financial assistance from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and local banks. Guest speakers include local realtors, bankers, and closing attorneys.
Topics include:
- Steps to homeownership
- Home finances and financing
- Local real estate market
- Affordable housing options
- Closing the mortgage loan
- Energy conservation
- Maintaining your home
- Financial literacy
- Credit issues/credit report
For more details, see our Homebuyer Education page.
 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!
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Newly Protected Land by ALT!
In 2011 ALT more than doubled the number of acres under conservation easement! We protected 1,688 acres in several Georgia counties along with the help of the generous landowners! Check out the Land Conservation page for more details. This brings the total acres ALT has protected in Georgia to 2,892. Thank you again to everyone who made this possible and let's make it our goal to protect even more in 2012!
Up Country Oyster Roast
Thank you so much to everyone who came out to celebrate our land conservation collaborations with us at our first annual Up Country Oyster Roast! We had a great time shucking oysters and clams out on the river in High Shoals, GA. We will be looking forward to making next year's event even better!
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Upcoming Events and News:
Join us on the front porch of the office on May 18th from 4-6pm to help us say farewell to one of our beloved board members, Neal Anderson. We will be having drinks and light food as we wish him well with his new endeavors. (685 N. Pope Street)
Market Garden Summer Celebration, June 14th at 5:30. Come by the West Broad Market garden to celebrate the beginning of summer and the start of the market garden with fresh vegetables from the garden. Guests will get to see what the gardeners have been working on while enjoying food and fellowship! (1573 West Broad Street)
ALT needs a truck! Our community garden program is in need of a truck to carry tools, plants and supplies. If anyone has a truck they would like to donate to ALT, we would be very grateful! Contact nathan@athenslandtrust or call 706-613-0122.
Market Garden Block Party!
Over 70 people came to celebrate the start of the first season of ALT's market garden at the Old West Broad School. There was face painting and relay races for the kids while the adults enjoyed BBQ and discussed plantings for the upcoming season. We are so excited about all the new opportunities that the market garden will bring to the community and can't wait to start growing some fresh produce!
ALT is part of Georgia Shares, a workplace giving program that allows employees of participating public agencies and private companies to donate a portion of their pay each month.
Thank you to all our Georgia Shares donors! |
