Athens Land Trust conserves, empowers, & sustains communities through responsible and visionary land use.
Save the Date: MLK Day of Service is January 19, 2019!
Join us for the fifth annual Cultivating Community Dinner to help ensure affordable, healthy produce is available to all members of our community.
In honor of all the good Marissa Joyner has done for the Athens community, this scholarship fund has been established for her two boys. The entirety of your donation in her honor will go toward supporting Marissa’s sons.
With land that is community-owned and driven by community interests, our goal is to create healthy communities and forge partnerships to effect positive change across Athens, Georgia.
What is a Land Trust?
courtesy of National Community Land Trust Network
Athens Land Trust is a Community Land Trust (CLT). “CLTs are nonprofit organizations—governed by a board of CLT residents, community residents and public representatives—that provide lasting community assets and permanently affordable housing opportunities for families and communities.
CLTs develop rural and urban agriculture projects, commercial spaces to serve local communities, affordable rental and cooperative housing projects, and conserve land or urban green spaces.
However, the heart of their work is the creation homes that remain permanently affordable, providing successful homeownership opportunities for generations of lower income families.”
What's Happening at ALT
Community Revolving Loan Fund Info Session
Please join us for an info session on the Community Revolving Loan Fund, a new initiative of our department of Credit and Financial Growth.
Affordable Housing Info Session
Join us January 31st, 2019 for an info session on Affordable Housing.
Cultivating Community Dinner
Join us February 24, 2019 for the annual Cultivating Community Dinner.
Greenlife Expo & Awards
Help us celebrate our awardees at the 2019 Green Life Expo and Awards!
Upcoming Events
Help Us Create Healthy Communities
Your donation supports the causes of food justice, land conservation, affordable housing, and economic opportunity for all.
Our Impact
With over two decades of work with the Athens community, together we’ve made significant progress toward improving access, health, and wealth.
acres permanently protected by ALT conservation easements
families became first-time homeowners
volunteer hours across all ALT programs in the past year
Find Us
We’re right off Prince Ave, a few blocks from downtown, in a light blue house up on Pope Street. We welcome your visit!