Land For Conservation and Community
Congratulations to ALT’s newest homeowner Jennifer Yearby! Jennifer has purchased 125 Stanelle Drive with a mortgage from Athens First Bank/Synovus Mortgage. Jennifer is employed by the UGA Physical Plant and works in the Odum School of Ecology. Pictured at the closing are (left to right) Molly Talley of Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, and Ashley, Nathan Shannon of ALT, Jennifer, …
Read moreCongratulations to new ALT homeowner Jennifer Yearby!
The humidity of the week had lifted on Saturday, 24 August 2013, when Ethel Collins and Stephanie Bergamo joined the University Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center for a day of outdoor doings. Miss Ethel and Stephanie set up a produce stand of vegetables from our West Broad Market Garden alongside a troupe of motorcyclists and …
Read moreProduce Stand at the University Nursing Home and Rehab Center
The Athens Land Trust celebrated a Ground Breaking Ceremony at the Williams Family Farm on August 22, 2013. Established in the 1920’s by the Williams Family, this in town farm has been a treasure of east Athens for generations. Athens Land Trust plans to continue the family tradition by employing neighborhood residents, providing educational opportunities …
A Rainbow of a Day by S. Bergamo The Athens Land Trust participated in the Terrapin Beer Company’s 1st Annual Sustainability Movement, an outdoor function held at Terrapin on Saturday, June 29th. Terrapin’s goal for the event, “to simplify the term ‘sustainability’ and present it to the public in a way that is easy to …
Athens Land Trust Riding for a Reason was held on Saturday, May 18th and was a beautiful day for a bike ride. The Athens Land Trust would like to thank the riders and sponsors for another great Riding for a Reason! The Rackley Family & Chris Nichols
Thank you to the fantastic group of volunteers from Zeta Phi Beta and Hill Chapel Baptist Church for their help building forest trails for urban children. The urban forest and trails are located on the property owned by the Hill Chapel Baptist Church, where they reach out to many urban children by offering environmental education …
Taylor Glover and the Riverview Foundation were honored for their roles in the conservation of the Tallassee Forest, 542 acres of beautiful and ecologically important land along the Middle Oconee River, at a celebration hosted by Athens Land Trust on April 26. A portion of the property, 310 acres, is now owned by Athens-Clarke County, …
ALT Vice-President Lara Mathes (left) presents the Volunteer of the Year Award to Helen Kuykendall, a Master Gardener and Landscape Architect who volunteered more than 90 hours last year with the Junior Master Gardener Program at Pinewood North Mobile Home Park. The 46 young gardeners ranged in age from pre-school to middle school. Helen used her …
The 2nd annual Upcountry Oyster Roast was held on April 7, 2013 to celebrated the collaborations that protected more than 5,000 acres in ten Georgia Counties during 2012! By working with the landowners to protect their properties, ALT is helping to create healthy ecosystems that are necessary for oyster, shrimp and other seafoods. Thank you …
ALT celebrates our newest homeowner, Vitina McKinney and two new Earthcraft homes! ALT is very excited to introduce our newest homeowner, Vitina McKinney, who recently purchased 300 Old Winterville Road. Vitina works at Athens Regional in medical records.Her home and the one next door at 310 Old Winterville were built by ALT with federal funding …