By George Dusenbury, Georgia state director for The Trust for Public Land Like you, my family is sheltering-in-place to safeguard our health and the wellbeing of our community. Yet, oblivious to the troubles of humankind, spring is happening around us. Through this crisis, my family has found that taking daily walks to observe this season […]
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When the Kids Are Away, Let the Public Play
George Dusenbury, State Director for The Trust for Public Land in Georgia Rachel Sprecher, Executive Director in the Office of Partnerships and Development, Atlanta Public Schools Parks strengthen communities and improve public health while cleaning the water we need and the air we breathe. But in cities like Atlanta, with a dense urban core and […]
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How Would You Make Atlanta a More Inviting Place? Tell Us—And We Just Might Help You Do It!
By George Dusenbury, Georgia State Director for Trust for Public Land, and Timothy J. Keane, Commissioner, Department of City Planning, City of Atlanta Have you taken in the view of Atlanta from the Jackson Street Bridge? It is undeniably one of the most incredible spots in Atlanta to take a photo. The sweeping skyline view […]
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Blazing Trails in Columbus: The Trust for Public Land Presents the 2019 Georgia Trail Summit May 5-6
George Dusenbury, Executive Director for The Trust for Public Land in Georgia From the Appalachian Trail and the Silver Comet, to PATH 400 and the Atlanta BeltLine, the Aerotropolis and the Augusta Canal to the Chattahoochee Riverwalk in Columbus, Georgia is traversed by a multitude of trails that define communities, connect neighbors and get people […]
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Land along Chattahoochee River in Cumming acquired to expand national park
The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area has just been expanded.
The Trust for Public Land and the National Park Service announced the acquisition of 18.5 acres of key riverfront property in Forsyth County. It will add nearly 1,000 feet of frontage along the Chattahoochee River in Cumming.
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A 10-minute walk to a park? Advocates say it should happen in Atlanta
It might be a stretch goal in a spread-out city like Atlanta, but parks advocates say that everyone should live within a 10-minutes walk of some nice green space.
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It Takes a Village to Make a Park
By John Ahmann, Westside Future Fund’s president and CEO Under the leadership of Executive Director Michael Halicki, Park Pride has demonstrated the power of “we” in first leading to develop the Proctor Creek North Avenue Watershed Basin: A Green Infrastructure Vision and then helping to bring that vision to life with the recent ground breaking […]
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Who Is Your (Green) Hero?
Cox Conserves Heroes Award Celebrates Ten Years Tyrene Hodge, Senior Manager, CSR Environmental Sustainability with Cox Enterprises and George Dusenbury, Executive Director for The Trust for Public Land in Georgia Heroes don’t always wear capes. Sometimes they wear work gloves and carry shovels. Conservation heroes commit time and energy to advocating for parks and greenspaces […]
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Why Clarkston, Georgia Has Made Parks a Priority, and What Other Communities Can Learn from this Small City
By Ted Terry, Mayor of Clarkston, Georgia and George Dusenbury, The Trust for Public Land’s Executive Director in Georgia Tucked between Stone Mountain and Decatur lies the tiny community of Clarkston. Thirteen thousand people from more than 40 countries live inside this 1.4 square mile city, making it the country’s most ethnically diverse city and […]
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Atlanta’s ParkScore jumps seven spots, still has lots of room to improve
The City of Atlanta jumped from 50 to 43 in the Trust for Public Land’s annual ParkScore survey of the nation’s 100 largest cities.
The improved ranking shows how Atlanta has gained traction when it comes to acquiring and maintaining parks and green space in the city limits. TPL also including a few other factors in its ranking – such as including private support for parks – that helped boost Atlanta’s standing.
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Trail to the Chattahoochee leads through Atlanta City Council, public, and planners
“Just because we don’t have a river running through downtown like Chattanooga or Nashville or wherever else, that doesn’t mean we can’t take full advantage of” the Chattahoochee.
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We’ve Come a Long Way — What’s Next?
George Dusenbury, Executive Director, The Trust for Public Land in Georgia Where will you spend the sunny, warm days of spring? I hope you will visit Atlanta’s iconic historic sites, relax in your neighborhood park or bike on the trails that traverse our city. Those amazing public spaces are the backdrop of our lives. Have […]
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Column: Trust for Public Land reaches fundraising goal for Westside park
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Dec. 22, 2017
The Trust for Public Land has reached its $12.7 million goal to build out the Rodney Cook Sr. Park in Vine City, with the hope that it will be open in time for the Super Bowl in February 2019.
George Dusenbury, state director of the Trust for Public Land, said the grand vision for the park appealed to both the community and the philanthropic community.
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Collaboration is the Key to a Healthy World
by Tamara Barker, UPS Chief Sustainability Officer From our global headquarters in Sandy Springs, we can now see the traffic on 400. Although our LEED Gold-certified campus includes 33 acres of woods, when a wide swath of trees along the highway easement was cleared this past winter, our view changed radically. It’s a reminder of how […]
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Georgia Could Become a Conservation Leader for the Rest of the Country
By Whit Fosburgh, CEO, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Georgia is one of the most biologically diverse states in the nation, making it one of the best places in the country to hunt and fish. Hunters across Georgia – and the country – flock to the state because of its outstanding whitetail deer and quail hunting, […]
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Imagining the Future of the Chattahoochee River
By Walt Ray, Chattahoochee Program Director, The Trust for Public Land in Georgia I grew up in northwestern Pennsylvania, where the Allegheny River serves as the backdrop for daily life. It is ever-present, ever-flowing. Everyone talks about the river. How high is the water level? What did you catch on your last fishing trip? How […]
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HARD WORK TAKES MANY HANDS
By George Dusenbury, Georgia State Director, The Trust for Public Land 2017 was a bit of a transitional year for The Trust for Public Land in Georgia. We spent a lot of time renewing ties with old acquaintances and building ties with new ones. As an organization, we have big dreams, and we know that […]
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Pursuing Resiliency on a Regional Scale
By George Dusenbury, Trust for Public Land A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending the release of the City of Atlanta’s Resiliency Strategy. The City is to be congratulated for being named one of the world’s 100 Resilient Cities, and for having Otis Rolley of the Rockefeller Foundation calling Atlanta’s Resiliency […]
