By Rachel Maher, Park Pride’s Marketing & Communications Manager  As Atlanta’s population grows and the urban environment is developed, our access to nature and greenspace is at risk. What would we […]

As avid readers of People, Places, Parks know, conservation is a long game with many players. Protecting the earth’s land and water, fighting climate change, and safeguarding biodiversity require people […]

By Walt Ray, Director, The Trust for Public Land Chattahoochee River Program “What will the BeltLine look like in 20 years?” Before The Trust for Public Land commissioned Alexander Garvin’s “Emerald Necklace […]

  By: Johanna McCrehan, Georgia Conservancy Urban Design Lead & Nick Johnson, Georgia Conservancy Senior Planner If you have recently found yourself thinking that it couldn’t have been this hot this early […]

Michael Halicki, Executive Director of Park Pride Last week, I joined Atlanta Regional Commission’s LINK (Leaders Involvement Networking Knowledge) trip to Pittsburgh with other metro-Atlanta leaders. The goal was to connect […]

Deron Davis, executive director, The Nature Conservancy Diversity, equity and inclusion are critical measures of organizational health. According to Forbes, “study after study has shown that diversity leads to more creative […]

George Dusenbury, state director for The Trust for Public Land in Georgia Almost 83 percent of voters checked YES for the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Amendment (GOSA) in the November 2018 election, […]

by Charles McMillan, Georgia Conservancy Natural Resources Director, with Brian Adams, president of the Ocmulgee National Park & Preserve Initiative, and Chris Watson, senior program manager for the southeast region […]

By Michael Halicki, Executive Director, Park Pride I had the good fortune to be in the room at an Atlanta City Council committee meeting last week when Atlanta Parks Commissioner John […]