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Balancing Conserved Lands and Development: A Resiliency Challenge Moderator: Charles McMillan | Georgia Conservancy Panelists: Allison Duncan | Atlanta Regional Commission Stacey Jordan | Henry County Ad Poppell | McIntosh


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Balancing Conserved Lands and Development:

A Resiliency Challenge

Moderator:

  • Charles McMillan | Georgia Conservancy

Panelists:

  • Allison Duncan | Atlanta Regional Commission
  • Stacey Jordan | Henry County
  • Ad Poppell | McIntosh County
(Photo via Imgur) GPA Fall 2018
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A Growing Problem

Projections indicate Georgia will grow by 4 million people by 2030.

GPA Fall 2018 Map: World Population Review

10+M  14+M

2018 2030

Uses: Jobs/employment Ecological services Housing Outdoor recreation Utilities & infrastructure Big question: How do we conserve land & ecological services but also allow for economic development, a robust tax base, and all of the above uses?

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Community Resilience (n.):

“The capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a city to survive, adapt, and grow, no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience.”

~100 Resilient Cities

GPA Fall 2018

Uses: Jobs/employment Ecological services Housing Outdoor recreation Utilities & infrastructure Big question: How do we conserve land & ecological services but also allow for economic development, a robust tax base, and all of the above uses?

municipally regionally statewide

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Our Panel

Our panelists will help us find balance by discussing their own experiences in finding a balance between conserved land and land zoned for development needs.

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Allison Duncan Stacey Jordan-Rudeseal Ad Poppell

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Conservation Easements 101

Our panelists will help us find balance by discussing their own experiences in finding a balance between conserved land and land zoned for development needs.

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Occupy Lease Sell Occupy (restricted) Develop Farm & harvest Lease Sell Construct Land ownership rights: Easement ownership rights: Restrict access Bequest Restrict access Exercise the above rights Bequest Personal motivations: Bequest Restrict access

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4,555,900

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Regional Conservation Planning: A History

GPA Fall 2018 1954 1962 1963 1963
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Regionally Important Resources

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Categories:

  • Conservation &

recreation

  • Historic & cultural
  • Agricultural & scenic
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We are talking about conservation again.

Decimal Place Farm
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But we may not be undertaking conservation for the sake of conservation.

Serenbe
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Conservation comes with trade-offs.

Wheat Street Gardens
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Henry County, Georgia

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Henry County, Georgia

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Henry County, Georgia

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McIntosh County

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McIntosh County

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McIntosh County