The Chattahoochee Hill Country Conservancy is a non-profit public charity – a 501 (c) (3) – established in 2003 and incorporated in Georgia. Its primary mission is to preserve scenic vistas, wildlife habitats, forests and streams. We also seek to preserve sites of historic significance and to advocate for public access to parks and trails.
The Conservancy is governed by a Board of Directors.
Alan Merrill, Chair
Home phone and fax: 770-463-0809
H. Thomas Blum, Vice Chair
W. C. Blackmon, Secretary
Tommy, Jackson, Treasurer
David Goode
Gene Griffith
Don Harrelson
Deanna McMurrain
Tara Muenz
Mike Mulcare
Tom Reed
Ashton Richie
Rick Sewell
Diana Wilson
Annual Report for 2010
The Conservancy focused on two topics in 2010. One was supporting citizen efforts to develop the Comp Plan for Chattahoochee Hills. Georgia requires every municipality to have and update a Comprehensive Land Use and Transportation Plan. Since its incorporation in 2007, this was the first Comp Plan for Chattahoochee Hills. A comp Plan must represent the vision and desires of citizens in defining that the citizens want their city to be and to become. “Keep it rural” is the overwhelming message in Chattahoochee Hills. Members of the Conservancy Board served on various committees to define what is meant by “rural,” and to describe the desired consequences of the Comp Plan.
In 2011, the City will embark on rewriting Zoning Ordinances to reflect the Comp Plan. The future of Transfers of Development Rights will be discussed and decided in the context of the new Zoning Ordinances. During 2010, there were no new TDR’s. The two properties covered by existing TDR’s were monitored to assure compliance with the Conservation Easements.
Management of the parks which the City of Chattahoochee Hills purchased from Fulton County was another area of concern for the Conservancy. The Conservancy worked with other citizens of Chattahoochee Hills to determine how best to organize volunteer efforts to support the City’s new parks. Final resolution is expected in 2011.