Georgia Community Greenspace Program: description and use for water protection
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Young, Harvey G.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
The Georgia Community Greenspace
Program, administered by the Georgia Department of
Natural Resources, establishes a framework within
which developed and rapidly developing counties and
their municipalities can preserve and protect
community Greenspace. The Program provides
appropriated state funds for grants to urban and fastgrowing
counties and to the cities within them. To
obtain funds, an eligible county must prepare a
greenspace program that will preserve at least 20
percent of its geographic area as connected and open
greenspace. Approved local governments receive grant
awards. Discretionary grants are also available on a
competitive basis to any county or city in the State. All
grant funds must be used to acquire greenspace lands
and waters. Although any of these state grants could be
used to establish or expand wetland mitigation banks,
no grantee has reported using them for this purpose.
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2003-04
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