the etowah initiative:
spring 2002
upper etowah & lake allatoona regional
greenspace initiative
Heather Benham, Clair Partee, Christopher Fullerton.
Etowah Regional
Greenspace Workshop Held, May 11, 2002, by Michael Burns, Cherokee
Tribune
Abstract
Raysun Goergen, Heather Benham, Christopher Fullerton, and Clair Partee,
University of Georgia
The Upper Etowah & Lake Allatoona Regional Greenspace Initiative
is a group of students and faculty at the University of Georgia that seeks
to assist local governments in looking at regional land use trends when
making decisions on the location and type of greenspace that should be
permanently protected. The Initiative also strives to promote greater
use of the resources available from the University of Georgia Institute
of Ecology and Schools of Environmental Design, Forestry and Law.Members
of the Initiative are working with local governments and interest groups
in an effort to foster an increased awareness of regional issues and to
develop solutions aimed at helping local governments use greenspace protection
to reduce some of the environmental and quality of life threats associated
with growth.
A Forestry Commission grant has been secured that will allow the University
of Georgia to complete a Regional Greenspace Plan in 2002 for the counties
that compose the upper Etowah Watershed. The upper Etowah & Lake Allatoona
Regional Greenspace Plan will carry on the principles outlined in the
Georgia Community Greenspace Program while providing a forum for inter-jurisdictional
cooperation and planning. The Regional Greenspace Plan does not jeopardize
or undermine any of the aspirations set out in the county Greenspace Plans
already completed. This process will simply combine existing plans, regional
environmental concerns and ecological science to support multi-jurisdictional
greenspace planning.
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