Douglas County and its Greenspace
The Douglas Neighbor is reporting today that “Douglas County has less greenspace per acre than metro Atlanta as a whole.” A recently published report [PDF] by the Atlanta Regional Commission on the amount of greenspace in the 20-county area. Douglas County has 3.5 percent (4,433 acres) of greenspace compared to the 128,149 acres that make up the county, which is about average.
However Douglas County has not had a ballot measure to acquire and protect greenspace that was voted in favor. Only eight counties approved these type of ballot measures, including neighboring county Paulding which has the largest amount of acres of greenspace per 1,000 residents. Most greenspace in Douglas County resides in parks, along the Chattahoochee River and in the Sweetwater Creek State Conservancy Park.
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I’d like to see the definition of greenspace used in the above article. Most greenspace in Douglas County resides in parks, along the Chattahoochee River and in the Sweetwater Creek State Conservance Park? There are large tracts of land that are being protected under the exemptions allowed by the tax assessors office and this is land that is in private hands.
November 29th, 2007 at 9:32 am@anonymous
The definition is based on the map provided in the PDF. Keyword was ‘most’, not all.
November 29th, 2007 at 2:58 pm[...] Losing Georgia noted the other day “Douglas County has less greenspace per acre than metro Atlanta as a whole.” (Douglas Neighbor Newspaper cited) [...]
November 29th, 2007 at 8:14 pm