Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve. Photo: Thomas Wheatley/Axios
1,000
Total number of acres that Atlanta has preserved with the help of a nonprofit that buys and holds green space for local governments to build parks and nature preserves.
Why it matters: Development continues to gobble up Atlanta's forest and tree canopy.
To paraphrase Tony Soprano: Buy land, because no one is making any more of it.
What they're saying: "Balancing the needs of people and nature in a fast-growing city takes vision, commitment, and the right partners," Stacy Funderburke of the Conservation Fund, the city's nonprofit partner, said in a statement.
"What Atlanta has accomplished here is a model for urban conservation done right."
By the numbers: The land secured by the city and nonprofit has helped to create or expand more than 60 parks, including the Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve.
