Atlanta Regional Commission
DCA "Backyard Buffers" Brochure
DCA Quality Growth Program
Earth Watch
Georgia Conservancy
Georgia Land Conservation Program
Georgia Urban Forest Council
Green Earth
Greenpeace USA
Ducks Unlimited
National Wildlife Federation
Southern Conservation Trust
Statewide Litter Initiative
Trust for Public Land
Nature Conservancy
Park Pride
OTHER CONSERVATION EFFORTS
Chastain Park Conservancy
Governor's Clean Community Challenge
League of Conservation Voters
National Audubon Society
Piedmont Park Conservancy
Sierra Club - Georgia
Wilderness Society
Wildlife Forever Wildlife Forever
Steve Nygren
Serenbe is a 900-acre community in the heart of the Chattahoochee Hill Country, one of the last undeveloped stretches of land in the Atlanta area. The founders of Serenbe, Steve and Marie Nygren, discovered this area while taking their children on a tour of the beautiful countryside, and within weeks purchased a weekend home. Their beloved getaway eventually became their permanent residence, and one day while jogging through the pristine woodland, Steve heard the rumbling of a bulldozer, which he feared was clearing land for a development. Prompted by the idea of losing this beautiful country to asphalt, the Nygrens felt called to protect this natural gem from the typical growth patterns of urban sprawl by purchasing as much land as they could and creating a community in a new and better way.
The goal was to create a community that embodied "green living." So the Nygrens called upon a diverse group of local and national consultants, who developed a plan to merge ecologically sound sustainability practices with the design philosophies of walking neighborhoods made up of homes, boutique businesses and restaurants.
