Monday, March 3, 2008
Add it up Add It Up: Greenspace a go-go
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Acres identified as greenspace in 20-county metro area: 170,000
Approximate acreage of DeKalb County: 170,000
Amount of money regional voters have approved for greenspace acquisition since 2003: $2.16 million
Percentage of land in 20-county metro area protected as “greenspaceâ€: 4
Number of acres of trees in metro Atlanta that are lost to development daily: 50
Cost of plot of “greenspace†on DeKalb Avenue area residents want to save from development: $1 million
Price the land was sold for last year: $297,900
Number of condo units planned on the lot: 10
Minimum lot size, in acres, Atlanta Parks and Recreation will purchase: 2
Size, in acres, of the DeKalb Avenue lot: .33
Number of days residents were given to raise that money: 30
Rank of Atlanta, out of 10, for cities with least amount of park space as a percentage of city acreage: 2
Acres of greenspace the Beltline is poised to create: 1,200
Acres of greenspace in Atlanta per 1,000 people: 7.9
Acres of greenspace in Raleigh per 1,000 people: 35.6
Sources: Atlanta Regional Commission, NASA, Trees Atlanta, Beltline, Trust for Public Land, DeKalb County Tax Assessors
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Hi Tom- any updates on this? Trying to write a paper on this subject but am not sure what the latest new is. Thanks!
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