Triangle Land ConservancyGood Ground Initiative
Since 1983, Triangle Land Conservancy has conserved land and water to help the Triangle region become an…
Land seekers, including new and beginning producers, who want to afford conserved land
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increasingly healthy and vibrant place to live.
Through the Good Ground Initiative, which launched in 2022 thanks to funding from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, TLC strives to conserve more farms and forests while also helping more people afford to own land.
North Carolina is one of the top agricultural states in the nation, but rapid growth and development is creating a major threat to farmland. North Carolina is currently on track to lose nearly 1.2 million acres of farmland to development by 2040.
In the Triangle, land values are often $15,000 per acre or more. These high land prices frequently prevent new & beginning producers from purchasing land to settle and grow on.
TLC's Good Ground Initiative employs conservation tools like Buy-Protect-Sell, a conservation model in which land trusts buy and protect land with a conservation easement, an agreement that permanently protects land and decreases its total market value by restricting the option to develop. These restrictions then allow TLC to sell the land at a reduced value while protecting the conservation benefits the land provides.
TLC works with community groups and leaders who are committed to making sure everyone can benefit from land conservation. Together, we offer comprehensive resources and education centered on conservation, financing land-based enterprises, and more.
Questions
What tool does the Good Ground Initiative use?
TLC's Good Ground Initiative employs conservation tools like Buy-Protect-Sell, a conservation model in which land trusts buy and protect land with a conservation easement, an agreement that permanently protects land and decreases its total market value by restricting the option to develop.
When did the Good Ground Initiative launch?
Through the Good Ground Initiative, which launched in 2022 thanks to funding from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, TLC strives to conserve more farms and forests while also helping more people afford to own land.
How much are land values in the Triangle?
In the Triangle, land values are often $15,000 per acre or more.
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- Land seekers, including new and beginning producers, who want to afford conserved land
