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| SPEAKER OF THE WEEK |
Editor: William Tindol
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Helen Tapp, The Trust for Public Land, Georgia State Director
A land planner by training, Tapp has served for more than 15 years as a
director of two non-profit trade associations. Her appointment to state
boards by two governors, and her work as vice-chair of the Georgia
Trust for Historic Preservation and as a board member of Friends for
Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites helped shape her interest in
environmental and land conservation issues.
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Aside from her profession affiliations, Tapp is committed to land conservation on a personal level as well. She is a founding member of the Sandy Springs Conservancy, a local group established for the purpose of conserving, creating and connecting green space in one of metro Atlanta's largest and newest cities. And, she is a graduate of the second class of the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership.
"The Trust for Public Land is about translating dreams into reality - for communities and individual landowners. I have long admired TPL's unique mix of visionary leadership and pragmatic expertise that year-by-year ensures more greenspace and parks are available for all of us. The Trust for Public Land has done a great deal locally to improve the quality of life for the Atlanta area, and will surely continue to play a leadership role in those strategies that make the most environmental and economic sense. From the Chattahoochee River and BeltLine projects to Conservation Visioning and Conservation Finance, to its "greenprinting" initiatives outside the metro area, TPL has made, and will continue to make, a huge impact."
A native Georgian, Tapp is a graduate of Furman University in Urban Studies, and holds a masters degree from the George Washington University in Urban and Regional Planning.
The Trust for Public Land, a national, private, nonprofit conservation organization founded in 1972, protects land for people to enjoy as parks, greenways, community gardens, urban playgrounds, and wilderness. Across the nation, TPL has completed more than 3,500 projects in 46 states and saved more than 2.3 million acres of land. In Georgia alone, TPL has helped protect more than 18,400 acres with a fair market value exceeding $192 million.
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