Dinner Parties And Peach Cobbler Serenbe Stories

Steve Nygren knew he had to protect the land that was his backyard, but he didn't yet know what that looked like. Always the hospitality man, Steve brought his neighbors together over dinners and homemade desserts to create the Chattahoochee Hill Country Alliance, which started the process of determining what everyone wanted and what their best option was for preservation and development. 
Questions Answered
What was going on globally, nationally in 2000?
When you knew you were going to build Serenbe, what kind of rules did you have to change?
How did you implement the 70-30 Development Rule?
How did you approve rezoning, development and preservation plans when Fulton County's approval departments were all separate and didn't make determinations based on other departments' needs?
What was the Public Works Department against the Chatt Hills development plan?
How does this environmentally-friendly way of developing allow for more housing than traditional sprawl division?
What does clustered development mean for the future?
Why was it important to incorporate Transfer Development Rights? How do they work?
People + Organizations Mentioned
Living Machines
Microsoft
Nature Conservancy
Quinn Nygren
South Fulton Parkway
Phill Tabb
John Todd
Toyota Prius
Ted Turner
University of Georgia 
Atlanta Public Works Department
Charles, Prince of Wales
Chattahoochee Hill Country Alliance
Environmental Council of the States
Jane Fonda 
Fulton County Economic Development
Fulton County Planning Department
Georgia Conservancy
Al Gore
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