He also leads the Fund’s Working Farms Fund program, which aims to protect farmland surrounding metropolitan areas while helping next-generation farmers work towards affordable farm ownership. Much of Funderburke’s work involves the critical purchase of at-risk, yet underutilized properties in vulnerable downtown communities for the creation of parks and greenspaces through The Conservation Fund’s Parks with Purpose program. Since 2009, Funderburke has worked out of the nonprofit’s Atlanta office where he’s served as both regional counsel and a real estate manager, spearheading nearly 200 conservation projects across Georgia and Alabama.įunderburke’s portfolio of work includes many impactful and high-profile projects in Atlanta, including the protection of the former Chattahoochee Brick Company site, the Atlanta Beltline, Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve and the Urban Food Forest at Browns Mills. ATLANTA - The Conservation Fund, America’s leader in land protection, is pleased to announce the promotion of Stacy Funderburke to Georgia State Director.
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