Home Buyers Want A 'Backyard Forest'

A new zoning category called "conservation subdivision" allows developers to build communities with forests.

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July 29, 2002, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Developers have discovered that many home buyers are looking for neighborhoods with swaths of trees and green space. Through a zoning category fairly new to metro Atlanta called the "conservation subdivision," they're creating communities with forests, some as big as public parks."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: With the rise of 'conservation subdivisions,'

Sunday, July 28, 2002 in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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