Georgia Power Donates 17-Acre Tract

ATLANTA-In a civic and public relations gesture, Georgia Power is donating 17 prime acres along the Chatahoochee River where state and federal agencies plan to establish a non-developable, 180-mile belt around the river, from Helen, GA to Columbus, GA. The Chatahoochee River National Recreation Area would protect drinking water, provide parkland and maintain natural wildlife sectors.

Georgia Power is giving the land directly to the Trust for Public Land which will turn it over to the National Park Service. Area brokers tell GlobeSt.com the land is conservatively valued at $450,000 or $26,470 per acre (60 cents per sf). The tract has 1,500 feet of frontage on the western side of the river and is in unincorporated Cobb County, near the Morgan Falls Dam.