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Projects of The Cobb Land Trust
The first project of The Cobb Land Trust was the establishment of
the McFarlane Nature Park,
an 11-acre site in east Cobb County off Paper Mill Road in Marietta, GA.
Soon after beginning work on McFarlane Nature Park, the trust was approached regarding
a 120-acre tract known as
Heritage Park
near the East-West Connector and the adjoining 12-mile
Silver Comet Trail
on an abandoned CSX railway.
Concord Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in Cobb County,
predating the county itself, was acquired by the trust through a quit claim deed
from the church and given to Cobb County.
It soon became evident to the board that the practical way to organize the trust was to center
working groups around the variety of projects. The board calls them "Task Forces" and they bring together
those members of the trust who have particular interest in each of the projects.
These focused working groups report back to the board and participate in the overall work of the trust.
The Kolb Farm Coalition was formed by a group of residents living near the
Kennesaw National Battlefield. They organized to save a 4.3 acre parcel of land
adjacent to the battlefield before it became a gas station.
The Wallis Farm Task Force has involved some of
the same residents who fought for the Kolb Farm property. A subdivision development
threatened to flatten a nearby signal hill used by Confederate troops during the
Civil War.
Several walls of an early nondenominational chapel that served rural Cobb
County residents still stood in the midst of commercial development on Powder
Springs Road. The Friends of the Nesbitt/Union Chapel
hope to restore it and return the site to those purposes for which it was put into trust
so many years ago. |
Future efforts and success will depend largely on private and corporate
contributors. Your financial and personal participation is encouraged.
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