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We want to invite you to team with Blue Ridge
Forever to protect the scenic views and treasured mountains
that draw so many homebuyers to settle here.
Blue Ridge Forever
is a land protection campaign spearheaded by 13 area land conservancies,
including Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust. We work with landowners
to conserve properties with significant ecological, aquatic,
scenic, agriculture or recreational value. As many homebuyers
are attracted to the very qualities of a community that we protect,
and the proximity of tracts to protected lands increases property
value, we see how land conservation contributes to a healthy
real estate market.
Aware of this connection, real estate agents in western North
Carolina are finding creative ways to contribute to conservation.
For example, Lake James Crescent Communities and Creston Mountain
Homesites donate a membership to the local land trust in the
name of all new owners. Recently, Mike Miller of Town and Mountain
Realty in Asheville agreed to purchase a membership to the local
land trust in honor of customers who buy or sell real estate
through the firm.
We are working to expand this Blue Ridge Forever realtor-giving
program throughout western North Carolina. You, too, can join
the program. For every new sale, you simply donate a tax-deductible
membership to Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust as a gift in the name
of your client. Your client will receive a welcome packet from
Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust and various member benefits. We
will send press releases to local media announcing your partnership
with Blue Ridge Forever and Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust.
This realtor-giving program is a tremendous way to boost
land conservation while maintaining a healthy housing market.
We are lucky to live in one of the most biologically diverse
and scenic regions in the world, which attracts visitors who
contribute more than $2 billion a year in tourism revenue.
But this decade, we are in a crucial time of change and growth.
Our chance to protect the beauty of this region is fleeting.
WNC’s land trusts could use your help in educating
the public on the opportunity we have to save our Southern
Blue Ridge Mountains for generations to come. Thank you again
for the work you are already doing to protect our shared environment!
I welcome your call at 828-263-8776 or 336-359-2909.
Sincerely,
James H. Coman, III
Executive Director
Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust
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