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Trees Atlanta’s new Westside headquarters to be a hub for
environmental action
will lead one immediately to what will be
the heavily trafficked volunteer check-in
center and programming station.
“Volunteers are the center of the
organization,” Levine said. “And so
we wanted them to be the hub of the
building.”
The building also features thermal,
bird-safe windows, a comprehensive
stormwater runoff management system to
protect Atlanta’s creeks and sewer system,
and a granite outcrop circle at the front
entrance reclaimed from the Atlanta
History Center. The team even gave up
additional parking space to further expand
the facility’s greenspace, which will boast
over 200 new trees and thousands of
plants.
Growing Risks to Our
City in the Forest
Levine understands that Trees Atlanta’s
growth coincides with growing risks to
Atlanta’s tree canopy.
“I wish we weren’t needed and that
everything was going smoothly,” he said.
But their work is needed, desperately.
The City in the Forest faces threats from
many directions, namely increasing
urbanization and climate change.
According to a 2018 report from the U. S.
Forest Service, Georgia leads the nation in
tree loss, with Georgia losing an average of
18,000 acres of urban tree cover per year —
more than any other state.
Climate change exacerbates these
conditions, with 36% of Atlanta’s native
tree species diminishing due to climate
change, per a Georgia Tech study. In fact,
some of Atlanta’s most popular trees, such
as dogwood, sugar maple, and redbud,
cannot withstand today’s prolonged heat
and little frost-time, and must be planted
sparingly.
How Atlantans Can Get
Involved
Thankfully, Atlanta has a new hub and
home for taking action on urgent local
environmental issues in the Trees Atlanta
Kendeda TreeHouse, which will be open to
the public in early 2023.
Trees Atlanta is a nonprofit community
group founded in 1985 by Marcia Bansley
with the mission to protect and improve
Atlanta’s urban forest canopy by planting,
conserving, and educating. For more
information on the TreeHouse, ongoing
programming and volunteer opportunities,
or ways to support the organization, please
visit treesatlanta.org. QD
By Savannah Seydel
Trees Atlanta is nearing completion
of its new Westside headquarters which
will be named the Trees Atlanta Kendeda
TreeHouse.
The new facility at 825 Warner
Street SW is located on 2.9 acres of a
former industrial lot facing the Atlanta
Beltline’s Westside Trail. Trees Atlanta is
transforming the largely concrete property
into over 1.5 acres of restored greenspace
and two large buildings to house their
growing operations, community space,
classrooms, and offices for themselves
and three other environmental nonprofit
organizations: The Conservation Fund,
Georgia Audubon, and The Nature
Conservancy in Georgia.
Coming Together
Under One Roof
The new Trees Atlanta Kendeda
TreeHouse is equipped to tackle the urban
canopy challenges of today and tomorrow.
The property was originally acquired
in 2019, but construction was delayed due
to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trees Atlanta persevered and initiated
demolition in August 2021. All of the
old structure has since been removed,
except for a former grain silo that will be
incorporated into the new facility’s design.
Trees Atlanta collaborated with local
architecture and design firm Lord Aeck
Sargent to bring the organization’s vision
of fostering collaboration, building
community and inspiring action to life.
With 23,000 square feet of interior
space, the new facility will accommodate
both Trees Atlanta’s continued growth and
staff from the Conservation Fund, Georgia
Audubon, and The Nature Conservancy in
Georgia.
The building includes all the necessary
ingredients for building community
among the non-profit groups and
interested Atlantans: airy, open workspaces
with big windows, generous wi-fi that
extends into the greenspace, and easy
access to the Atlanta Beltline and MARTA.
As Greg Levine, Co-Executive Director
and Chief Program Officer of Trees
Atlanta, walked through the construction
site, he reflected that the four non
profit organizations “...are community
organizations that actively change the
environment for the better.” And now,
Levine says, they are creating the space
for their community to come together
to build solutions for Atlanta’s urgent
environmental issues.
To realize this vision, they dedicated
over 10,000 square feet of the main
building and outdoor greenspace to
community engagement and education.
The first floor will feature several modular
classrooms with garage doors that open
into the surrounding greenspace, and a
catering kitchen. Local environmental
organizations and neighborhood
community groups can rent the classrooms
for free, but please note there is a small fee
associated with bringing in food and drink
or renting in the evenings.
At the heart of their mission remains
taking action, which the design reflects.
The front entrance of the new headquarters
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