Liberty-Randleman Farmland Protection Corridor ~ 1,231 acres protected
Randolph County
After
hearing about the
Sutphin Mill Community, farmers in
the vicinity of Randolph County’s Liberty, Gray’s Chapel and Randleman
communities approached Piedmont Land Conservancy to learn how they could
initiate a similar project.
Randolph County, a leading agricultural county in North
Carolina, is the fastest growing county in the Triad, particularly in the
northern portion where growth spills over from Guilford County. Faced with
intensive development pressures, these three communities created a vision of an
8-10 mile corridor of approximately 3,000 acres of protected farmland that would
stretch between their communities
along Old NC Highway 49.
In Randolph County’s Growth Plan this particular section of Randolph County is identified as a Scenic and Heritage Tourism Corridor in support of the County’s desire to preserve the County’s rural and agricultural heritage in this area. Additionally, the protection of these rural lands will help protect critical drinking water supplies for other Randolph County towns located downstream of the Corridor area.
PLC is pleased to relate the following conservation success
stories within the Liberty-Randleman Farmland Protection Corridor.
Coward Family Farm I, II, and III