Greenway Extension

Macon County

Acreage: 14

Year: 2017

Purchased from the Dills family in 2017, Mainspring received grants from Duke Energy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Tennessee Valley Authority to fund a much-needed restoration along the banks of Cartoogechaye Creek. The land was then conserved through a grant from the North Carolina Land and Water Fund, allowing us to sell it to the Town of Franklin in 2022 at a bargain price. The town worked with the county to extend the Little Tennessee Greenway to the Macon County Rec Park and re-route the Blue Ridge Bartram Trail off busy roads for the safety of hikers.