Double your impact this Giving Tuesday - FLC to receive $10,000 in matching funds!

The FLC Properties Foundation (FLC-P) Board has pledged $10,000 in matching funds toward the Land Preservation Fund as part of FLC’s “Double Our Impact” Giving Tuesday campaign.

This fund assists with:

• Special projects where FLC can offer financial assistance to secure the purchase of a property for conservation purposes
• Helping landowners who wish to preserve their property but do not have the financial means to cover conservation easement-related costs.

The commitment ensures that every donor dollar will go twice as far in preserving open spaces across the region.

“For nearly 40 years, Foothills Land Conservancy has partnered with landowners and local leaders to protect the places that make East Tennessee so special,” said Mark Stevans, FLC Executive Director. “Giving Tuesday is an opportunity for our community to double its impact. With matching funds available, every contribution ensures that more land will be preserved for wildlife, recreation, and generations to come.”

Giving Tuesday arrives as Foothills Land Conservancy is celebrating a major milestone: its 40th anniversary in 2025. Since its founding in 1985, FLC has worked tirelessly to protect the rural character, natural beauty and ecological integrity of East Tennessee and the Southern Appalachian region.

What began as a grassroots effort in Blount County to prevent a 1,200-acre amusement park from being built in historic Tuckaleechee Cove has grown into one of the region’s most impactful conservation organizations. Today, FLC has:

• Protected more than 200,000 acres from commercial development
• Completed over 500 conservation projects
• Worked across 52 Tennessee counties and six additional states
• Expanded land stewardship and conservation partnerships to support generational land protection

About Foothills Land Conservancy (FLC): FLC protects, preserves, and enhances the lands and environment of the Southern Appalachian region. By partnering with landowners, the organization now stewards more than 500 conservation projects totaling over 200,000 acres across Tennessee and six other states. Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2025, FLC is honored to preserve and promote the rural character of these properties, working farms and natural habitats – now and forever. Learn more at www.foothillsland.org.

About the FLC Properties Foundation (FLC-P): The FLC Properties Foundation is a separate but supporting organization of Foothills Land Conservancy. FLC-P accepts gifts of land, cash, or other assets to support land preservation through conservation, land acquisition, and stewardship programs.