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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Greenway trails link Athens’points of interest. Green Spaces center, tennis center, a youth sports
Athenians work steadily to preserve, complex, a skate park, miles of greenway
and comprehensive healthcare. With enhance, and expand the area’s green and trails, and a zoo.
three outstanding area hospitals spaces. To this end, Athens offers ample The Greenways and riverside
– Athens Regional Medical Center, parks, playgrounds, lakes, skate parks, parks provide opportunities to
Landmark Hospital, and St. Mary’s wildlife trails, and stunning areas to experience nature while linking parks,
Health Care System – and a full explore and enjoy. Athens-Clarke County neighborhoods, points of interest, and
complement of healthcare support Leisure Services maintains more than activity centers. The North Oconee River
services such as the Athens Nurses 2,500 acres with diverse parks and Greenway is a 3.75-mile, 10-foot-wide
Clinic, Athens Neighborhood Health facilities including swimming pools, an poured concrete trail that connects with
Center, the Clarke County Health arts center and museum, community Cook’s Greenway Trail at Sandy Creek
Department, Mercy Health Center centers, dance center, historic theatre, Nature Center and follows the North
and the University of Georgia Health disc golf course, dog parks, a nature Oconee River south toward downtown
Center, our citizens enjoy access to Athens and the University of Georgia.
only the best in healthcare services. Athens is also home to America’s first
garden club, the 313-acre State Botanical
Garden of Georgia and one of the most
extensive and diverse collections of
specialty nurseries and gardens in the
Southeast United States.
Athens represents a rare combination
of natural beauty and outdoor activities
combined with a strong sense of
ecological awareness and whole-
hearted community commitment to the
preservation of the environment.
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