Secluded in Chattahoochee Hill country, just southwest of Atlanta, you’ll find an urban anomaly. Serenbe is a 1,200- acre community that re-imagines a holistic approach to living well.
By Madelyn Brown
The pastoral fields and canopied forests grow undisturbed in an act of quiet rebellion. Serenbe was born out of a reaction to the rapid urban development at the expense of the natural environment. Decades ago, when Steve Nygren, co-founder, noticed bulldozers encroaching on the countryside, he fought the zoning laws to protect the land from a future of strip malls, chain stores, and subdivisions. He succeeded and the first home in the Serenbe community broke ground in 2004.