Protect Brunswick County's First Acre.

Brunswick County is being developed faster than anyone can stop it alone.

The creeks, woodlots, and floodplain edges that define this place, that protect our neighborhoods and hold our water, are being cleared before most people notice they were at risk.

Large conservation organizations do important work. But they're built for large properties and long timelines. Unless you have a willing participant, by the time a grant gets written and deployed, the parcel is gone.. That's why we built something different.

The First Acre Initiative is conservation, owned by this community.

Not managed from Raleigh. Not directed by a foundation in Chapel Hill. Controlled here, by the people who fund it.

Every acquisition goes through a formal community comment period before the board votes. Your input is part of the record.. not a survey that gets filed away.

You are the grant.

40,000 Brunswick County residents giving $20 a month is $800,000 a month in community-controlled conservation capital. No application. No program officer. No restrictions from someone who's never stood at the edge of a longleaf stand here.

Just neighbors protecting the places that matter to them.

Every dollar here is restricted to land.

80% goes directly toward acquisition. 20% goes into a permanent stewardship endowment, because protecting land isn't a one-time act. It's forever.

No overhead. No exceptions.

Become a First Acre Founder.

$20/month makes you a founding member of Brunswick County's only community-directed conservation land fund, and gives you a formal voice in every acquisition we consider.

That's not just a benefit. That's the model.

Become a Founder: $20/month

Or give what you can. Every dollar goes to the land.

Thank you!!!!

CFBB's Community Heritage Land Fund

Citizens for Better Brunswick’s First Acre Initiative