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SMGA's Mission:

To create and conserve an interconnected system
of parks and natural areas for our community and future generations.

WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO

The San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance is working to protect the quality of life for the people of San Marcos through the creation of interconnected parks and natural areas. Today, in the midst of unprecedented growth throughout Central Texas, SMGA is dedicated to ensuring that along with development, we take care to protect natural areas for ourselves, our children, and our future.

We believe there are many reasons to protect these areas including recreation, economic, environmental, health, spiritual, cultural, legacy-heritage and educational.

Since 1998 we have been working hard with developers, the City of San Marcos, Hays County, and a host of local, state and national entities to secure greenspace, promote stewardship and provide low impact access.

We look for the most appropriate natural areas and viable opportunities for preservation and devise strategies that reduce costs to our citizens while maximizing the benefits. We are not opposed to development; we simply consider natural areas to be part of high quality development patterns, the necessary infrastructure, that can connect people with parks and greenspace for the benefit of all.

All the while we celebrate the greenspaces and encourage others to do so with us or in their own way.
We help create access and connect these beautiful, valuable places with trails.

SMGA is a non-profit, 501(c) 3, all volunteer organization that survives on the membership dues, donations, grants, perspiration, brain and brawn of people who understand the value of the natural world. If you like greenspace we would love to have you join in.

See you on the path,

Todd Derkacz, President

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