Athens Area Horse Community

We maintain a website of valuable resources, organize mounted and unmounted, social and educational events, and work on community initiatives. The local horse community is facing growing pressure for the green space our horses require to survive. Every day we loose green space to development – not just the land where our horses live, but also farms where grain and hay is grown, and the open spaces

where we ride. New neighbors are moving in from urban areas who have never touched a horse – they at worst fear horses and at best don’t know how to help when your horses get loose or honk their car horn with a friendly wave as you ride down the road. If development continues at it’s current pace, then it is only a matter of decades, if not years, until all of the Athens area looks like Gwinnett, or Alpharetta – no longer realistic options for the majority of the horse loving population to own or ride horses. This is were AAHC’s potential comes in – AAHC exists to help local horse people solve the problems we collectively face and to offer opportunities. The local horse community faces such a complex variety of problems that AAHC has A LOT of irons in the fire. It feels overwhelming – but we are not alone – if we work together, then we can accomplish massive goals. Extraordinary steps must be taken to protect space for horses for future generations and the future after that. We are working to unite the horse community – to partner with county and state level leadership, fighting for sustainable development of green space, offering education for both horse lovers and general public. This website is designed as a resource for the local community – calendar of events, merchant directory, interactive map of places to ride, articles of useful information – all updated regularly. Maintaining our community requires commitment from every member of the local community. We are willing to do the work – are you willing to join us?