Steve Nygren
Town founder and Managing Partner of Serenbe, the community leading the wellness real estate and Agrihood movements. Steve is Partner of Nygren Placemaking consulting and a serial hospitality entrepreneur. He founded the 24-restaurant group, Peasant Restaurants in the 1970’s, that he sold in 1994.
He led the effort to create the Chattahoochee Hill Country Alliance bringing together landowners, developers, and conservationists for a mutually agreed upon solution for balanced growth across 40,000 acres. This effort resulted in a historic Georgia land use plan adopted to preserve 70% of the acreage on the edge of Atlanta while providing 20% more housing than the traditional yield of suburban sprawl. Steve currently serves on multiple boards dealing with children, agriculture and environmental issues including The Ray C. Anderson Foundation, Children & Nature Network, Chattahoochee Now and The Biophilic Institute.