By: Jonathan Gelber, Bleakly Advisory Group and Co-Chair of ULI Atlanta’s Technical Assistance Programs Committee ULI Atlanta’s Technical Assistance Programs (TAPs), the local advisory services arm of the Urban Land Institute was recently asked to convene a panel through the American Cities Climate Challenge (Climate Challenge), an ambitious commitment in U.S. cities who want to […]
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Metro Atlanta’s Affordable Housing Sector: COVID-19 Impact & Response
By ANDPI Just as a chorus of voices had begun to move the needle on new resources for affordable housing in our region, the COVID-19 pandemic has blunted our momentum. Unlike the housing and financial crisis that became the Great Recession, this situation unfolded very quickly. Will recovery come as quickly? How are housing credit […]
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ULI Atlanta Member Spotlight: Malory Atkinson, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Shear Structural and Chair of ULI Atlanta’s Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI)
We spoke with Atkinson about how a stint at a tech startup led her to starting Atlanta’s only female-led structural engineering firm, her love for all things ULI and how she serves her neighbors in unexpected ways. Malory Atkinson isn’t afraid to stand out in a crowd. Maybe it’s her penchant for vintage style. Or, […]
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Boys & Girls Clubs Come to the Rescue of First Responders
By Emily Proctor, Southface Institute Always on the frontline of communities in need, nonprofits are now struggling more than ever to provide for those who depend on them, with competition for donation dollars fierce in the COVID-19 environment. Even so, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County, a grantee of Southface’s GoodUse program, quickly saw the […]
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Real Estate: How Coronavirus Will Shape the Smart Workplaces of the Future
By Ryan Mills, Partner, CohnReznick & District Council Treasurer, ULI Atlanta In Atlanta and nationwide, workspaces have gone virtual as employees hunker down at home to help flatten the coronavirus curve. As the country rides out the COVID-19 pandemic, commercial real estate (CRE) companies must plan for what is certain to be a new way […]
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Program-Enriched Housing Adapting to Meet the Challenge
Featured Image: A food and supply pantry at Reynoldstown Senior Residences was restocked recently with donations from Reynoldstown neighbors. By James Alexander, President, Mercy Housing Southeast Unstable is a word I am hearing a lot these days from family and friends. It feels we are one bad headline, week, or month, away from losing […]
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7 Steps to Better Indoor Air Quality During the COVID-19 Crisis
By Southface Staff Your home should be your sanctuary—an inviting place where you can rest, rejuvenate and heal from life’s daily stressors. These days, it is where you may be spending most of your waking hours, trying to keep yourself and your loved ones safe and healthy. But creating a haven takes more than investing […]
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Repurposed Parking Facilities in Post-COVID-19 Atlanta
By Maxine Hicks and Andrew Much, DLA Piper The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has profoundly impacted the way we will work, shop and choose to commute by car in the years to come. For example, most of us have now learned how to effectively telework and we have become adept with the use of […]
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In uncertain times, support the front lines
By George Burgan, ANDPI “You must never so much think as whether you like it or not whether it is bearable or not; you must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it.” — Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross It is rare that all of humanity faces a new […]
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Earth Hour 2020
By Southface Saturday, March 28, is Earth Hour, the yearly global appointment when people in over 180 countries turn off their lights for one hour in solidarity for the planet’s future. This year especially, when we’re being asked to distance ourselves for the sake of community health and safety, Earth Hour gives us an opportunity […]
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Recognizing ‘The Leaders’ Influential Women in Real Estate and Land Use
By Malory Atkinson, Chair of ULI Atlanta’s Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) and member of ULI’s Creative Development Council and Advisory Board As we navigate these challenging times, we need leadership and problem-solving now more than ever. Research at ULI and across all industries shows that more diverse groups, with more diverse thinking not only leads […]
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Atlanta Regional Housing Forum: This Our Time: New People, New Tools, and New Funding
By ANDPI Will 2020 be a tipping point for opportunities to impact the supply of affordable housing in metro Atlanta? Despite the near-universal agreement that housing affordability is reaching a crisis point, the region has a growing deficit of more than 300,000 affordable units. But an emerging alignment of public and private sector partnerships is […]
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ULI Atlanta Member Spotlight: Thomas Calloway, East Point Councilmember
By The Wilbert Group We spoke with Calloway about his home in East Point, his path to local government and his involvement with ULI’s UrbanPlan for Public Officials. He may not wear a cape or cool costume, but Thomas Calloway is a modern-day superhero for Atlanta’s East Point community. By day, the small business owner […]
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Building Science Expertise Helping At-Risk Seniors Stay in Their Homes
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Southface staff and friends during the orientation to the house they would be working on during the MLK Service Project in Decatur, GA Southface Institute staffers joined 954 volunteers at the 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Project in Decatur, Georgia By Sarah Mundell, Southface Institute Southface Institute is honored to share the hometown […]
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What the 2020 Georgia Energy Code Updates Mean for You
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″] Starting January 1 there are new regulations to follow By Sarah Mundell, Southface Institute Attention building professionals: Effective January 1, 2020, all new construction and renovations in Georgia must comply with new State Minimum Standard Energy Code, the first major revision of the energy code in nearly a decade. The new code includes […]
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Seven organizations receive technical assistance through ULI Atlanta’s Center for Leadership
Sheba Ross, HKS Design and ULI Atlanta mTAP Chair (2020) Leadership is a team sport. There has been a shift in the past decade where much momentum has been gained in the realm of action in comparison to just planning. And the reason is because initiatives have been propelled to action, not by solitary thinkers, […]
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Southface Institute – A Look Back on a Successful 2019
By Southface Board of Directors As 2019 draws to a close, Southface Institute is thankful for the victories that supporters have helped the nonprofit achieve in creating more sustainable homes, workplaces and communities here in Atlanta, in the Southeast and across the country. Here are a few of the standout accomplishments this year. High-Performance Practices […]
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Historic Atlanta Church Seeks to Use Transfer of Development Rights to Expand Community Services
By: Gary A. Cornell, FAICP Organizations thinking about how to best use their land to better achieve their goals is a very common practice. What may be less commonplace is a concept of monetizing development rights to serve organizational priorities. This mechanism, transfer of development rights (TDR), may be a familiar term from an historic […]
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A Strategic, Regional Approach to Addressing Metro Atlanta’s Housing Challenges
By ANDP We all know the trend lines: Housing costs are rising much faster than wages, housing supply isn’t keeping up with population growth, and the number of affordable housing units is shrinking at an alarming rate. Local communities across the region are in differing stages of dealing with their housing challenges, but it’s clearly […]
