By: ULI Programs Committee Members Jonathan Weidman of ASAP+ and Julie Secrist of Planners and Engineers Collaborative, Inc The Urban Land Institute Atlanta—in partnership with Perimeter Connects and the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts—gathered local commercial real estate professionals, transportation experts and civic and business leaders on Wednesday, Oct. 2 for an early morning discussion on […]
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7 Ways to Make Small Business Operations More Sustainable
By Southface Staff Thanks to environmental, social and business trends, sustainability is becoming much more of a priority for businesses. It not only affects companies’ cost structures, but it is increasingly a crucial differentiator for investors, consumers and B2B customers. What’s the best way to approach integrating sustainable practices in business operations? Here are seven […]
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Introducing ULI Atlanta’s New Silver Award: People’s Choice for the Public Realm
By: ULI Atlanta staff What do we mean when we say, “the public realm?” That is a question the leaders at ULI Atlanta have been asked countless times since we introduced the award category, Excellence in the Public Realm, during last year’s annual awards program. As a team at ULI Atlanta, we have a unique […]
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Closing the Homeownership Gap in Metro Atlanta and Beyond
The racial wealth gap has been growing over the past five decades and has reached the point where white households hold more than ten times the wealth of black households. The homeownership gap between black and white families is 30 percent. This continued disparity in wealth is of growing concern, and notably growing as black […]
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Save the Date: Closing the Homeownership Gap in Metro Atlanta and Beyond
The racial wealth gap has been growing over the past five decades, and has reached the point where white households hold more than ten times the wealth of black households. This continued disparity in wealth is of growing concern, and notably growing as black households continue to slip further behind in critical measures for wealth […]
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ULI Atlanta Member Spotlight: Kyle Reis, Principal, Director of Planning at Cooper Carry
Original post on ULI’s website. From planning communities to planning soccer drills, we spoke with Reis about his passion for design, involvement in ULI and giving back to the next generation. by: The Wilbert Group When it comes to Kyle Reis’ career success, there’s no separating nature versus nurture. Considering he has a twin brother […]
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Fostering Interdisciplinary Connections to Advance Atlanta
A Participant’s Perspective on ULI’s Center for Leadership By Jessica Florez, Perkins+Will Since moving to Atlanta in 2000, the city has been home and the base of my career as an urban designer. While I’ve participated in major projects here such as the Turner Field Neighborhoods LCI and the District 3 Westside Revive, my work has taken me […]
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Community Leaders Learn the Challenges Behind Planning and Development
By Scott Cullen, Chair, UrbanPlan and Executive Vice President, JLL “Community planning is challenging.” That was the sentiment from the recent UrbanPlan for Community Officials administered by the Urban Land Institute’s Atlanta District Council (ULI Atlanta for short). Organized with the assistance and support of Natallie Kaiser at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the day-long […]
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Help for Post-9/11 Veterans Struggling with Homeownership
By George S. Burgan, Senior Director of Communications & Technology, Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc. According to the 2018 report The Housing Affordability Struggle of 21st Century Veterans, post-9/11 service members struggle to achieve homeownership at the level of older veterans and have a lower homeownership rate than civilians in general. While veterans from Korea to […]
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The Urban Land Institute to Advise Central Atlanta Progress on Planning and Development of the “Stitch,” a Proposal for Vibrant Park Space Along I-75 and I-85 Connector
Nationally Renowned Panel of Land Use and Urban Planning Experts to Visit Atlanta February 24 – March 1 A group of nationally renowned land use, urban design and real estate experts representing the Urban Land Institute (ULI) will be visiting Atlanta February 24-March 1 to provide strategic advice on the funding, planning and development of […]
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ULI Atlanta Announces Amanda Rhein as Chair for Livable Communities Council
ATLANTA (January 23, 2019)—ULI Atlanta, an Urban Land Institute (ULI) district council, today announces Amanda Rhein is the new chair for the Livable Communities Council (LCC). Effective Jan. 1, 2019, Rhein is leading the council in its mission to improve metro Atlanta’s quality of life through advancing the critical role affordable housing plays across the […]
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Building a Sustainable City
by Pamela Henman, Southface Bright lights and soaring towers make up Atlanta’s iconic skyline, but also represent an opportunity to tackle one of the planet’s most pressing issues: energy and water consumption. According to the Department of Energy, about 20 percent of the energy used in the U.S. goes to power commercial buildings, and the […]
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How HouseATL Aims to Help Shape Atlanta’s Housing Future
From the diminishing supply of affordable units, to funding mechanisms for development and preservation, to issues of gentrification and displacement – housing affordability continues to be a central issue to achieving equity in metro Atlanta. At our last housing forum, we learned about taskforce efforts throughout the region – with a specific focus on Brookhaven, […]
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Getting to Zero Waste
By Pamela Henman Increasingly, consumers, corporations, and cities are waking the sleeping giant that is plastic pollution, as a recent spate of corporate and municipal bans on single use plastic items like plastic straws and bags make global headlines. According to the United Nations Environment, about 60 percent of the more than 8.3 billion tons […]
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High Performance Without the High Price Tag
By David Bailey, Project Manager, Southface Most intown Atlantans know that housing prices are rising and some rents have risen by as much as 70 percent. This means less affordable housing across the city for those who need it most, including seniors. For seniors living in the heart of the city, affordability is especially critical. […]
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Maximizing the Moment: Regional Action on Affordable Housing
Metro Atlanta is having a watershed moment. At no time in recent history have we seen more conversations about housing affordability than are occurring right now. Scarcity of housing stock, the predominance of low-income families that are housing-cost burdened, alarming levels of evictions, displacement and gentrification, rising rental rates, the loss of affordable units due […]
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Partnering to Preserve Affordability
Atlanta is losing its status as an affordable city. Insight from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Enterprise Community Partners have shown that our region lost more than 5,000 low-cost rental units from 2010 to 2014 and that we are poised to lose tens of thousands more due to expiring subsidies. With two recently financed projects, the ANDP […]
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Atlanta’s Changing Transportation Ecosystem
By: Sarah Kirsch and Daphne Bond-Godfrey, ULI Atlanta Atlanta’s traffic woes are a well-known story. Despite having the nation’s 9th largest transit system, we are still an auto-centric city and region, rife with congestion along our main corridors. The lesser known story, perhaps, is the remarkable level of investment and coordination currently underway among our […]
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Mass Timber Builds a Promising Future
By David Bailey. David is a Project Manager at Southface. The City of Portland will soon be home to the country’s tallest mass timber building. Scheduled to be completed in 2018, the Framework – as the building has been called – will be a soaring twelve-story tall mixed-use development that sheds light on the growing […]
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Fifteen Projects Awarded at EarthCraft’s Annual Celebration of Excellence
By Dayna Thompson, SouthfaceOn Thursday, October 19, Southface welcomed attendees for EarthCraft’s annual Celebration of Excellence. The Celebration recognizes projects, teams, builders, contractors and organizations that have excelled in their commitment to the EarthCraft program. A leader in sustainable building practices, EarthCraft delivers high performance and improved comfort to families, tenants and business owners across […]
