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Featured Image: Farmers Joe Reynolds and Demetrius Milling, next-generation, entrepreneurial farmers who are actively working to own farmland in Georgia and supply the growing demand for sustainably produced, locally sourced foods. Photo by Robin McKinney. By The Conservation Fund To learn more about Working Farms Fund, watch the video below and read Nicolas Donck’s story to […]
By ULI ULI’s Terwilliger Center for Housing has announced finalists for this year’s Jack Kemp Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing. Metro Atlanta based HearthSide Club Lafayette, a mixed-income senior housing project was the only housing project recognized in the Southeast and one of 12 in the country recognized as a finalist. ULI’s Jack Kemp […]
By Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc., (ANDPI) NeighborWorks® America, the nation’s leading network of nonprofit community development organizations, is set to release its expanded annual housing and financial capability survey on Thursday, July 16. The 2019 survey found that vast majority of Americans say owning a home increases financial stability, but when it comes to […]
By Shane Totten, Southface Institute UPDATE: Since the time of this article’s original publication, HB 777 passed the Georgia Senate on June 16 and was signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp on June 29. HB 1015 did not move out of the Senate, but Southface and our partners continue to work together to bring […]
By Daphne Bond-Godfrey, Director, ULI Atlanta During a ULI Atlanta event on housing policy, zoning, and land use, a panel of experts from across the public and private sector gave their perspectives on the current state of housing opportunity, inequality, and why now is the time to focus on finding innovations in our zoning and […]
By The Conservation Fund Land Acquisition The Conservation Fund works on behalf of city and county partners to purchase land for parks, greenspaces, and trails that will be permanently protected for public use and environmental sustainability. The Fund recently purchased 216-acres of forested land in southeast Atlanta known as the Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve. This […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
