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NORTHSIDE DRIVE STUDIO

Georgia Institute of Technology | Connectivity Studio

Professor Michael Dobbins Student Team: Tharunya Balan, Meredith Britt, Sara Haas, Marion Phillips

Housing and Community Development

CONNECTIVITY STUDIO

• Housing
• Current conditions and future potential
• Economic Development
• Job creation
• Workforce development
• Business development, recruitment and retention
• Community Development
• Community resources, services and facilities
• Connectivity to external resources

Housing and Community Development Goals

• Past Studies
• Westside TAD Plan
• Invest Atlanta/APD
• Vine City Redevelopment Plan
• Choice Neighborhoods
• Case Studies
• Stadium Case Study
• Barclay’s Center for Brooklyn Nets
• Proposed downtown L.A. football stadium
• GIS Mapping

Background Information

TAD and NPU Boundaries

• Westside TAD
• Redevelopment Plan – 1998
• 500-1000 new and/or renovated residential units
• Improved transportation linkages within the district
• Remove blighted conditions and expand redevelopment efforts
• Foster the development of connections between the Central Business

District, Clark Atlanta University Center, the Georgia Tech Campus, and adjoining neighborhoods

• Westside TAD Neighborhood Fund
• $13,578,017 invested 2001-2010
• Westside Bond Issue
• $10,660,237 invested

Existing Plans and Studies

• Westside TAD Neighborhood Implementation Plan - APD
• Goals
• Infrastructure
• Water management
• Pedestrian infrastructure/sidewalk network
• Neighborhood capacity
• Job readiness and education
• Financial literacy
• Community development corporations
• Education
• Crime
• Blight
• Access to services and information
• Land banking
• Rehabilitation of owner occupied homes

Existing Plans and Studies

• Vine City Livable Centers Initiative
• Completed in 2009
• Encourage a diversity of medium to high-density, mixed-income

neighborhoods, employment, shopping and recreation choices at the activity and town center level.

• Housing and Economic Development Priorities
• Establish and business association and business recruitment/retention committee
• Engage nonprofits and City Housing Department to acquire and rehabilitate

foreclosed properties

• Establish a land bank
• Utilize vacant land for community gardens, both for community building and

economic development purposes.

Existing Plans and Studies

• Vine City Redevelopment Plan
• Housing
• Increase owner occupied housing, preserve historic character, rehab

existing housing.

• Mixed income, mixed use, preservation as key priorities.
• Economic Development
• Develop long-term business and employment opportunities.
• Create a development coalition, create long term revenue stream for

local CDCs, micro-businesses, market and tourism strategy.

• Community Facilities
• Community facilities that will serve current and future residents.
• 24 hour police precinct, athletic facilities, healthcare
• Human and Social Development
• Provide intergenerational programs and facilities
• Cultural, child care, senior care

Existing Plans and Studies

• Choice Neighborhoods - Neighborhood Transformation Plan
• Focused on Atlanta University Center, Vine City, and Ashview Heights
• Neighborhood
• Goal: Transform neighborhoods of poverty into viable, mixed-income

neighborhoods with access to services, schools, public assets, public transportation, and improved access to jobs.

• Strategies: Business building/job creation, mixed-use development, connectivity,

public safety, green development and sustainability.

• Housing
• Goal: Transform distressed public and assisted housing into energy efficient,

mixed-income housing that is viable over the long term.

• Strategies: Revitalization of the former University Homes, Revitalization of

Magnolia Perimeter area in Vine City.

• People
• Goal: Support positive outcomes for residents particularly in health, safety,

employment, mobility and education

• Strategies: Coaching and counseling, health and wellness, cradle-to-career

education pipeline, job readiness

Existing Plans and Studies

Brooklyn, NY – Barclay’s Center for Brooklyn Nets (NBA)

• Affordable Housing
• 6,400+ units of affordable, middle-income, and market rate housing
• In Building 2, propose 363 rental units and 50% are affordable.
• Community Benefits Agreement
• Job Development
• Public housing residents and low and moderate-income individuals in surrounding

neighborhoods will get priority in available jobs.

• 35% jobs - minority workers; 10% for women workers;
• Pre-apprenticeship training program
• Small Business Contracting
• 5% of pre-construction dollars to minority owned and three percent to women owned firms
• 20% of construction contract dollars to minority firms and 10% to women owned businesses.
• 20% of total contract dollars (including concession activities) to minority-women owned

businesses for purchasing and service contracts.

• Community Amenities
• Health care center and inter-generational facility
• Fifty upper bowl tickets, four lower bowl tickets and one suite will be set aside for community

use, with priority for young people and seniors.

Stadium Case Study – Atlantic Yards

• Los Angeles, CA - proposed football stadium
• Community Benefits Agreement
• $15 million Housing Trust Fund to preserve and create extremely low-

income housing in Pico-Union, South L.A. and Downtown L.A.

• $300,000 for at least 3 years of work by a team of a housing organizers

focused on tenant rights and improving housing conditions within two-mile radius of the stadium

• Neighborhood improvement plans for South LA, Downtown and Pico Union,

with funding for improvements identified through community processes

• Requirement that the City’s living wage will be the minimum for all on-site

jobs

• Establishing that 40% of all local hires in permanent jobs will be prioritized for

“disadvantaged” workers

• Numerous community input and notification processes for public safety

impacts, construction impacts, and other concerns

Stadium Case Study – Farmers Field

Demographics: Race and Ethnicity

Demographics: Age

Demographics: Income and Poverty

Source: Invest Atlanta Tax Allocation District Completion Assessment; HR&A; April 5, 2013

Demographics: Educational Attainment

Land Ownership

Property Values

• The Vine City and English Avenue neighborhoods have significant housing

condition challenges and vacancy per visual survey of the neighborhood.

• Greatest need and great potential for displacement
• Existing focus on housing: Choice and APD
• How can housing serve as a connecting force between English Avenue/Vine City

and other neighborhoods?

Problems/question to consider:

• Condition: What properties should be targeted for rehabilitation vs. demolition?
• Inventory: What housing types are currently lacking or under-represented?
• New Construction: What type of new construction can the neighborhood support?
• Single vs. Multi Family
• Small development vs. large scale
• High rise vs. low rise vs. townhome
• Market Rate
• Mixed Income
• Mixed Use
• 100% affordable

Housing Conditions

Housing Vacancy

Source: Invest Atlanta Tax Allocation District Completion Assessment; HR&A; April 5, 2013

Housing Costs

Housing Costs

Source: Invest Atlanta Tax Allocation District Completion Assessment; HR&A; April 5, 2013

• Displacement Mitigation Strategies: Given new development in

surrounding areas, these neighborhoods are potentially at risk for experiencing gentrification. How can we limit displacement of current residents?

• Land Trust Model
• Property Tax Abatement
• Potential for joint ventures/partnerships – public/private or private/NPO - in

housing development.

• Affordable Housing with long term affordability
• LIHTC
• Section 8
• HOME
• TAD funded development
• Tax Exempt Bond Funding from Invest Atlanta
• Vine City/English Avenue Trust Fund – Invest Atlanta
• CDCs – Vine City Health and Housing Ministries; Concepts 21 (Veterans);

Bethursday Development Corporation; University CDC, Tyler Place CDC.

Housing Conditions

Subsidized Housing

• The Vine City and English Avenue neighborhoods have attracted limited

economic investment from the private sector despite a key location adjacent to Downtown Atlanta.

• There is significant potential for increased private investment with the

new Stadium, possible Multi-Modal Transit Station, and increased interest in urban living.

• Falcons Stadium: How can the Falcon’s Stadium act as a positive

economic engine for the Vine City and English Avenue Neighborhoods?

• A community benefits agreement is required as part of the stadium

development which will incorporate workforce development goals.

• The stadium is likely to act as a catalyst/anchor in attracting new

private and public investment to the area.

Economic Development

• Employment: How can we increase employment
• pportunities and strengthen the potential workforce?
• Job Training:
• Match workforce development efforts with Stadium and MMPT needs.
• The Blank Foundation Neighborhood Fund
• Job Access:
• Local nonprofits screen qualified candidates and match them to open

positions

• Downtown Atlanta - home to a major University, numerous large

companies, and retail/service businesses

• Equal opportunity employers
• Revenue-sharing

Economic Development

Employment and Income

• Source: Invest Atlanta Tax Allocation District Completion

Assessment; HR&A; April 5, 2013

Unemployment

• Business Development: How can we both identify and activate locally
• wned and/or locally placed businesses that will bring both economic

investment and employment opportunities?

• Locally owned:
• Local universities and SCORE - training and mentoring
• Social Enterprise (Ex. Community Grounds Coffee)
• Locally placed:
• Westside TAD funds; Invest Atlanta Small Business Loans
• Invest Atlanta Emerging Markets - job creation, economic development

and neighborhood revitalization

• Businesses to serve Stadium attendees

Economic Development

Community Facilities

• The Westside Neighborhoods’ strategic location offers great potential for

engagement with surrounding neighborhoods. However, historically, there has been little to no intentional connection, due to both physical and social barriers. There has instead been a lot of localized focus by both neighborhood and external

• rganizations.
• Local organizations:
• Several CDCs; Raccoon Hogg: “dedicated to preserve in-place residents and small businesses”
• Help Org Inc: “community-driven eco-econ development“
• Churches
• External organizations:
• Georgia StandUp
• Legal Aide Georgia
• Atlanta Housing Association of Neighborhood-based Developers (AHAND)
• Georgia Conservancy
• Westside Communities Alliance

Community Development

• Opportunities for community development:
• Workforce development
• Connecting local skill to employment opportunities through creation of

skilled labor database

• Local initiatives
• Neighborhood Urban farms
• Security
• Neighborhood watch and community policing
• Community Services
• Community center, parks, and cultural resources
• Anchor Institutions:
• University Center
• Students, funds, and other resources
• Westside Village and New Housing Developments (Ashley College Town

and the Envoy)

• Spur additional development and interest

Community Development