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NORTHSIDE DRIVE STUDIO CONNECTIVITY STUDIO Housing and Community Development Georgia Institute of Technology | Connectivity Studio Professor Michael Dobbins Student Team: Tharunya Balan, Meredith Britt, Sara Haas, Marion Phillips

Housing and Community Development Goals • 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

Background Information • 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

TAD and NPU Boundaries

Existing Plans and Studies • 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

Stadium Case Study – Atlantic Yards 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 – Farmers Field • 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

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

Housing Conditions • 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 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

Housing Conditions • 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.

Subsidized Housing

Economic Development • 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 opportunities 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