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Task Force told to boost retail and avoid gentrification 5/25/18

Mayor Rusty Paul, challenges the North end Task Force to boost higher-end retail, which hinges on a wealthier customer base, without displacing the working-class residents of the city’s perhaps most diverse area

Sandy Springs north end task force is told to boost retail, avoid gentrification

The city of Sandy Springs’ North End Revitalization Task Force kicked off its brainstorming for redevelopment of northern Roswell Road on May 16 at Pontoon Brewing – the sort of hip, trendy business leaders want to see proliferate in the area of today’s aging shopping centers and apartment complexes.

Task Force Approves plan without advocate support

Sandy Springs’ North End Task Force is sent proposals to redevelop the area to the City Council without the approval of three members, who are affordable housing advocates. The advocates presented an alternative plan that called for anti-displacement measures.

Sandy Springs’ north end plan heads to City Council without advocate support

Sandy Springs’ north end task force is set to send its proposals to redevelop the area to the City Council without the approval of three members, who are affordable housing advocates. The advocates presented an alternative plan at the task force’s Dec. 5 meeting that called for anti-displacement measures, but it was not supported by […]

Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot

A number of major U.S. Cities are making a shift in single family zoning amid mounting crises over housing affordability, racial inequality and climate change, and beginning to incorporate more required workforce housing.

Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot (Published 2019)

Rising concerns about housing affordability, racial inequality and climate change are causing cities nationwide to re-examine their attachment to the detached house.

Brookhaven pioneers an affordable housing requirement

Brookhaven is the first city in metro Atlanta to adopt a mandatory citywide inclusionary zoning ordinance as one way to tackle housing affordability.

Brookhaven pioneers an affordable housing requirement

Brookhaven is the first city in metro Atlanta to adopt a mandatory citywide inclusionary zoning ordinance as one way to tackle housing affordability. The new regulation is being praised by an Atlanta city councilmember who is working to create regional affordable housing policy guidelines, but is also being knocked by building professionals who say a […]