AUGUST 9, 2024 • 7:30 AM – 12:30 PM
CITY SPRINGS STUDIO THEATRE
Sandy Springs, GA
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In its 4th year, The INTERSECTION is a place where public policy and private investment meet to discuss metro Atlanta’s critical issues, hear best practices, and stay educated on topics as they relate to metro Atlanta’s ability to grow and prosper. The INTERSECTION is a product of the Quality Growth Institute, the Council for Quality Growth’s education arm and an established 501(c)(3) organization.
APPROVED FOR CREDIT HOURS:
4.0 Hours by GA Real Estate Commission
4.0 AICP CM Credit Hours by APA GA
4.0 PDH Engineering Credits
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A year ago, The INTERSECTION explored our region’s affordable housing crisis and the partnerships working to solve it. With housing still top of mind in our metro’s now 89 local governments, we continue this conversation this year, through the lens of infrastructure. It is high-quality and sustainable infrastructure that makes our developments work, and as a region and state, we must prioritize this investment to support the expected population growth and ensure housing continues to be built. How can infrastructure investment work to alleviate our housing shortage? How are communities prioritizing housing and infrastructure in tandem? What kind of investments need to be made now?
We know traditional infrastructure when we see it, but housing isn’t always likened to it. But just like roads, bridges, sewers, power lines, and networks, housing is part of the fabric of a successful economy. What happens when we think about housing AS a kind of infrastructure?
Join us August 9 to explore #TheINTERSECTION of Housing & Infrastructure.
Housing
Infrastructure
BUILDING FOR CAPACITY
A Mayoral Panel
We all feel the pain points of continued growth locally – congested roads, crowded schools, sewer capacity and water supply issues, safety concerns, and many more. This panel of local metro Mayors will explore their unique challenges of building cities for a future capacity that is even greater than today’s. What are our region’s biggest capacity limitations? What is happening around the region to manage these pain points? How can building higher capacity infrastructure in turn work to alleviate our housing crisis?
INNOVATION IN HOUSING
Exploring Innovative Products & Policies
The “Housing Abundance Success Sequence”
As our housing crisis swells, policy makers across the U.S. are looking at regulatory solutions to increase the supply and, in turn, work in favor of affordability. Tobias Peter, a national expert on housing policy, says the solution is keeping it simple. With data-driven case studies from across the U.S., he’ll explore trends in innovative housing policies and how fast-growing regions like metro Atlanta can best implement them. He’ll also share his “Housing Abundance Success Sequence” that lists the steps taken to increase housing supply.
CASE STUDY: 2 PEACHTREE
Infrastructure’s Role in Office-to-Residential Conversions
A downtown office tower in Atlanta has gained national attention for the ambition to convert 44 stories of the 1966 building into affordable, mixed-income housing. This transformative project has much potential, but just as many challenges for the development team to overcome. Office-to-residential conversion projects often require an entire infrastructure overhaul, with a stark contrast in the needs of the two different building uses. Plumbing capacity, temperature control, window systems, ceiling heights, and parking requirements are all elements of conversion that must be considered. This housing and infrastructure case study will explore the infrastructure requirements of building conversions, challenges faced and lessons learned, as well as potential payoffs if successful.
A REGIONAL APPROACH
“Fostering Regionalism”
Infrastructure and housing challenges don’t stop and start at the city or county line. We must look beyond our jurisdiction, beyond our constituencies, beyond our political parties, and beyond our daily commutes to address the needs at a regional scale.
ARC’s Infrastructure Initiatives
The Atlanta Regional Commission is leveraging the federal Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA) to advance transportation and infrastructure projects across metropolitan Atlanta, calling the bill a “game changer” for our region. With funding prioritized to projects that cross city and county lines, metro Atlanta is a well-suited recipient. Executive Director Anna Roach and Vice Chair Michael Caldwell will discuss the ARC’s initiatives to bring more infrastructure investment opportunities to the metro Atlanta region.
TRANSIT AS A PROPELLANT FOR DEVELOPMENT
Cleveland’s Bus Rapid Transit Success Story
BRT lines across the U.S. have proven to be a cost-effective transit solution and are up for voter approval in metro Atlanta later this year. Cleveland’s HealthLine opened in 2008 and has been described as the “most successful example of BRT in the U.S.” It not only serves an increased ridership, but the added connectivity has spawned millions in new and redevelopment projects along the Euclid Avenue Corridor, a previously declining commercial center that never recovered from the economic downtown of the last century. GCRTA’s Maribeth Feke will tell Cleveland’s BRT Success Story from concept to implementation to the vibrant communities it serves today.
THE RACE TO REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY WITH COUNTY CHAIRS
Transit & Mobility SPLOSTs on the Ballot this November
It’s a crucial year for metro Atlanta. With our two bookend counties putting transit expansion referendums on their ballots this November, it is imperative that we educate the voters in Gwinnett and Cobb. Hear from these two County’s Chairwomen on the details of their latest SPLOST-funded transit programs and how they’ll serve residents as we race to connect our region together. The “Race to Regional Connectivity” is on.
Learn More About 'The Race'
ALL FEATURED SPEAKERS
Mayor Beverly Burks
City of Clarkston
Mayor Michael Caldwell
City of Woodstock & Vice Chair, ARC
Chairwoman Lisa Cupid
Cobb County Board of Commissioners
Maribeth Feke
Director of Programming & Planning
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Ann Hanlon
Executive Director
Perimeter CIDs
Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson
Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners
Mayor Rusty Paul
City of Sandy Springs
Egbert Perry
Chief Executive Officer
The Integral Group
Tobias Peter
Senior Fellow & Co-Director
AEI Housing Center
Anna Roach
Executive Director
Atlanta Regional Commission
Mayor Vince Williams
City of Union City
Kyle Wingfield
President & CEO
Georgia Public Policy Foundation
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For more information or to become a sponsor, contact Megan King at MK@CouncilForQualityGrowth.org.
RE-WATCH PAST INTERSECTION CONFERENCES
The Intersection 2023:
COLLABORATE & COMPETE
The Intersection 2022:
INNOVATION IN GEORGIA
The Intersection 2021:
INNOVATE OR DIE