Tony Pickett's Groups

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Where are you involved in housing policy?: Federal level, State level, Local - Urban

Describe yourself (interests, job responsibilities, experience, etc.) - please note that you can use the Settings link on the right side of the page to add or edit this response at any time: I have more than 20 years of experience in the planning, design and construction of large scale urban mixed-use redevelopment projects. I am currently the Executive Director of the Atlanta Land Trust Collaborative (ALTC). The creation of the ALTC has attracted national attention for its unique hybrid organizational structure; combining neighborhood-based, resident-controlled Community Land Trusts (CLTs) with the ALTC functioning as a "Central Server" organization that can support the development and operation of permanently affordable housing initiatives by independent CLTs along the Atlanta BeltLine and throughout the City. The Atlanta BeltLine is a $2.8 billion redevelopment project that will provide a network of public parks, multi-use trails and transit along a historic 22-mile railroad corridor circling downtown and connecting many neighborhoods directly to each other. The Atlanta BeltLine is the most comprehensive economic development effort ever undertaken in the City of Atlanta and among the largest, most wide-ranging urban redevelopment projects currently underway in the United States.