Current Projects

Neighborhood Improvement Planning

  • Facilitation/project management of neighborhood improvement plans
    • Convening Neighborhood Planning Teams
    • Coordinating project work
    • Business case development
    • Policy advising

Academic Lead: David Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology

Neighborhood Health Measurement Strategy

  • Developing consensus on design of the index
  • Overseeing inputs collection
    • Quantitative sources (Neighborhood Nexus)
    • Qualitative sources. longitudinal surveys (FCS Training & Consulting)
    • Neighborhood Narratives (Atlanta POV)

Academic Lead: Ishita Chordia, Georgia Institute of Technology

Place-Based Public Safety Program

  • Place-based micro public safety strategies 
  • Blight remediation and eradication
  • Community-driven crime reduction 

Academic Lead: William Sabol and Volkan Topalli, Georgia State University

Smarter Cities Analytics

  • Developing an integrated smarter cities program for neighborhoods undergoing revitalization efforts
    • Transportation monitoring and analytics
    • Environmental tracking
  • Partnership with the Mayor's Housing Team to conduct climate-oriented engineering for facilities and housing on public land 

Academic Lead: Debra Lam, Georgia Institute of Technology

Equity in Property Tax Assessments

  • Assessing the degree to which property tax assessment methods are leading to unjust burden sharing
    • Examining methods deployed by Fulton County Tax Assessors

Academic Lead: Elora Raymond and Brian An, Georgia Institute of Technology

Douglass Cluster Strategy

  • Developing a strategy for improving the performance of the Douglass Cluster
    • How can APS partner and leverage the technology company investments on the westside?

Academic Lead: Kamau Bobb, Georgia Institute of Technology