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?

Event Agenda

• 7:30 | Breakfast & Networking
• 8:00 | Welcome & Introductions
  Michael Paris, President & CEO, Council for Quality Growth
  Doug Hooker, Moderator
• Part 1: Building for Capacity
  • 8:05 | Infrastructure Keynote
  • 8:30 | Mayoral Panel, featuring:
    Mayor Beverly Burks, City of Clarkston
    Mayor Rusty Paul, City of Sandy Springs
    Mayor Vince Williams, City of Union City
    Moderated By: Kyle Wingfield, President, Georgia Public Policy Foundation
• Part 2: Innovation in Housing
  • 9:15 | “Exploring Innovative Products & Policies – The “Housing Abundance Success Sequence”
    Tobias Peter, Co-Director, AEI Housing Center
    10:00 | Break
• Part 3: Case Study
  • 10:15 | 2 Peachtree Conversion
    “Infrastructure’s Role in Office-to-Residential Conversions”
    Egbert Perry, CEO, Integral Group
• Part 4: A Regional Approach
  • 10:45 | “Fostering Regionalism”
    Michael Caldwell, Vice Chair, Atlanta Regional Commission & Mayor, City of Woodstock
  • 11:00 | Atlanta Regional Commission’s Infrastructure Initiatives
    Anna Roach, Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Commission
    Michael Caldwell, Vice Chair, Atlanta Regional Commission & Mayor, City of Woodstock
• Part 5: Transit as a Propellant for Development
  • 11:20 | “Cleveland’s Bus Rapid Transit Success Story”
    Maribeth Feke, Director of Programming & Planning, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA)
• Part 6: The Race to Regional Connectivity with County Chairs
  • 11:50 | Featuring Gwinnett & Cobb County Chairs
    Chairwoman Lisa Cupid, Cobb County
    Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson, Gwinnett County
• 12:00 | Closing Remarks

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The cost for non-members is $115
The Governmental rate is $50

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