A Timeline of Our Progress
Atlanta Land Trust (ALT) was developed as a way to ensure access to long-term housing affordability in Atlanta. Since its inception, the organization has worked with City leaders, developers and planners to secure and preserve affordable housing options for residents of Atlanta.
Atlanta BeltLine Partnership (BLP) began exploration of CLTs as a tool to mitigate economic displacement in advance of BeltLine development
BLP engaged leading national expert John Davis of Burlington Associates to meet with Atlanta housing and community leaders and assist with CLT development in Atlanta
BLP, AHAND (now Georgia ACT) and Atlanta Civic Site convened CLT Development Committee in September, facilitated by John Davis
CLT Development Committee met throughout 2009 and developed the framework for creating CLTs in Atlanta
The Atlanta CLT Collaborative, Inc. dba Atlanta Land Trust Collaborative (ALTC) incorporated, with funding from Home Depot, United Way, and NCB capital
First board meeting; Valarie Wilson elected as Board President
Tony Pickett hired as first Executive Director
Executed deed restriction agreements for the first 3 units in the ALT portfolio located in the Lofts at Reynoldstown Crossing
ALTC Board of Directors engaged the services of Housing Consultant Julie Brunner to conduct an Organizational Assessment
The Organizational Assessment was compiled and reviewed with the ALTC Board of Directors
ALTC Board of Directors began the transformation by seeking and securing funding to support the required work at hand, holding Officer and Board Member elections, and seeking out key partnerships to support the work
Christopher Norman elected as Board President
Engaged Burlington Associates to assist with a Strategic Board Retreat – as a result, the ALTC Board of Directors outlined the necessary steps to move forward in detail as a framework
Engaged Burlington Associates to interact with Atlanta BeltLine Inc. and provide input for Integrated Housing Action Plan
Received $100,000 from Ford Foundation to support strategic work
Engaged Burlington Associates to prepared comprehensive 36-month Business Plan (finalized in May 2016)
Enterprise Community Partners donated property located in Oakland City for development into CLT units
Enterprise Community Partners and Wells Fargo provided $108,000 grant to support Transit Oriented Development of donated property located in Oakland City
Legal name changed to Atlanta Land Trust, Inc.
The Kendeda Fund provided multi-year $1,000,000 grant
Amanda Rhein hired as new Executive Director