• Residents of the Red Oak community in south Fulton County are invited to comment on a revitalization plan at meetings in February and March.

The 6:30 p.m. meetings will be at the Fulton County Public Safety Training Center, 4710 Campbell Drive, College Park.

The meetings will be Tuesday, Feb. 20, and Monday, March 5. The Red Oak Redevelopment Steering Committee, an initiative of the Housing Authority of Fulton County, is sponsoring the meetings.

The HAFC, which operates Red Oak Apartments, is seeking U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding support for a Hope VI grant.

The money will enable the authority to transform the public housing complex into a mixed-income development that will become a seamless part of the surrounding neighborhood. The transformation also will serve as a catalyst to revitalize the entire Red Oak community.

• Housing Authority of Fulton County officials will conduct a news conference Monday, to announce $100 million in bond financing for developers to build homes throughout Fulton County.

Hundreds of construction industry executives have been invited to the Four Seasons Hotel, 75 Fourteenth St., Atlanta, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. They will hear details of the "Welcome Home Program," which will provide mixed-income single-family housing for everyone from working families to young professionals, and serve as a tool to revitalize neighborhoods.

The first of its kind by a housing authority in metro Atlanta, the program is the latest in the HAFC's ongoing effort to form public-private partnerships and expand housing opportunities in the county.

Developers can use the funds to build market-rate homes on targeted sites or to create subdivisions. The bonds will be made available through a new HAFC subsidiary, Legacy Community Partnership.