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.