Fwd: West End Business Corridor Visioning ltr for May 8 session
Teague Buchanan
From: "Winslow, Cleta" <cwin...@atlantaga.gov>
Date: May 4, 2012 11:46 AM
Subject: West End Business Corridor Visioning ltr for May 8 session
To:
ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL
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CLETA M. WINSLOW COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT 4 |
| 55 TRINITY AVENUE, S.W. CITY HALL, SUITE 2900 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 |
May 4, 2012
Greetings:
I would like to invite you to attend our Tuesday, May 8, 2012 session of the West End Business Corridor Visioning Series at West Hunter Street Baptist Church, 1040 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd., beginning at 7:30 a.m. This session will focus on identifying funding sources for businesses and looking at tourism as an industry that could boost development.
One funding source that will be discussed is Opportunity Zones (OZ), a Georgia incentives program administered through the Department of Community Affairs. OZ increases the amount of and access to state incentives for job creation in approved areas. If West End applies for OZ through the City of Atlanta and is approved by the State of Georgia, the program would allow a business person who hires two or more persons, to get a tax credit of $3,500 per person per year for five years.
We will also discuss New Market Tax Credits, a program that can be used to purchase property, build new construction or rehabilitate existing facilities. The types of projects that can be funded by this program include offices, retail locations, manufacturing sites, community facilities and mixed-use development with at least 20%-30% commercial outlets.
Tourism professionals will share insights regarding how formalizing a tourism industry linking West End, the Atlanta University and other nearby historic neighborhoods can help spur the development of new businesses and increase the revenues generated by existing commercial sites.
After our session on May 8th, there will be one final panel discussion session on May 22, 2010, so please come and encourage other West End businesses to join you in this visioning process. There will be information available in the resource area on the topics for discussion on Tuesday, May 8th as well as West End’s Community Improvement District, which affects the entire West End Business Corridor. If you need further information regarding the visioning process, please call Barbara Washington in my office at (404) 330-6047.
See you on Tuesday, May 8, 2012!
Sincerely,
Cleta Winslow, Councilmember
District 4
“Economic Development Strategies for the
West End Business Corridor”
SPONSORED BY:
COUNCILMEMBER CLETA M. WINSLOW, DISTRICT 4
ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL
AND
THE WEST END MERCHANTS COALITION
March 20 and 28, April 24, May 8 and 22, and June 5, 19 and 26, 2012; 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Daily
Locations:
Empire Board of Realtists
686 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd., SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
(o) (404) 755-5575
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The Community Room
The Mall, West End
850 Oak St., SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
(o) (404) 755-1001
*
West Hunter Street Baptist Church
1040 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd., SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
(o) (404) 758-5564
Facilitators:
David Green, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Perkins+Will
Caleb P. Racicot, AICP LEED AP, Tunnell-Spangler-Walsh & Associates
Herman Howard, The Laminen Group, Inc.
Session 4 – Tues., May 8 – 7:30 a.m.
Location:
West Hunter Street Baptist Church
1040 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd., SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
HOW DO WE GET THERE? PART I
Getting the Maximum Dollars for Tourism Gilda Watters, President
Watters Consulting Group, LLC
Kathleen Bertrand, Senior Vice President
Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau
Improving Storefronts to Enhance the Bottom Line Lonnie Saboor, Manager
Small Business Finance
Invest Atlanta
Opportunity Zones Kevin Johnson, Senior Advisor for Economic Development
Invest Atlanta
Dr. Eloisa Klementich, Director
Business Development
Invest Atlanta
New Market Tax Credits and Stadium TADs Dale Royal, Senior Program Manager
TAD Programs
Invest Atlanta
Session 5– Tues., May 22 – 7:30 a.m.
Location:
Empire Board of Realtists
686 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd., SW
HOW DO WE GET THERE? PART II
Transportation Investment Act Joshuah D. Mello, AICP
Assistant Director for Transportation Planning
Tom Weyandt
Senior Transportation Policy Advisor
The Impact of Transportation on West End —
MARTA Cheryl King, AICP, Assistant General Manager Planning
Atlanta Beltline Nate Conable, Director of Transit & Transportation
Atlanta Beltline, Inc.
Atlanta Street Car Angie Laurie, Program Manager
Central Atlanta Progress
Shelley Peart, Project Manager, Sr.
Office of Transportation
Department of Public Works
City o f Atlanta
Financing for Your Future Frank Simmons, Group Vice President
Capitol City Bank
Customer Service Training Sharon Jones, Consultant
17 Mistakes that Small Business Make Brian Joubert, Author and Business Owner
L & B Tax Services
