VISION SNAPSHOTS // When we want to see it
THINK BIG (2025) Tested and Promising Innovative Practices
• Black/white opportunity gap closed • Prison system budget cut in half and reinvested in education • Pittsburgh Yards fully developed and modeled for equitable development • Meaningful graduation index where the city and school system clear pathways to employment • 3 consecutive years of zero deaths due to gun violence in south Atlanta
• Close racial wealth gap - Entrepreneurs have access to capital and TA - People have training that leads to jobs/livable wages • Housing vouchers are truly portable and go anywhere in the city • The number of Opportunity Youth in Atlanta is cut in half • Youth leadership active in our political spaces/statewide youth organizing mechanisms
START SMALL (2021) Collaborative Implementation in Sites
• 50% of new jobs in Pittsburgh Yards filled by local existing residents - 100 jobs • 80% of tenants Nia building are black or brown; 30% of residents are from surrounding neighborhoods • We have a youth cohort accelerator – young entrepreneurs • Equity policy flushed out and actionable in Atlanta Public Schools
• Clear articulation of career and education pathway alignment • Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative made loans, lined up TA for local entrepreneurs • EO RFP to provide training and jobs, workforce to include young people • Completed youth housing assessment from Urban Institute to inform our investments
SCALE FAST (2023) Scaling What We Learn
• Public investment in Cure Violence • Grady has fully implemented gun violence prevention program • Black/white disparity for suspensions/expulsions in school are closed • House ATL secures $250M pool of funds to invest in affordable housing creating 6,000 units • Invest Atlanta economic operational strategy includes jobs for young people • GA equity funders invest in a robust youth organization strategy
• Beltline paved, youth connected to PY and other neighborhood assets • Advocate for city policy that encourage economic inclusion • Use the Pittsburgh Yards model to influence developers including procurement and economic development • Atlanta graduates complete HS with career credentials • Data to inform our economic opportunity and strategy
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