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A Team McFearsome ProjectMs. Carole BrydenMs. Cecilia ShuttersMr. Randy G. Gibbs

INTRODUCTION-The BRAC and Fort McPherson Development

-Past Plans

-McFearsome Proposal

-Effects on the Surrounding Community

-Short and Long-term Benefits

-Funding and Support

-Implementation

-Implications

BRAC & FT. MCPHERSON

• Fort located in SW Atlanta in the city of East Point

• Encompasses approx. 487 acres

• Approx. 7 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

• Conveniently located on MARTA train and bus lines

• Chosen in most recent BRAC selection round in 2005 with plans for closure set for September 2011

• 2007 and 2010 Redevelopment Plans, ultimately adopted by the MRLA (established by the City Atlanta)

• Original Master plans affected by the Great Recession (’08 & ‘09) and subject to changes in strategy

REFERENCING THE 2007 & 2010 REDEVELOPMENT PLANS:

• We agree that there should be a historical mixed use space (adaptive reuse and historical preservation efforts)

• Residential Space including both multi-family and single-family housing units and a community green space

• A high-density mixed use space located as close to MARTA as possible, creating a high accessibility space for business transients and residents alike

• Some component of recreation ground

MCFEARSOME PROPOSAL

HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE AND EVENT SPACE

STEM PROFESSIONAL PARK

STEM EDUCATIONAL PARK

MCFEARSOME PROPOSAL

• HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE AND EVENT SPACE

-Accessible to local community, city as a whole, and many industries that choose to host business in Atlanta via MARTA

-Science-based interactive Museum for children and adults

-Commercial and Retail space allotted

-Opportunity for local restaurants, bars, and cafés

-Spaces to cater to local artists

MCFEARSOME PROPOSAL

• STEM PROFESSIONAL PARK

-Professional Research & Design Facilities

-Biomedical

-Scientific

-Engineering

-Sustainability Technologies

-Military contracting space to facilitate development of sustainability per their

strategic goals

-Solar Panel Park

MCFEARSOME PROPOSAL

• STEM EDUCATIONAL PARK

-STEM Focused Magnet School (K-12)

-Community College offering concentrations in STEM related fields

-Focus on preparing students for the science, technology, and medical fields with emphasis on furthering education at Atlanta-based Universities

-Georgia Institute of Technology

-Emory University

-Morehouse School of Medicine

EDUCATION & THE COMMUNITY

• Obama Administration Reform of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act

-$1 billion in grants to states, school districts, and nonprofits

-$300 million specifically allotted for competitive STEM grants

-Within the $300 million in competitive grants to states are subgrants for

high-need districts for improving STEM education, aligning it with standards that help ensure college and career readiness

EDUCATION & THE COMMUNITY

• COMMUNITY COLLEGE

-Science, Technology, and Medicine

-Partnership with local Universities

-Local population given skillsets to work in an increasingly technology-driven marketplace

FUNDING• FEDERAL

• President Obama’s “Educate to Innovate”• Better Buildings Initiative

• STATE• Governor Deal’s “Raise to the Top”

• LOCAL• Tax Incentives• TADs• Multiple-Programs

• MARKET MECHANISMS• Energy service companies• Green revolving loan funds• Power Purchasing agreements• PACE renewable funding

• PRIVATE PARTNERS• Local Fortune 500 Co’s (Coca-Cola, Time-Warner, etc)• DOD• CDC

STAKEHOLDERS

• STATE

• CITY OF ATLANTA AND EAST POINT

• BUSINESS COMMUNITY

• LOCAL COMMUNITY

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A Team McFearsome ProjectMs. Carole BrydenMs. Cecilia ShuttersMr. Randy G. Gibbs