ENVISION ATHENS FY2019-FY2023 Short-Term Work Program 5-Year List of Programs/Policies/Plans Activities to implement the Envision Athens Action Agenda Lead Additional Organizations Success Measure Topic: HOUSING Coordinator H1. Target challenged multi- Georgia ACCGOV- Housing and Community Development, Athens Housing Authority, • Prioritize affordable housing via SPLOST family developments for Initiative for Advantage Behavioral Health Systems, Live Forward, Athens Homeless Coalition, allocation at an adequate level in order to major redevelopment, Community Interfaith Hospitality Network, Veteran’s Administration, Athens Area Homeless make a measurable impact ($4 million per especially mixed-income. Housing Shelter, Habitat for Humanity (ReNew Athens), Athens Land Trust, Clarke County year) Multi-family has shifted over the (GICH) Team • Initiate implementation of at least one multi- School District, ACC Code Enforcement, Development Authority of the Unified past 30 years. A boom in in-town family affordable housing development by student options has left many Government of Athens-Clarke County, Athens Area Board of Realtors, Athens the year 2023 older student housing complexes Wellbeing Project, UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences: Georgia with diminishing rents and • Implement policy to support mixed income Community Housing, Private developers (local), Athens Apartment Association, related disinvestment. These housing within new residential developments properties present an opportunity Land Bank Authority, Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, Mayor and Commission, • Evaluate ACC property for purposes of for well-planned redevelopment ACCA Council on Aging, Athens Downtown Development Authority, Bigger Vision, mixed income residential redevelopment that incorporates diverse housing Salvation Army, EACDC, HCDC, The Sparrow’s Nest, landlords • According to Athens Wellbeing Project data, options, captures greater real increase number of Athenians who estate value, and provides more experience housing as a budgeting factor affordable options for low income less than 30% of their salary or working income residents. The community can begin by creating • Through code enforcement, improve multi- an inventory of vulnerable family housing conditions to ensure safety properties and considering and habitability strategic purchases when available. Lead Additional Organizations Success Measure Coordinator Topic: EDUCATION EC1. Equip young people in Clarke LSGT’s, Parent Advisory Board, PTO/A’s, Great Promise Partnership, Family Athens-Clarke County with County Connection: Communities in Schools, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, • With CCSD, students will demonstrate the skills needed to thrive as School Athens Made, Four Athens, Real LEDGE, ACC GOV, Athens Land Trust, Athens increased emotional intelligence across the citizens and to succeed in District/ Boys & Girls Club, NEGA Business Alliance, YMCA, YWCO, Chess & Community, 5 core competences (CASEL) career pathways that are Athens Girls Rock Athens (Mokah Johnson), Nuci’s Space, Athens Technical College, • An increasing number of students across sustainable, adaptable to Community Piedmont College, UGA, Foothills Charter School, Manufacturers’ Roundtable, Clarke County will participate in dual credit changing workforce Career Double Helix, Waseca, Athens Montessori, Athens Christian, Monsignor Donovan, coursework conditions, and that provide Academy St. Joseph's Catholic School, Downtown Academy, Girl Scouts, Boy Scout, Strong • Students’ social networks will be assessed optimum economic mobility Girls; Youth athletic leagues (Athens United Soccer Assoc., Athens baseball and addressed via eco-mapping and social leagues, youth football teams), Athens Tutorial Program, Clarke County Mentor Strategies: networking strategy with staff support -Provide learning opportunities for Program, OASIS, ACC Library, Pinewoods Library, Congregations, UGA SSW • Career pathways will be engaged by an children that will enable them to Tony Mallon, Jennifer Elkin (Nellie B/Rolling Ridge) and Michael Robinson increasing number of students, in which successfully enter the workforce (i.e. (potential professors in residence at CCSD), Action Inc., Empowered Youth students select, engage, and complete a GPP, ACCA, UGA, ATC, PC) Mentoring (UGA School of Education), Eckerd Connects Paxen, Women to the pathway to employment during their school -Identify the employee gaps of local World, NEGA Regional Commission, United Way careers industries and teach classes to • Attendance will increase among students middle and high school students that engaging in career pathways will provide them with skills relevant to these gaps (via CCSD, UGA, • CCSD students will have access to an ATC, PC, Four Athens) Athens specific occupational outlook inventory -Expose students to businesses • Clarke County will demonstrate an increase earlier in academic trajectory to plan vocationally in number of internships and apprenticeships available to students -Integrate learning opportunities for • An increasing majority of students will leave young people with economic high school with a resume and cover letter development goals for the community so that local high school • An increasing number of students will be graduates have received training engaged in the workforce or further that enables them to straight to work education after high school in ACC (i.e. coding, industry needs, • Career related speaker sessions, business hospitality industry, etc.) partnerships will increase • An increasing number of students will apply for FAFSA and to college Lead Additional Organizations Success Measure Coordinator(s) Topic: SOCIAL SERVICES SS1. Address poverty by Athens Piedmont College, Northeast Georgia Regional Commission, ACC targeting unemployment Technical Economic Development, Action, Inc., Bread for Life, Goodwill ATC: and underemployment by College (ATC) GoodBiz program, Vocational Rehab, Manufacturer’s Roundtable, Retention: 74% (Current: 69%) educating and training Georgia Department of Labor, The Ark, Action Ministries, HCD, Job Placement: 95% adults for successful Bread for Life Athens Land Trust, Salvation Army SOAR, DFCS: TANF, Field Placement: 90% (71%) careers within an ever- (BFL) Accountability Court- Judge Auslander, UGA, Athens Homeless changing workforce. Coalition, Economic Justice Coalition, Business owners (e.g. Peter BFL: Innovative Dale), Interfaith Hospitality Network, Athens Area Homeless Shelter, 30 people in one year will graduate from the program, gain Health Care Congregations, Interfaith Table (Paul Baxley), Advantage Behavioral employment in the industry, or further their education Address poverty by Institute (IHCI) Health Systems, Athens Day Reporting Center, Athens Diversion targeting unemployment and Center, Casa de Amistad, NEGA Business Alliance, Athens Area IHCI: underemployment by Chamber of Commerce, Eckerd Connects, CCSD’s ACCA, United 2018: 75% will complete the program and become certified and will training and preparing adults Way of NEGA, The Latin American Association, IHN, East Athens have employment for vocational success in Development Corporation, Sparrow’s Nest, Bigger Vision Abundant 2019: 80% high demand careers. Life, ACC Library, United Way, Athens Wellbeing Project, DECAL, 2020: 85% Family Connection- Communities in Schools Of students placed successfully in jobs, 90% job placement 6 month The community will focus on follow up special populations- including returning citizens, SERVE Athens will support these outcomes via: people who are chronically 1) Highlighting the work of these 3 lead coordinators unemployed, young people 2) Partnering with CCSD to increase teacher and counselor emerging from high school- experiences with technical education (2019-20 PL Day) and prepare them for 3) Partnering with CCSD and ATC to host field trips for students vocational success by to provide on-site experience with technical education illuminating potential career 4) Implement accessible and relevant job fairs in underserved paths, providing necessary Athens neighborhoods training, and inspiring the next generation to achieve. It will consider current programs by Action Inc., Bread for Life, and others, and how these might partner with employers to put more trained people to work in Athens. This action will take into account the limited ability to attract employers to the area. Lead Additional Organizations Success Measure Topic: TRANSPORTATION Coordinator TR1. Support bike and pedestrian ACCGOV Citizens Committee (Tony Eubanks): • Approval of master plans by November 2018 infrastructure through respective master Transportation TSPLOST, SPLOST, Bike Athens (Tyler • Advance four Tier 1 pedestrian projects using plans. & Public Dewey), University of Georgia, Oconee TSPLOST funding Works- Drew Rivers Greenway (Nat Kuykendall), • Advance four Tier 1 bicycle projects using TSPLOST The Bike Athens’ update to its 2001 Bike Master Raessler Complete Streets, Rails-to-Trails/Firefly funding Plan and Community Pedestrian Plan provides a Trail Committee (Andy Herod, Mark • Advance West Broad Pedestrian Improvements host of improvements to the original document Ralston), GDOT, ACCGOV Leisure including: a clearer philosophical approach; best- • Creation of an interactive transportation map, to be Services (Kent Kilpatrick), Convention made available on ACC website practice designs, low-cost solutions, and perhaps and Visitors’ Bureau, City of Winterville, most importantly, an updated list of community-