1 20 545 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8df54772fa68755c9d4fc36466251b2e.pdf 51ad61b264fa08c5547f8742f531d9e7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I 1£15:37, 29 December 2017 (EST) JAMES P . FURNISS VICE PRESIDENT ~ ~ r J(JJ(J2 December 28, 1966 Mayor Ivan Allen City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Ivan: The othe r day, the Community Council and certain outsid ers listened to EOA's discussion of a proposed corporation in the Summe rhill-Mechanicsville area. Purpose of the corporation would be to provide employment for adult semi-skilled and unskilled workers in the demolition, cleaning and boarding up of substanda rd housing and properties. Those attending had several observations, one of which w~s that a new corporation of this sort with untested leadership would have difficulty making a go of this venture if it had to bid in the open market for demolition work. There was a hope that the city of Atlanta might be able to direct contracts to the group at a negotiated price. I'd like to urge your consideration of this idea. Nevertheless, I fe el the city could do a lot to help make a corporation of this sort successful if it put certain s t rings on its wi llingness to negotiate. The sort of strings I have in mind are that a negotiating group would indicate to your satisfaction that it was properly s et up with reasonably experienced management, that it would have to operate within a pricing structure fair to the city and that the city would have assurance that the work would be done well. Among the outside observers at the Council meeting were a couple of men from our bank who were attempting to appraise EOA 's l ending and development program for small business. Due to EOA �Mayor Ivan Allen December 28, 1966 Page Two cutbacks in funds, both these programs have been transferred out of EOA to the Small Business Administration. We were wondering if there were a place where private enterprise could step in and take o ver some of the functions which government had been asked to do. As bankers, my two associates and I saw some potential merit in this particular application. Compared with some of the loans which we have made, this one might be shaped into something which could be handled provided the whole enterprise were set up right in the first place. The advantage to the city would be to create a new way in which people in poverty areas could gain use f ul work as they built an organizationwhich ultimately could compete in the open market for business. It would be a f airly dramatic way of demonstrating that because one is poor does not necessarily rule out economic opportunity. In thinking about this particular proposed company, it would be help f ul to know if the city would entertain a n e gotiated price f or some of this demolition and repair wo r k. Co r dially, 0 JPF/ as fo~ � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document =! pe z cl Mh brligers | and alder) Vhiondl Bonk, Werte, Goreia 30302 December 28, 1966 JAMES P. FURNISS VICE PRESIDENT Mayor Ivan Allen City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Ivan: The other day, the Community Council and certain outsiders listened to EOA's discussion of a proposed corporation in the Summerhill=-Mechaniecsville area. Purpose of the corporation would be to provide employment for adult semi-skilled and unskilled workers in the demolition, cleaning and boarding up of substandard housing and properties. Those attending had several observations, one of which was that a new corporation of this sort with untested leadership would have difficulty making a go of this venture if it had to bid in the open market for demolition work. There was a hope that the city of Atlanta might be able to direct contracts to the group at a negotiated price. I'd like to urge your consideration of this idea. Never- theless, I feel the city could do a lot to help make a corporation of this sort successful if it put certain strings on its willing- ness to negotiate. The sort of strings I have in mind are that a negotiating group would indicate to your satisfaction that it was properly set up with reasonably experienced management, that it would have to operate within a pricing structure fair to the city and that the city would have assurance that the work would be done well. Among the outside observers at the Council meeting were a couple of men from our bank who were attempting to appraise EOA's lending and development program for small business. Due to EOA Mayor Ivan Allen December 28, 1966 Page Two cutbacks in funds, both these programs have been transferred out of EOA to the Small Business Administration. We were wondering if there were a place where private enterprise could step in and take over some of the functions which government had been asked to do. As bankers, my two associates and I saw some potential merit in this particular application. Compared with some of the loans which we have made, this one might be shaped into something which could be handled provided the whole enterprise were set up right in the first place. The advantage to the city would be to create a new way in which people in poverty areas could gain useful work as they built an organizationwhich ultimately could compete in the open market for business. It would be a fairly dramatic way of demonstrating that because one is poor does not necessarily rule out economic opportunity. In thinking about this particular proposed company, it would be helpful to know if the city would entertain a negotiated price for some of this demolition and repair work. Cordially, | ) James P. tL? JPF/as  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 22, Document 7 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 22 Folder topic: Community Council of the Atlanta Area | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/cc56390d8ce80abf4ccf105b5fc1010b.pdf 161aa531cc5f81a745e1539197ab25f4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. C C A A ommunity ouncil of' the tlanta rea inc. Chairman of the Board of Directors Vice Chairman RHODES L. PERDUE. Sccrctary CALLOWAY. Associate Secretary PADGETT, Treasurer JAMES P. FURNISS, CECIL ALEXANDER. MRS. w. L. A. B. DUANE ONE THOUSAND GLENN BUILDING, 120 MARIETTA ST., N . W. w. BECK. E.«'Cllti,•e Director ATLANTA,. GEORGIA 30303 TELEPHONE 577-2250 March 6, 1967 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: I've agreed to serve as Chairman of the Council's Nominating Committee. Last year, the bylaws were changed so that the financially supporting local governmental bodies could appoint a representative to the Council Board. You appointed Dan Sweat, and he is a good man. Do you wish to reappoint him for 1967-68? . If so, we need a note to that effect. Best regards. Sincerely, ~ e Chairman Nominating Committee AHS : j �BOARD OF DIRECTORS Cecil Alexander Luther Alverson Edward H. Baxter Tully T. Blalock, M. D Joseph C Bransby Mrs. William R. Bridges Napier Burson, Jr., M. W. L. Calloway Campbell Dasher D Cleveland Dennard Herbert J. Dickson James P. Furniss Mrs. Thomas H. Gibson Ell 1ott Goldstein George E. Goodwin J Winston Huff Joseph W Jones Vernon E. Jordan Albert Love Mrs. Louis Montag T. F. Morrow A. 8. Padgett Mrs. Rhodes L. Perdue William I. Ray Al B Richardson E. L. Simon James M. Sibley Hughes Spalding, Jr Fred R Sto1r, Jr., D. D. A. H Sterne Dan E. Sweat Jr Morton L. We,ss John :c Wilson Asa G Yancey, M D. Clayton R. Yates ADVISORY BOARD James H. Aldredge, Sr. J. G. Bradbury J. V Carmichael R. Howard Dobbs, Jr Edwin I. Hatch Boisfeuillet Jones Mills 8. Lane, Jr Lucien E. Oliver W A. Parker, Sr. -W A. Pulver Richard H. Rich James D. Robinson, Jr. Johr. A. Sibley Carl N 3inger Lee Talley Elbert P. Tuttle Preston Upshaw Vvilliam C Wardlaw, Jr. George W Woodruff � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document JAMES P. FURNISS, Chairman of the Board of Directors e Community CECIL ALEXANDER, lice Chairman . MRS. RHODES L. PERDUE, Secrerars Council of the ae Atlanta 4area inc. DUANE W ERO, Execume Dieeoroe ONE THOUSAND GLENN BUILDING, 120 MARIETTA ST., N. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 TELEPHONE 577-2250 March 6, 1967 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: I've agreed to serve as Chairman of the Council's Nominating Committee. Last year, the bylaws were changed so that the financially supporting local governmental bodies could appoint a representative to the Council Board. You appointed Dan Sweat, and he is a good man. Do you wish to reappoint him for 1967-68? If so, we need a note to that effect. Best regards. Sincerely, % A. H. St e Chairman Nominating Committee me AHS: j  Cecil Alexander Luther Alverson Edward H. Boxter Tully T. Blalock, M. BD. Joseph C. Bransby Mrs. William R. Bridges Nopier Burson, Jr, M. DBD W. L. Calloway Campbell Dasher James H. Aldredge, Sr- J. G. Bradbury J, V. Carmichaal R. Howard Dobbs, Jr Edwin |. Hatch Cleveland Dennard Herbert J, Dickson Jomes P. Furniss Mrs. Thomas H. Gibson Elliott Goldstein George E, Goodwin J. Winston Huff Joseph W. Jones Vernon E. Jordon Boisfeuillet Jones Milis B. Lane, Jr. Lucien E. Oliver W. A. Parker, Sr W. A. Pulver BOARD OF DIRECTORS Albert Love Mrs. Louis Montag T. F. Morrow A. B. Padgett Mrs. Rhodes L. Perdue William |, Roy Al B. Richardson E. L. Simran James M. Sibley ADVISORY BOARD Richord H. Rich James D. Robinson, Jr. John A. Sibley Carl N. Singer Lee Talley Hughes Spalding, Jr Fred R. Stair, Jr, D. D. A. HL Sterne Don E. Sweat, Jr Marton L. Weiss John iC. Wilson Asa G, Yancey, M. DB. Clayton R. Yates Elbert P_ Tuttle Preston Upshaw William C. Wardlaw, Jr. George W_ Woodruff  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 22, Document 6 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 22 Folder topic: Community Council of the Atlanta Area | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0d37e986f1a7c5beb3cc265a9f49b9bb.pdf cfcb7386011670727a8799ff2687f724 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. . ,/ rch 15. 1967 Mr. A. H. S rne, Chairman Norn till Committ e Community Council of th A t1an u11::ansrano Cil nn Buildin ri Str t. N. W. ~gia 30303 D l" A'lli · Billy: 1 ho d Uk to City the C ln appoint Atlanta r ptea 11 tive on ty Council of th A__,......, Smc rely youra. Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor lAJ.r:lp CC: • .D S e t e rd of � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document March 15, 1967 Mr. A. H. Sterne, Chairman Nominating Committee Community Council of the Atlanta Area One Thousand Glenn Building 120 Marietta Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Billy: I should like to again appoint Dan Sweat as the City of Atlanta representative on the Board of the Community Council of the Atlanta Areaginc. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IAJrilp Cc: Mr. Dan Sweat  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 22, Document 5 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 22 Folder topic: Community Council of the Atlanta Area | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/a0a47278991c03b5399b328714c0ed54.pdf bb3ee63b37055e28350bbf23cda953ff Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. . , ., Com:r.--::...uni·~y Council o-$;the Atlanta Area inc. ONE THOUSAND GLENN BUILDING, 120 MARIETTA ST., N. W, ATLANTA, GEORGIA j 30303 TELEPHONE 577-2250 February 15, l9G7 I ... "r. Boinfeuillct Jones, President Emily and Ernest V.'ood:-.iff Foundation 230 Peacht:..·oo Strc0-t, N. W. Atl~nta, Gcor~i- ~0303 Dear Bo: ~ You &ad I talked recently about the Cor.u:iunity Council, whero it hns been, where it is ~oinr; and 'wh.lt it needs. The Council needs your hcl;, r.0.1, not to fu_lfill ori::;in;il o·.::,jcctivc.a (which it has done· in some c.cusu1·0) but to fit n new' rolo in t:i.le co:i;>lex and browin~ society which 1s Atlnntn today. W-~en,cstablishcd iu 19w, the Com1cil was ~ivon a ~rant of $50 ,oo:) a year fo-..· fi V3 ;yc.:.r.; by your ;?0:.1.,..,,C:.-i.tio::i. Tt.o Co;m:.unity CheGt ~.atchcd .this Stu::.. Tua goals w~r~ - solu-:io:.1s -. to find ccordinuto , i i i I i I .,I . to the p::-o·..:.le.:15 of ;>vv..,_··.::· pt:::ilic ~nd p:.. iv;:,te soci::il ~- - .. ~ie:l to , , to cli~inato ~nproductivo a~cncies throu~n wo~-:;ar / to provide tno co~.::1unity Chest with n decioioni.i.akinz ca,acity for its fund allo~ation pro~leras. ~ .. "'· At its ince;ition, the Council '\iJJ.S looked u;iv~ as a :;o·.:-:;::1tinl social planning and coordin:itinc force for an a:.c~ th~t !.:i-::.rnd any effective or~:miz::ition of it~ kind. I r~~cmb~r Co1£~il 3J~-:-d Eembers :mn.k.inz specc~c~ at civic clubs, pro.nisin~ ::ill . tbin~s to all people even bef ora it h:id a ;,rot css io:::1al executi v.a or ::..:...; t.:id .a chance to tr-uly ineasuro tile dimunsions ot the job. · S0::....: -;~ou::;ht of social planni~ as a study of n ainzle social a:;cncy. O"i:hc1 a saw it as a dotailed guide for allc-catini soci::il welfare ~ro~r.u..s for a 4 4 ten-year p,ariod. ' I iI I �·- -- ·---· ··- --- -- - Mr. Boisicuillot Jones 2. February 15, 1967 Altbouza effective inn n~bcr of urens, ~ho Cou:icil spcilt a ~ood part of the first fivo years oearclling for a grip on social planni~ and problems tho.t l~opt zhi:ftir.;; and 1;ro-,1ine. Siuco 10CO, the Cou..,cil has ~ot a n~or o! t~o fou.i.ders' objectivc3. Othera it can moot within tho n~~t five year--~. Still othora way require diftcrunt upprroches from orizinally envisioned • . Let's look at the record. ,. On tho score of tho problo;:r.3 of povorty, the Cou..,cil: Ex~:ritontcd >11th no·.1 wo.ys of dalivcrin;;; sel"vicc.:J • _.;:_\ . to tho per !.n We.:;t Zr.cl, ;:ar..icula::ly those ~hich ,;.,c,uld b.clp b.:-e~ th<J cycle of dependency - Too~ the le:.d in pla.,nins Econo~io Opportunity Atlnntn, Inc. - Sup~lied tho social ~net find1n~ ~nd plnnnin3 aspects_ ot A~lantn' s Cc:-..:1unit:, Ir.iprove..""::.cnt Pro,:r.i.n, on the b~is of ui1ich it no,;., is helpinJ Atlnntn ap~ly fo~ fw::_c3 tw.d~r the nctl Model Ci ties de:-.on;;tratioil pro,::.;in Res ~stablis~cd an in!or-~~tion 04'"'.d rcf~r~~l servico to help PO?Ple find a~cncy c~sista.nce Pl~r.ncd th~ trninir.z prozrm :for ZOA aides and is now or,cr~tinz a trainir.~ pro~ran for volu."1teers willin~ to serve in lO'!'i-incorae areas . '; i i . W:is' ~atcrially involv~d 1n other efforts such as a wo~k cv::.lu.:.tio.::. cc;:;.ter, job do".tolo;.:::znt !or ar.d !)laccrc-0,.t of old or wor!,:ci"s, a co;w:;iuni ty school pro::;ran, devcloF,nent of low-cost hcusir-3, lendinz to businc.sse;;; in ~verty areas and :usny others. In the are~ of coordina tin~ public and , riv~te soci~l n~encies, the Council's offo:-ts have been effective in so.:::;;) cases but tnil~os in other:s . The Pcr::.nne~t Conference hns been a prin~ry veaicle fo r the Council in the fields of health, recreation atd ~elfaro. Sc::.a ot the a chi ov~ c:lts have be.:in �~~. Boisfcuillct Jones s. Fcbrum-y 15, 18$7 ,r Establis!:i.~ent of n ~225,000 Ilospital and Health Planninz unit ~s n rezular Colli~Cil activity Spade work for a co~prchcnsive ~en.tnl hoalth progrru;1 for Atlanta Assiotanc0 to tho Mayor's Co~i::iission in its •. orzanization to X>0linqucncy . CO;:;;;)at Cri~o rold Juvenile Assistance in settin~ up r;:;ory's Co~~ittea on Chronic Alcoholism ~ I i i On oli::.:ination of unproductive. a~cncie~ throu~h ner~er, the Council's score is iow for rcusons outlined l ~ter in this letter, It ~as involvod in tho ~er~o~ of a~cncies servln~ the blind .and did devise a way to coordinate se~ices for the cldc~ly (Senior Ci tiz~:i Services of l!etro:;>oli to.n Atlanta.) • Also, the CotL,cil' s broad role has resulted ·in a n~~ber o! n~e~cies asking for con~ultation ~bout their ficlda too.void or to roco;aize duplications. A n~:iber of propv3cd n;.::~1cic:; .,rore invcsti;:.,.tcd by the Council, sc.:ie of v1~ich never 3ot o~:i.:..!.::::cd -.~()U t'!:e prc::ote:r., s:i.w they ;:,-ould bo invol vi:1~ thci:.3el ves in f iclcs ....,hic}'l w.ere ~de,q,uately coverro. On tho sco~e of p=ovidi~~ the 90:::.::;c~ity C~est with dccisionmnkir..z c~r,.:i.c1 ty for fund <i.llo-:1tion ;,ro'i.)le.::s. t!le Council ho.s not yet don~ t:.c job. A oajo:- c!:!ficult:7 her-e !l;l.; ~ -:? en that soma p,arsoD.$ tend to overs1~,liiy the t~sk, c~pcct~n~ ~ho Cou..~cil can do a co~c1o::.tiou3, 80od job with · a sta:tf that is. woa:!:.illy inJ.de-quato 1n nt.nber a .. d backzrou::.d in!or.:ation. Tile co:;nu.,ity as .1 "aole needs more 1~~0~--=-=,.tion on the b~sis o1 · wh1ch to mu~ · bett~~ decisions than it has ;n the social field. . start was z~da with t~e Council's " Ba~r ound for D~cision J.Iakir.~," a delineation of wajor social welfare ;>ro~=:.:.....--.s 1n Atlanta. used o, the Corr;:;.uni ty C".:.~~t !3u~zct Co::-..-;;1 i:tee. The Ch~st nls o h.is had in h~d for so~e tioe a Council pro~o3al for an in-d ep~~ study o! rcc::0n.tion in Atlanta :lS the first o f a co::prehcn::: i V(: series of studies in the social walfn~c and r ecreation ~re~s. Still, this is the are~ ~hera tho CotL~cil c~n be faulte-0 cosi b1 Council !oi;r.dcrs - and particularly Chest me:cbcr.; who ~es~eratel1 vant dccision-;;u~in_z A �, hlr. Boisfcuill et Jones Februa ry 15, l9o7 4. help. \'Ii th perspccti ve r;aincd from six ye3.rs vith the Council, 1 feol tho Council can n.nd nust help the co::1,"";1unit.y oako better dccioions but only und.er different co:1ditions .f1·om tho:.ic i n vn.1ch the Council j has been oper.:.ting. f· . Todny, the Council's role is n c~ed one . It shol.!,_ld bo ' looked to for so~e of the sa:ue thin~s envisioned by tho .fouDdcrs. · Others ohould be souGht elsc·.;rhc~.a. Still othc.."s -which can e.-;.:l.n~ta trc:a tho Cou;:icil ~y hav0 been only ~i.::u.y envis ioned seven yc~rs n~o. This chan~e in role is the p:roduct o-Z chnn:::0<1 ~n Atlnntn, 1n aocicty and in the experience of those of tis 'who. ho.vo grappled "Rith tho Council 'a mis3ion since the bc__;innin~. As b~cl~ro~,d fol" l.:.nder3tnr,din~ th e Councn •s n ew role, let r;io cite sowo o~i~ions. Tho Federal C-overnment tod~y is pourir.~ ~o~sy into the uocinl welfare field. Thou~h checked so.cc recor.tly by Cor:~r t'? ss. this trend (~can be expected to continue. To ju8 tify this s t wer of rr.oncy, ~edernl agenc1e3 must insist on plnns a ~ainst ~hie~ res~lt3 nay be evaluated. In most co:r:::; unities, thore are no offoctive lo.c:all pl~n:i i n~ units, encour<1;:ln::; Yedorc.l a~cncit:)s to do tr.air o·.:rn pbmnin::; :;-~thor thc.n relyins ·on loca l ;;roup3. Eve n if there ,;,•ore cf::ective loc.:11 l'l~n..,inz uni ta, ea.ch e.zcncy oust do so:wc of its ~,n plnnnin~ orb~ dcr~lict. I: i '1 If Atl~tn' s ow:.i cit i::c.i:::; are to have a r e~ voice · in bo-:r this Feder~l ooncy is to be z p~ nt ij th~ir own c oc:::nuiiity, th~y nc~d effective ticdiu..--:is ;':or· ;.Xpression . Ou:- e lected r ~:::,:rc s2nt::i.tt. iv~s .ire on e :r:.:ditlJ':l. T'Ae Cocn ci~ c~n be n~other--o nc thro~:h Wtllch A~ lan ta le ndc r 3 cnn diocovcr tho social facts c::>out their c o:::-.r:uni ty o.~ ~3.Ve a s::i.y c.s to the type ot p:-o;:ra..-is th e y will or will not s u);,o:-t . In s o-.::ie scns o, the Council h::i.s played this role out not to t h :; dcc:ire o t h .:.t 1 t c .:.n or should. Th& Cou..,cil, then, mus t iirat baa source ~r info:;:-;;:;::ition. Its Social P..c scarch Center 1s t ~e k e y to any oth e r q?,! fcctivc n e ss the Council may have . It wust build up~ b ~nk o f t i ~el y amii reli ~bl e inf o:-r;iation , as woll as techniques to-: i:ctti n:; o-t:1-, er in!o r :.Jtti o:i Cl_uick l y 'rlben neodcd. This sor t of co:::i..~uni ty r es ourc e is vital to f cd~ r il , stat e 3.nd local gove rame n t s, to public and pri v.:..t e z.:enc ies , h 'l fo und::iti ona a:.1d to an i nformed· public . Part o f t h.::, j o'.J h er<) is not (!X'.;]ly g:. t h c r i n;; t he informa t ion but di s sc:ni nat i ng i t b u.:::;ci ul :form, a j.D~ vh ich the Counci l .h as not d one a d equa tel y up to t h i s t i Qo. �Ur. Boistcuillot Jones . ~ , 5. Fcbru.:i.ry 15, 1967 . Socond, the Council must be tho vehicle thro~h \'lhich Atlcnta citizen~ can b~~in to do tbcir C';ffi cc:::r:nunity plannin3. A ~njor ~nd . difficult task clicad is ~h~t sou:e describe as dcvelopin~ o. conspectus of Atlnnta's social ~elfaro needs, nn ovcrvie~ or a sketch sinilnr to thnt produced by physical pl~nni~z groups. Without it, the city ~ny co~tinue to ar:iclioro.tc syi-:ipto:ns, mistaking thcr:i for cnusc3 of so:10 of· · our most pressing needs. Thus the Cou..'1cil bec:n ies not _only tho planner' a planner but a plnnninz or:;~mi:;:;atio~ in its own rieht. It can snd must abate a co:1;:;-,on ·.r.isco.1ccption that plannin:; a pro-_:;rn;;:i for an individual n~ency is co~prcDcnoivc social plannin~. Third, the Couccil wust t~ke tho initiativ~ in seeing that plans are discussed ~~d inplc~c::.t ed. Since it is not u fundin~ body, it roust be able to spc~k with n voice th~t is re5~8ctc<l by thoso ~ho dispense fu.~ds to public znd p:.:iv~te accncics s~rvi~~ our co:;:::;iunity. It must uso the tcchni~uc of E::x;x,si~g ~~encies ~nd others to tho . facts of a problc.-..., such as it no'..' co e.3 throuia the P~r~ancnt Conference a~d as it intends to do ,,ith busincss::ien o::i: the subject o:f une:iploy:a-:mt. An~ finally, it ~ust b~ a consultive, ev~l u~tion u~d pro;ra::1 dev~l o ~cn.t sou:.:cc fo~· z.genc.:.c.3 an.:! ot~c ~·s. It is this l;:.:;t £crvico whic~ ;:1:.ny in ti:0 c();-:::-,u::.i ty ;:;cc.-:1. to w.:1::it :::03t iro:n tbe Cou;-.cil and whicc, under its prc3c~t orc~r.izatiou ~nd fu~d.in:, it is l 0~st cap..:.ble of doir.c witnqut dive:.ti:1:; st::.ff fro;;:. t:1 2 fi:..:;~ three. A:-:.d without the fir.:;t three jo~s und~r C() i"'. trol ,- tl:~ Ccu:1c i1 is not cap::.blo ot do inc- t!lc kind of wor:: v:hich t~o co:::.~~i t;r s:ioc'ld de::i::md of it . . i I I I i Todsy, the Cou.icil is underfunded to do it 3 b~31C job~-f~ct!indinz, tnct disse=.i~~tion ~~d plnnnin~. We ~~Ve e~tin~tcd they would re~uire ab out $200,000 ~ ye .. r invested i ~ a co~~ st~ I t ~ri::1arily . devoted to those purposes. Eavinz a cor~ s~ a! t . the Counc i l t~cn would be in position to t:lkC en the job of co.:uultinz, ~valu.1tion a::d pro-zra::1 develozne-:it for !e-a:.s which would ;,:.y ! «>>r the addoo s ~:if! requir~d and nttend~nt ov.:rh8ac!. '::he s ·~:.!!, im..::er this arrJ.:-~.:~~;:i.t, would be ls~e cno~~h ta ziv8 th~ Council il~i bility. It nc:r;J doca not bavo this ~ncuv c:..·J.~ili ty ..·~en _1 t rr.l!5t di ve:-; sor:::.-J one fr o::1 a basic job to do a z~ccial joo which i::a;, or ::.:iy :wt be c on :31.:. -~eilt '.litll. the cor a job . We hava hnd to c!o nore .. r.d .:or~ o! the s e Sp.:!ci al jo~ because they h~vc g iv~~ the Cou~cil a ~ 0 ~ ~.s of co-:it r acti n~ f or '.IO r~ wh i c..~ in turn h=-s ~ e ~~t inco~c ne~dcd just to ~~op t he cor e s t~!i t o:cthcr. r~is vic i ous circle i n tho lo~; run ~il l lend to tbc des tructi on of t h e Council as an effectiv e a_: e;;icy. �Ur. Doinfouillot Jonoa February 15. 1967 6. Rir;ht no'.7 1 the Council nccd:J rolief fro;;1 ch:1Sir,3 special 11Ssizn:acnta th~t produce incc~o. It nee<ls to have et least wo yearc-pr.efe:.:-ably thi·oe--during v,hic.h 1.t cnn - '. Get the cor-e job well unden,ay ~ithout divertinz personnel to othor work Broaden fin~nci~l &upport tro~ Chest and locn1 · goverDJ,jont sourcez for 1 ts core work _. Add staff and cap.:lcity to take on the apccinf jobs which ~o unny ~~cucics and pcraotln ~ant the Co-..;:;ci:l to do nc,;.;. but only add P-:,"vple as the level of :funded worl~ would ju~tify Build o. ~ucn 3tro~~or base of understcndi~z and supr,ort thro~h t:1e involvc::-;ent of a 1norc v~:.:-i ed a:i:d int;:)r~.;;tcd BcarJ of Directors • These di~octor~ ~h~~ i~rcei:;:iz to serve ~ust aerec ·to ti:G:e on o.cti v~ '"s.:ii~ents o.a well as set policy .:::-- Involvv youn:::;cr person~ fro::i all ;..:.rta of tho co.::i.:.unity in Council work, t~er~~Y sorvinz as a source of future Cou.icil directors. Bo, ..,a need the help of you and your Fotmda.tion now. I ~ We need your advic~, assista~co, influence and ~e n~e<l oon0y ~hie~ I don't see co=i~ fro~ any other source in the co.::wunity ~ith tha speed or in the ~u:.ntity needed if the Council is zoin.-; to ~o !o:x-.1.:i.rd froo its pr~sent plateau. Be<:aus~ of my involve~nt in Ja:::.1a ic1. I'~ asking Duana to iet with you at the earlie~t op:,v:tunity to settle on what you think should be our next step in ~orking ou~ tLose thinz~ whica the Council needs so vary l.luch now. Bes7·e~axds . • /./ ,· //j.: t. ··'-· ~ {/, / "'. . . J:i:n.es P. Furnisg P. S. [/ copy of thi3 to Billy Sterne ~ho has nzrced to help on the non in~tion.s to the Arn scndinG a Council Board thia year. _ � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ¢ Cormrmusiity Council of the Atianta Area inc. ONE THOUSAND GLENN BUILDING, 120 MARIETTA ST., N. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 TELEPHONE 677-2250 _ } a February 15, 1967 r Mr. Boisfeuillet Jones, President | Enily and Ernest Woodzuff Foundation 230 Peachtreo Street, N. WV. Atlanta, Georgi. 29303 Dear Bo: You ead I talked recently about the Community Council, where it has been, where it is soing and what it neods. The Council needs your help now, not to fulfill original wojectives (which it has done in some reasure) but to fit a new role in the conplex and growing society which is Atlanta today. When. establisied in 1960, the Council was given a grant of $50,007 a year for fives years by your Foundation, The Community Chest catched this sum. The goals wore - : “ to Zind solutions to the provlens of pove-cy ~- to coordinate public and private social uo_...cies “ ~ to elininate unproductive agencies through norger - to provide tho Community Chost with a dacision- paking capacity for its fund allocation problems, = At its inception, the Council was looked upon as a 2 social planning and coordinating force for an area that lacked any effective organization of its kind. I remember Couscil Soa bers making speeches at civic clubs, promising all.thinys to all people even before it had a professional executive or ics had a chance to truly measure the dimensions of the job. Scaai Skoucht of social planning as a study of a single social ageacy. Others saw it as a detailed guide for allocating social welfare programs for a ten-year period. Mr. Boisfculllot Jones February 15, 1957 | Although effectiva ina nuxber of areas, the Council spent a good part of the first five years searching for a grip oa social planning and problems that kept shifting and growing. Since 1960, the Council has mot a nuuber of tha founders’ objectives. Others - 4t can moot within the noxt five yoars. Still othors may require difZeront approaches fron originally envisioncd. ‘Let's look at the record. 5 - On the score of tho problems of povorty, the Council: te Experincnted with now ways of delivering sor vices to the poor in West ond, particularly those which would Gelp break the cycle of dependency - Took the lead in planning Econcnie Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. = Supplied tho social Zact - finding and planning aspects of Atlanta's Ccnnunity Inprovenent Progran, on the basis o2 Which it now is helping Atlanta apply for funds under the new liodel Cities denonstration progran - Hos established an information and referral =e - service to help people find agency assistance = Planned the training prozram for EOA aides and is now operating a training program for volun- teers willing to serve in low-income areas ~- Was materially involvad in other efforts such as & work cyvaluction center, jod davolopcent for and placement of older workers, a comunity school prozran, developaent of low-cost housing, lending to businesses in poverty areas and many others. In the area of coordinating public and private social agencies, the Council's efforts have been effective in some cases but failure in others. The Permanent Conference has beea a primary vehicle for the Council in the fields of health, recreation and welfare. Sena of the achiovements have been -  Lir. BoisZcuillet Jones February 15, 1£57 , 3. ™e ~ Establishment of a $225,000 Hospital and Health , Planning unit 23 a regular Comecil activity . = Spade work for a comprehensive mental health ; progres) for Atlanta = Assistance to tho Mayor's Commission in its organization to combat Crime and Juvenlie Delinquency . ~ Assistance in setting up Euory's Comittee on Chronic Alcoholisn On elimination of unproductive. agencies throuch merger, the Council's score is low for reasons outlined later in this lotter. It was involved in the merger of agencies serving the blind aad did devise a way to coordinate services for the eldorly (Senior * Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta). Also, the Council's broad role has resulted in a number of agencies asking for consul- tation about their fields to avoid or to recomine duplications. A nusaber o2 proposed agencies were investigated by the Council, some of which never got organized when the promoters saw they would be involving themselves in Zields which were adequately covered. On tho score of roviding the Community Chest with decision- maokine capacity for fund allocation problems, the Council has not yet done the job. A major difficulty here has been that some persons tend to oversimplify tha task, expecting the Council can do & conscientious, good job with a stazf that is woefully inadequato in nimbder and background information. The consmunity as a waole needs more invoxruation on the basis of which to make better decisions than it has in the social field, ae A start was zade with the Council's "Background for Decision Making," a delineation of major social welfare programs in Atlanta used by the Comaunity Caest Budget Comaitteo. The Chest also has had in nand for some tine a Council proposal for an in-depth study of recreation in Atlanta as the first of a conprehensive series of studies in the social wolfare and recreation areas. Still, this is the area where the Council can be faulted most by Council Zounders -and particularly Chest mexbers who Cesperately want decision-making © he eee ~——, i Mr. Boisfeuillet Jones | os February 15, 1957. aS : a . Ae help. With perspective gained from six years with the Council, I feel the Council can and nust help the community nake better decisions but only under differont conditions from those in waich the Council has been operating. Today, the Council's role is a changed one. It should bo looked to for some of the same things envisioned by the founders. thers should be sought elsewvhorg, Still others which can emanate froa the Council may have beea only dimly envisioned seven years ago. This change in role is the product of chances in Atlanta, in society and in the experience of those of us who have grappled with tha Coun cii's mission since the beginning. As backcround for understanding the Council's new role, let ne cite sono opinions. Tho Federal Government today is pouring mousy into the social wolfare field. Though checked some recently by Conzress, this trend - ean be expected to continus. To justify this shower of money, Federal agencies must insist on plans against which results nay be evaluated. In most coxmunities, there are no effective local planainz units, encouraging Fedoral agencies to do thoir own planning rather than rely~ ing on local zroups. Even if there wore efZective local planning unita, each agency must do some of its own planning or be derelict. If Atlanta's own citisens are to have a real voice in hov this of Federal money is to be spcnt in their own commumity, they need effective mediums Zor wxpression. Our elected representatives are one mediun, The Council can be another—one throuzh waich Adlanta leaders can dis- cover the social facts about their community ant have a say cs to the type of programs they will or will not supzort. In some senso, the Council has played this role but not to the deprea that it can or should. The Council, then, must first be a source of information. Its . Social Research Center is the key to any other effectiveness the Council may have. It must build up a bank of timely and reliable information, as well as techniques for ceotting other inforzation quickly when neoded, This sort of community resource is vital to federal, state and local governments, to public and private agencies, to foundations and to an * informed public. Part of the jod here is not waly gathering the infor mation but disseminating it in useful Zorm, a job which the Council has not done adequately up to this time. .facts of a probdlen, such as it now does throuck Mr. Boisfeulllot Jones ' ; February 15, 1967 | ; 5, Second, the Council must be the vehicle throuch which Atlanta eitizens can begin to do their own comunity planning. A major and difficult task ahead is what some describe as developing o conspectus of Atlanta's social welfare needs, an overview or a sketch sinilar to that produced by physical planning groups. Without it, the city may continue to ameliorate symptoms, mistaking thea for causes of some of our most pressing needs. Thus the Council beesmes not only the planner'’s planner but a planning organization in its own right. It can and must abate a common misconception that planning a progran for an individual agency is comprehensive social planning Third, the Council must take the initiative in seeing that plans are discussed and implemented. Since it is not a funding body, it must be able to speak with a voice that is respected by those who dispense funds to public and private agencies s ins our comunity. It must use the technicue of exposing egencies and others to tho the Permanent Confer- ence 2nd as it intends to do with businessmen on the subject of unemployment. Anc finally, it must be a consultive, evaluation and pro ran development source for agencics and others. Ii is this last servico which many in the community socom to want nest from the Council and which, uncer its present organization a fucding, it is least capable of doings without divertinz stafi from the first three. nd without the first three jobs under coatrol,-. the Council is not capable of doing the kind of work which the comnumity shouid demand of it. Today, the Council is underfunded to do its basic jobs—Zact- finding, fact dissemination and planning. We have estimated t they would require about $200,009 a year invested in a core staii primarily. devoted to thoss purpeses. LEaving a core stazz, the Council then would be in position to teke on the job of consulting, evaluation and program development for fees which vould pay for the eit start requirod and attendant overhead. The sta2f, wmder this arrangenent, would be large enough to give the Council flexibility. It now does not have this mancuverability when it must divert someone fron a basic job to do 4 special jod Which may or may tot be consistent wit the cors job. We have had to do more and more of these special ska because they have given the Council a means of contracting for work which in turn hes meant income needed just to keep the core staff together. This vicious circle in tho long run will lead to the destruction of the Council as an effective agency. Mr. BoisZoulllet Jones February 15, 1987 3 6. Right now, the Council needs rolie? fron chasing special agsionucnts that produce income. It needs to have at least two yearso—preferably throe—during which it can ~ Got the core job well underway without diverting personnel to other work = "~ Broaden financial support from Chest and local G0vernnent sources for its core work “ Add staff and capacity to take on the special jobs which so uany agencies and porsons want the Council to do now, but only add people as the level of funded work would justify -~ Build a much stronger base of understanding and support through the involvement of a more varied and intorested Bearéi of Directors. ~ a These directors whea oereente to serve nust agree to take on active assiznzents a3 well as set policy - Involve younser persons fron all parta of the community in Council work, ecesy serving as a source of future Council directors. Bo, wa need the help of you and your Foundation now. We need your advice, assistance, influence and we need monsy which I don't 6ee coming from any other source in the community with the speed or in the quantity needed if the Council is goings to go forward fron its preseat plateau, . Because of my involyeront in Jamaica, I'm asking Duane to get with you at the earliest opportunity to settle on what you think should be our next step in working out those thinzs which the Council needs so very much now. Best eserds , ipeee “Gab P. Furniss é P, S. Am sending a copy of this ‘ to Billy Sterne who has azreed to help on the nominations to the Council Board this year.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 22, Document 4 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 22 Folder topic: Community Council of the Atlanta Area | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/b403a3cccd3f66d406808928b447bd4c.pdf 1195b9ee2978fd379eab691374832db9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. THE C1TIZF.NS 6: SOUT H E:RN NATIO N AL B A NK ATLANTA, GA. CI TY OF ATL-1\NTI\ -- c o~.AUNI TY COL' NCIL Pt"'incipa l l1r eas of Collabora tion 1. Des i gn of the :11\n ti- poverty" Program a pplication 2. Soci a l Reso;.;.1•c es S tud y under C. I. P. 3. Assis t ance i n de veloping Model Cities a pi;>licati on l{-. Re vis i on of " Federa l Aids Pr ograms - Atlanta•t 5. Chronic a lcoholism -- plann ing ,. . � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document THE CiTIZENS & SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK ATLANTA, GA. CITY OF ATLANTA += COMMUNITY COUNCIL 2.087 Principal Areas of Collahoration l. Design of the ‘Anti-voverty" Program applicetion 2. Social Resources Study wnder C. I. P. 3. Assistance in ceveloping Model Cities application %. Revision of “Federal Aids Programs - Atlanta” 5. Chronic alcsholism ~-- planning COPY  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 22, Document 3 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 22 Folder topic: Community Council of the Atlanta Area | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/9350792ac964618cc39e7a4648c75cf8.pdf 021c256b6ad8be16c16b5bbc53c15186 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. THE CITIZENS a SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK ATLANTA, GA . March 16, 1967 Mayor Ivan Allen> Jr. City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Ivan: You very kindly agr-eed to talk with the Board of the Commerce Club at their next m€eting about the Community Council and its role in the life of the city. You asked me to brief you. Here goes. The letter attached gives you my general feelings as to past accomplisru~€ nts anu future purrose of the Council. At a m~eting of leading foundations yesterday anrJ the Council 's o.m Board of Directors today, the position taken in this letter was reaffirmed with one exception. B~th groups felt the Council on its own initiative should not be an im~lementing b~dy in the future. I very mu ch agree. The im~lemen ting role of the Council was ~ne as sumed in the past because there was no other place to lodge certain idea s for action . The principal i mplementing forces in our COffiilUrlity s hou ld be local g~vernn1,e nts and the Cow'lll.mity Chest . The War on Poverty belongs to the local CO!n!!lunity, not to the Federal Government. It has been working and should c:>ntinue to work through local groups. Officials of the Corrm.mity Chest, the War on Poverty and some l oca l goverP.ments have spoken out str~ngly about the need for a professional fact finding and social planning resourct: f or t he gr€atc r Atlanta area, one that is auequately staff ed t o do t he j ob and independent enough to call a spade a spade. This sort of council not only can help get more federal and state money for the city but also by good planning can assume tha t ir.oney sp-e n t en programs goes as far as possible. ,· - �THE CITIZENS & SOUTHERN NATIOt~AL BANK ATLANTA . GA . Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. March 16, 1967 Page Two To keep planning within t he ·control of t'ie loca l community, b asi c o pe ra tin g funds for the Corr,muni ty Council s hou ld cof!"c from 10°: al r a t he r t ha n federal sources . Officials of the Commun ity Chest in genera l c1re L--i agreement with their r espons ibility for increasing Cb.est st1p p or t and for sha ring the Council's b asic o pe rating buuget with loca l governments. Loca l governments, which t wo yf>,n·s ago gave no unrestricted fu nds for the sup port of the Council, t h is ye ar are contributing $27,500. This bc:se must be ex.p ar.ded to include othe r c~mnties rind cities in t he metropolitan Atla nta area . A service you could d:, the corrmunity and the Council is to affirr.1 the need for a strong professional plann ing council and the res pons ibility of public and private bodies f0r s e eing tha t the Council i s adequa tely fi~anced to do its basi c job. After t he base budget is funded , the Council rapidly ,,;ril l get in a better posi ti:m to contract with the ci ty, counties, f~undations and other local groups to do special prcgrmr.lil ing and other work . Since I shall be out of town the next couple of weeks, Duane Be ck can furnish you other data which you ma y want before the meeting of the COl"rroerce Club Board. Cordially> James P. Furniss ... JPF/as Attachment P. S. Some of the places where the city of Atlanta and Corrmuni ty Co>J ncil have worked most closely together a r e listed en the attached sheet. J.P. F. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document 4 ‘ THE CITIZENS & SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK ATLANTA, GA. March 16, 1967 - Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Ivan: You very kindly agreed to talk with the Board of the Commerce Club at their next meeting about the Community Council and its role in the life of the city. You asked me to brief you. Here goes. The letter attached gives you my general feelings as to past accomplishments and future purpose of the Council. At a meeting of leading foundations yesterday and the Council's om Board of Directors today, the position taken in this letter was reaffirmed with one exception. Both grouos felt the Council on its own initia- tive should not be an implementing body in the Future. I very much agree. The implementing role of the Council was one assumed in the past because there was no other place to lodge certain ideas for action. . The principal implementing forces in ovr commnity should be local governments and the Community Chest. The War on Poverty belongs to the local community, not to the Federal Government. It has been working and should continue to work through local groups. Officials of the Community Chest, the War on Poverty and some local governments have spoken out strongly about the need for a professional fact finding and social planning resource for the greater Atlanta area, one that is adequately staffed ta do the job and independent enough to call a spade a spade. This sort of council not only can help get more federal and state money for the city but also by good planning can assume that money spent on pro- grams goes as far as possible. COPY — THE CITIZENS & SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK ATLANTA, GA. “Mayor Ivan Allen, dr. March 16, 1967 Page Two To keep planning within the control of the local community, basic operating funds for the Community Council should come from loeal rather than federal sources. Officials of the Community Chest in seneral are in agreement with their responsibility for increasing Chest support and for sharing the Council's basic aperating budget with local governments. Local gavernments, which hwo years ago gave no unrestricted funds for the support of the Council, this year are contributing $27,500. This base mist be expanded to include other counties and cities in the metropolitan Atlanta area. A service you could do the community and the Council is to affirm the need for a strong professional planning council and the responsibility of public and private bodies for seeing that the Council is adequately financed to do its basic job. After the base budget is funded, the Counetl rapidly will get in a better position to contract with the city, counties, foundations and other local groups to do special programming and other work. Since I shall be out of town the next couple of weeks, Duane Beek can furnish you other data which you may want before the meeting of the Commerce Club Board. Cordially, * ' James P. Furniss JPF/as Attachment P. S. Some of the places where the city of Atlanta and Community Council have worked most closely together are Listed cn the attached sheet. J. P. F. COPY  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 22, Document 2 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 22 Folder topic: Community Council of the Atlanta Area | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/ea904eb9221c148e9350d96d6a92a7d6.pdf 904d835943808683359fc146617f1cbf Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC, FULTON-DeKALB-COBB-CLA YTOfll-GWINNETT COUNTIES 167 WALTON STREET, ATLANTA, GA . 30301 / N.W . , BOX 103B JACKSON 8°34B1 October 4, 1967 Mr. Duane W. Beck, Executive Director ~ Community Council of Atlanta A:rea, Incorpor ated 1000 Glenn Building · 120 Marietta Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Duane: In response to your letter of September 6, in behalf of the organization's participating in the development of a basis public recreation program for the City of Atlanta, the Community Chest acted favorably upon our participating in this study in making available $2,500 toward the cost of this project. It is our understanding these funds s·hould be used to cover cost of items that could not be provided from the budgets of the participating organizations. We are pleased to note that the Cormnunity Council will co-ordinate this activity. The Community Chest, as a major source of operating funds for the Community Council, is also cont ributing to the "in kind" staff services which the Community Council will be providing. Through the emphasis of cthis study will be on the development of a public recreation plan for the City of Atlanta, we hope that to the extent possible, consideration will be given to the private sector. Sincerely, N. F. Novak, ACSW Director Agency Relati ons Divisi on NFN/ cm cc: Study Participants lllADLIY CURIIY, II, DAKIN I, PIHIS AL I, RICHARDSON IOIERT L, FOREMAN, JR, MONTAGUE L. IOYD, JI, J, I, STONE WILLIAM A, PARKEI, JI, RICHAID C, HICKS Pli,IIIESIDENT VICE - PRESIDENT VICE - PRESI D ENT VICE.PRES I DENT VICE-PRES I DENT TREASURE.flt ASS I STANT Tlilll:AaURIII EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document G* om Pra G8 Pa dey — , | ™\ ss METROPOLITAN ee =_— . mw ht est sana ATLANTA COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC, FULTON-DeKALB-COBB-CLAYTON-GWINNETT COUNTIES 167 WALTON STREET, N.W., BOX 1036 ATLANTA, GA. 30301 / JACKSON 585-3481 October 4, 1967 Mr. Duane W. Beck, Executive Director Comminity Council of Atlanta Area, Incorporated 1000 Glenn Building 120 Marietta Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Duane: In response to your letter of September 6, in behalf of the organization's participating in the development of a basis public recreation program for the City of Atlanta, the Community Chest acted favorably upon our participating in this study in making available $2,500 toward the cost of this project. It is our understanding these funds should be used to cover cost of items that could not be provided from the budgets of the participating organizations. We are pleased to note that the Community Council will co-ordinate this activity. The Community Chest, as a major source of operating funds for the Community Council, is also contributing to the "in kind" staff services which the Community Council will be providing. Through the emphasis ofithis study will be on the development of a public recreation plan for the City of Atlanta, we hope that to the extent possible, consideration will be given to the private sector. Sincerely, N. F. Novak, ACSW Director Agency Relations Division NFN/em ¢ ec: Study Participants BRADLEY CURREY, JR. DAKIN B. FERRIS AL B. RICHARDSON ROBERT L. FOREMAN, JR. MONTAGUE Li. BOYD, JR. J. 5. STONE WILLIAM A. PARKER, JR. RICHARD C. HICKS VICE-PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER ASSISTANT TREAGURER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 22, Document 1 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 22 Folder topic: Community Council of the Atlanta Area | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/24882325a850444ce379f251e2362024.pdf 050f1ad6a799c717d0bce41f022b66cc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC, FULTON-DeKALB-COBB-CLA YTOfll-GWINNETT COUNTIES 167 WALTON STREET, ATLANTA, GA . 30301 / N.W . , BOX 103B JACKSON 8°34B1 October 4, 1967 Mr. Duane W. Beck, Executive Director ~ Community Council of Atlanta A:rea, Incorpor ated 1000 Glenn Building · 120 Marietta Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Duane: In response to your letter of September 6, in behalf of the organization's participating in the development of a basis public recreation program for the City of Atlanta, the Community Chest acted favorably upon our participating in this study in making available $2,500 toward the cost of this project. It is our understanding these funds s·hould be used to cover cost of items that could not be provided from the budgets of the participating organizations. We are pleased to note that the Cormnunity Council will co-ordinate this activity. The Community Chest, as a major source of operating funds for the Community Council, is also cont ributing to the "in kind" staff services which the Community Council will be providing. Through the emphasis of cthis study will be on the development of a public recreation plan for the City of Atlanta, we hope that to the extent possible, consideration will be given to the private sector. Sincerely, N. F. Novak, ACSW Director Agency Relati ons Divisi on NFN/ cm cc: Study Participants lllADLIY CURIIY, II, DAKIN I, PIHIS AL I, RICHARDSON IOIERT L, FOREMAN, JR, MONTAGUE L. IOYD, JI, J, I, STONE WILLIAM A, PARKEI, JI, RICHAID C, HICKS Pli,IIIESIDENT VICE - PRESIDENT VICE - PRESI D ENT VICE.PRES I DENT VICE-PRES I DENT TREASURE.flt ASS I STANT Tlilll:AaURIII EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR �THE CITIZENS a SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK ATLANTA, GA . March 16, 1967 Mayor Ivan Allen> Jr. City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Ivan: You very kindly agr-eed to talk with the Board of the Commerce Club at their next m€eting about the Community Council and its role in the life of the city. You asked me to brief you. Here goes. The letter attached gives you my general feelings as to past accomplisru~€ nts anu future purrose of the Council. At a m~eting of leading foundations yesterday anrJ the Council 's o.m Board of Directors today, the position taken in this letter was reaffirmed with one exception. B~th groups felt the Council on its own initiative should not be an im~lementing b~dy in the future. I very mu ch agree. The im~lemen ting role of the Council was ~ne as sumed in the past because there was no other place to lodge certain idea s for action . The principal i mplementing forces in our COffiilUrlity s hou ld be local g~vernn1,e nts and the Cow'lll.mity Chest . The War on Poverty belongs to the local CO!n!!lunity, not to the Federal Government. It has been working and should c:>ntinue to work through local groups. Officials of the Corrm.mity Chest, the War on Poverty and some l oca l goverP.ments have spoken out str~ngly about the need for a professional fact finding and social planning resourct: f or t he gr€atc r Atlanta area, one that is auequately staff ed t o do t he j ob and independent enough to call a spade a spade. This sort of council not only can help get more federal and state money for the city but also by good planning can assume tha t ir.oney sp-e n t en programs goes as far as possible. ,· - �THE CITIZENS & SOUTHERN NATIOt~AL BANK ATLANTA . GA . Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. March 16, 1967 Page Two To keep planning within t he ·control of t'ie loca l community, b asi c o pe ra tin g funds for the Corr,muni ty Council s hou ld cof!"c from 10°: al r a t he r t ha n federal sources . Officials of the Commun ity Chest in genera l c1re L--i agreement with their r espons ibility for increasing Cb.est st1p p or t and for sha ring the Council's b asic o pe rating buuget with loca l governments. Loca l governments, which t wo yf>,n·s ago gave no unrestricted fu nds for the sup port of the Council, t h is ye ar are contributing $27,500. This bc:se must be ex.p ar.ded to include othe r c~mnties rind cities in t he metropolitan Atla nta area . A service you could d:, the corrmunity and the Council is to affirr.1 the need for a strong professional plann ing council and the res pons ibility of public and private bodies f0r s e eing tha t the Council i s adequa tely fi~anced to do its basi c job. After t he base budget is funded , the Council rapidly ,,;ril l get in a better posi ti:m to contract with the ci ty, counties, f~undations and other local groups to do special prcgrmr.lil ing and other work . Since I shall be out of town the next couple of weeks, Duane Be ck can furnish you other data which you ma y want before the meeting of the COl"rroerce Club Board. Cordially> James P. Furniss ... JPF/as Attachment P. S. Some of the places where the city of Atlanta and Corrmuni ty Co>J ncil have worked most closely together a r e listed en the attached sheet. J.P. F. �THE C1TIZF.NS 6: SOUT H E:RN NATIO N AL B A NK ATLANTA, GA. CI TY OF ATL-1\NTI\ -- c o~.AUNI TY COL' NCIL Pt"'incipa l l1r eas of Collabora tion 1. Des i gn of the :11\n ti- poverty" Program a pplication 2. Soci a l Reso;.;.1•c es S tud y under C. I. P. 3. Assis t ance i n de veloping Model Cities a pi;>licati on l{-. Re vis i on of " Federa l Aids Pr ograms - Atlanta•t 5. Chronic a lcoholism -- plann ing ,. . �. , ., Com:r.--::...uni·~y Council o-$;the Atlanta Area inc. ONE THOUSAND GLENN BUILDING, 120 MARIETTA ST., N. W, ATLANTA, GEORGIA j 30303 TELEPHONE 577-2250 February 15, l9G7 I ... "r. Boinfeuillct Jones, President Emily and Ernest V.'ood:-.iff Foundation 230 Peacht:..·oo Strc0-t, N. W. Atl~nta, Gcor~i- ~0303 Dear Bo: ~ You &ad I talked recently about the Cor.u:iunity Council, whero it hns been, where it is ~oinr; and 'wh.lt it needs. The Council needs your hcl;, r.0.1, not to fu_lfill ori::;in;il o·.::,jcctivc.a (which it has done· in some c.cusu1·0) but to fit n new' rolo in t:i.le co:i;>lex and browin~ society which 1s Atlnntn today. W-~en,cstablishcd iu 19w, the Com1cil was ~ivon a ~rant of $50 ,oo:) a year fo-..· fi V3 ;yc.:.r.; by your ;?0:.1.,..,,C:.-i.tio::i. Tt.o Co;m:.unity CheGt ~.atchcd .this Stu::.. Tua goals w~r~ - solu-:io:.1s -. to find ccordinuto , i i i I i I .,I . to the p::-o·..:.le.:15 of ;>vv..,_··.::· pt:::ilic ~nd p:.. iv;:,te soci::il ~- - .. ~ie:l to , , to cli~inato ~nproductivo a~cncies throu~n wo~-:;ar / to provide tno co~.::1unity Chest with n decioioni.i.akinz ca,acity for its fund allo~ation pro~leras. ~ .. "'· At its ince;ition, the Council '\iJJ.S looked u;iv~ as a :;o·.:-:;::1tinl social planning and coordin:itinc force for an a:.c~ th~t !.:i-::.rnd any effective or~:miz::ition of it~ kind. I r~~cmb~r Co1£~il 3J~-:-d Eembers :mn.k.inz specc~c~ at civic clubs, pro.nisin~ ::ill . tbin~s to all people even bef ora it h:id a ;,rot css io:::1al executi v.a or ::..:...; t.:id .a chance to tr-uly ineasuro tile dimunsions ot the job. · S0::....: -;~ou::;ht of social planni~ as a study of n ainzle social a:;cncy. O"i:hc1 a saw it as a dotailed guide for allc-catini soci::il welfare ~ro~r.u..s for a 4 4 ten-year p,ariod. ' I iI I �·- -- ·---· ··- --- -- - Mr. Boisicuillot Jones 2. February 15, 1967 Altbouza effective inn n~bcr of urens, ~ho Cou:icil spcilt a ~ood part of the first fivo years oearclling for a grip on social planni~ and problems tho.t l~opt zhi:ftir.;; and 1;ro-,1ine. Siuco 10CO, the Cou..,cil has ~ot a n~or o! t~o fou.i.ders' objectivc3. Othera it can moot within tho n~~t five year--~. Still othora way require diftcrunt upprroches from orizinally envisioned • . Let's look at the record. ,. On tho score of tho problo;:r.3 of povorty, the Cou..,cil: Ex~:ritontcd >11th no·.1 wo.ys of dalivcrin;;; sel"vicc.:J • _.;:_\ . to tho per !.n We.:;t Zr.cl, ;:ar..icula::ly those ~hich ,;.,c,uld b.clp b.:-e~ th<J cycle of dependency - Too~ the le:.d in pla.,nins Econo~io Opportunity Atlnntn, Inc. - Sup~lied tho social ~net find1n~ ~nd plnnnin3 aspects_ ot A~lantn' s Cc:-..:1unit:, Ir.iprove..""::.cnt Pro,:r.i.n, on the b~is of ui1ich it no,;., is helpinJ Atlnntn ap~ly fo~ fw::_c3 tw.d~r the nctl Model Ci ties de:-.on;;tratioil pro,::.;in Res ~stablis~cd an in!or-~~tion 04'"'.d rcf~r~~l servico to help PO?Ple find a~cncy c~sista.nce Pl~r.ncd th~ trninir.z prozrm :for ZOA aides and is now or,cr~tinz a trainir.~ pro~ran for volu."1teers willin~ to serve in lO'!'i-incorae areas . '; i i . W:is' ~atcrially involv~d 1n other efforts such as a wo~k cv::.lu.:.tio.::. cc;:;.ter, job do".tolo;.:::znt !or ar.d !)laccrc-0,.t of old or wor!,:ci"s, a co;w:;iuni ty school pro::;ran, devcloF,nent of low-cost hcusir-3, lendinz to businc.sse;;; in ~verty areas and :usny others. In the are~ of coordina tin~ public and , riv~te soci~l n~encies, the Council's offo:-ts have been effective in so.:::;;) cases but tnil~os in other:s . The Pcr::.nne~t Conference hns been a prin~ry veaicle fo r the Council in the fields of health, recreation atd ~elfaro. Sc::.a ot the a chi ov~ c:lts have be.:in �~~. Boisfcuillct Jones s. Fcbrum-y 15, 18$7 ,r Establis!:i.~ent of n ~225,000 Ilospital and Health Planninz unit ~s n rezular Colli~Cil activity Spade work for a co~prchcnsive ~en.tnl hoalth progrru;1 for Atlanta Assiotanc0 to tho Mayor's Co~i::iission in its •. orzanization to X>0linqucncy . CO;:;;;)at Cri~o rold Juvenile Assistance in settin~ up r;:;ory's Co~~ittea on Chronic Alcoholism ~ I i i On oli::.:ination of unproductive. a~cncie~ throu~h ner~er, the Council's score is iow for rcusons outlined l ~ter in this letter, It ~as involvod in tho ~er~o~ of a~cncies servln~ the blind .and did devise a way to coordinate se~ices for the cldc~ly (Senior Ci tiz~:i Services of l!etro:;>oli to.n Atlanta.) • Also, the CotL,cil' s broad role has resulted ·in a n~~ber o! n~e~cies asking for con~ultation ~bout their ficlda too.void or to roco;aize duplications. A n~:iber of propv3cd n;.::~1cic:; .,rore invcsti;:.,.tcd by the Council, sc.:ie of v1~ich never 3ot o~:i.:..!.::::cd -.~()U t'!:e prc::ote:r., s:i.w they ;:,-ould bo invol vi:1~ thci:.3el ves in f iclcs ....,hic}'l w.ere ~de,q,uately coverro. On tho sco~e of p=ovidi~~ the 90:::.::;c~ity C~est with dccisionmnkir..z c~r,.:i.c1 ty for fund <i.llo-:1tion ;,ro'i.)le.::s. t!le Council ho.s not yet don~ t:.c job. A oajo:- c!:!ficult:7 her-e !l;l.; ~ -:? en that soma p,arsoD.$ tend to overs1~,liiy the t~sk, c~pcct~n~ ~ho Cou..~cil can do a co~c1o::.tiou3, 80od job with · a sta:tf that is. woa:!:.illy inJ.de-quato 1n nt.nber a .. d backzrou::.d in!or.:ation. Tile co:;nu.,ity as .1 "aole needs more 1~~0~--=-=,.tion on the b~sis o1 · wh1ch to mu~ · bett~~ decisions than it has ;n the social field. . start was z~da with t~e Council's " Ba~r ound for D~cision J.Iakir.~," a delineation of wajor social welfare ;>ro~=:.:.....--.s 1n Atlanta. used o, the Corr;:;.uni ty C".:.~~t !3u~zct Co::-..-;;1 i:tee. The Ch~st nls o h.is had in h~d for so~e tioe a Council pro~o3al for an in-d ep~~ study o! rcc::0n.tion in Atlanta :lS the first o f a co::prehcn::: i V(: series of studies in the social walfn~c and r ecreation ~re~s. Still, this is the are~ ~hera tho CotL~cil c~n be faulte-0 cosi b1 Council !oi;r.dcrs - and particularly Chest me:cbcr.; who ~es~eratel1 vant dccision-;;u~in_z A �, hlr. Boisfcuill et Jones Februa ry 15, l9o7 4. help. \'Ii th perspccti ve r;aincd from six ye3.rs vith the Council, 1 feol tho Council can n.nd nust help the co::1,"";1unit.y oako better dccioions but only und.er different co:1ditions .f1·om tho:.ic i n vn.1ch the Council j has been oper.:.ting. f· . Todny, the Council's role is n c~ed one . It shol.!,_ld bo ' looked to for so~e of the sa:ue thin~s envisioned by tho .fouDdcrs. · Others ohould be souGht elsc·.;rhc~.a. Still othc.."s -which can e.-;.:l.n~ta trc:a tho Cou;:icil ~y hav0 been only ~i.::u.y envis ioned seven yc~rs n~o. This chan~e in role is the p:roduct o-Z chnn:::0<1 ~n Atlnntn, 1n aocicty and in the experience of those of tis 'who. ho.vo grappled "Rith tho Council 'a mis3ion since the bc__;innin~. As b~cl~ro~,d fol" l.:.nder3tnr,din~ th e Councn •s n ew role, let r;io cite sowo o~i~ions. Tho Federal C-overnment tod~y is pourir.~ ~o~sy into the uocinl welfare field. Thou~h checked so.cc recor.tly by Cor:~r t'? ss. this trend (~can be expected to continue. To ju8 tify this s t wer of rr.oncy, ~edernl agenc1e3 must insist on plnns a ~ainst ~hie~ res~lt3 nay be evaluated. In most co:r:::; unities, thore are no offoctive lo.c:all pl~n:i i n~ units, encour<1;:ln::; Yedorc.l a~cncit:)s to do tr.air o·.:rn pbmnin::; :;-~thor thc.n relyins ·on loca l ;;roup3. Eve n if there ,;,•ore cf::ective loc.:11 l'l~n..,inz uni ta, ea.ch e.zcncy oust do so:wc of its ~,n plnnnin~ orb~ dcr~lict. I: i '1 If Atl~tn' s ow:.i cit i::c.i:::; are to have a r e~ voice · in bo-:r this Feder~l ooncy is to be z p~ nt ij th~ir own c oc:::nuiiity, th~y nc~d effective ticdiu..--:is ;':or· ;.Xpression . Ou:- e lected r ~:::,:rc s2nt::i.tt. iv~s .ire on e :r:.:ditlJ':l. T'Ae Cocn ci~ c~n be n~other--o nc thro~:h Wtllch A~ lan ta le ndc r 3 cnn diocovcr tho social facts c::>out their c o:::-.r:uni ty o.~ ~3.Ve a s::i.y c.s to the type ot p:-o;:ra..-is th e y will or will not s u);,o:-t . In s o-.::ie scns o, the Council h::i.s played this role out not to t h :; dcc:ire o t h .:.t 1 t c .:.n or should. Th& Cou..,cil, then, mus t iirat baa source ~r info:;:-;;:;::ition. Its Social P..c scarch Center 1s t ~e k e y to any oth e r q?,! fcctivc n e ss the Council may have . It wust build up~ b ~nk o f t i ~el y amii reli ~bl e inf o:-r;iation , as woll as techniques to-: i:ctti n:; o-t:1-, er in!o r :.Jtti o:i Cl_uick l y 'rlben neodcd. This sor t of co:::i..~uni ty r es ourc e is vital to f cd~ r il , stat e 3.nd local gove rame n t s, to public and pri v.:..t e z.:enc ies , h 'l fo und::iti ona a:.1d to an i nformed· public . Part o f t h.::, j o'.J h er<) is not (!X'.;]ly g:. t h c r i n;; t he informa t ion but di s sc:ni nat i ng i t b u.:::;ci ul :form, a j.D~ vh ich the Counci l .h as not d one a d equa tel y up to t h i s t i Qo. �Ur. Boistcuillot Jones . ~ , 5. Fcbru.:i.ry 15, 1967 . Socond, the Council must be tho vehicle thro~h \'lhich Atlcnta citizen~ can b~~in to do tbcir C';ffi cc:::r:nunity plannin3. A ~njor ~nd . difficult task clicad is ~h~t sou:e describe as dcvelopin~ o. conspectus of Atlnnta's social ~elfaro needs, nn ovcrvie~ or a sketch sinilnr to thnt produced by physical pl~nni~z groups. Without it, the city ~ny co~tinue to ar:iclioro.tc syi-:ipto:ns, mistaking thcr:i for cnusc3 of so:10 of· · our most pressing needs. Thus the Cou..'1cil bec:n ies not _only tho planner' a planner but a plnnninz or:;~mi:;:;atio~ in its own rieht. It can snd must abate a co:1;:;-,on ·.r.isco.1ccption that plannin:; a pro-_:;rn;;:i for an individual n~ency is co~prcDcnoivc social plannin~. Third, the Couccil wust t~ke tho initiativ~ in seeing that plans are discussed ~~d inplc~c::.t ed. Since it is not u fundin~ body, it roust be able to spc~k with n voice th~t is re5~8ctc<l by thoso ~ho dispense fu.~ds to public znd p:.:iv~te accncics s~rvi~~ our co:;:::;iunity. It must uso the tcchni~uc of E::x;x,si~g ~~encies ~nd others to tho . facts of a problc.-..., such as it no'..' co e.3 throuia the P~r~ancnt Conference a~d as it intends to do ,,ith busincss::ien o::i: the subject o:f une:iploy:a-:mt. An~ finally, it ~ust b~ a consultive, ev~l u~tion u~d pro;ra::1 dev~l o ~cn.t sou:.:cc fo~· z.genc.:.c.3 an.:! ot~c ~·s. It is this l;:.:;t £crvico whic~ ;:1:.ny in ti:0 c();-:::-,u::.i ty ;:;cc.-:1. to w.:1::it :::03t iro:n tbe Cou;-.cil and whicc, under its prc3c~t orc~r.izatiou ~nd fu~d.in:, it is l 0~st cap..:.ble of doir.c witnqut dive:.ti:1:; st::.ff fro;;:. t:1 2 fi:..:;~ three. A:-:.d without the fir.:;t three jo~s und~r C() i"'. trol ,- tl:~ Ccu:1c i1 is not cap::.blo ot do inc- t!lc kind of wor:: v:hich t~o co:::.~~i t;r s:ioc'ld de::i::md of it . . i I I I i Todsy, the Cou.icil is underfunded to do it 3 b~31C job~-f~ct!indinz, tnct disse=.i~~tion ~~d plnnnin~. We ~~Ve e~tin~tcd they would re~uire ab out $200,000 ~ ye .. r invested i ~ a co~~ st~ I t ~ri::1arily . devoted to those purposes. Eavinz a cor~ s~ a! t . the Counc i l t~cn would be in position to t:lkC en the job of co.:uultinz, ~valu.1tion a::d pro-zra::1 develozne-:it for !e-a:.s which would ;,:.y ! «>>r the addoo s ~:if! requir~d and nttend~nt ov.:rh8ac!. '::he s ·~:.!!, im..::er this arrJ.:-~.:~~;:i.t, would be ls~e cno~~h ta ziv8 th~ Council il~i bility. It nc:r;J doca not bavo this ~ncuv c:..·J.~ili ty ..·~en _1 t rr.l!5t di ve:-; sor:::.-J one fr o::1 a basic job to do a z~ccial joo which i::a;, or ::.:iy :wt be c on :31.:. -~eilt '.litll. the cor a job . We hava hnd to c!o nore .. r.d .:or~ o! the s e Sp.:!ci al jo~ because they h~vc g iv~~ the Cou~cil a ~ 0 ~ ~.s of co-:it r acti n~ f or '.IO r~ wh i c..~ in turn h=-s ~ e ~~t inco~c ne~dcd just to ~~op t he cor e s t~!i t o:cthcr. r~is vic i ous circle i n tho lo~; run ~il l lend to tbc des tructi on of t h e Council as an effectiv e a_: e;;icy. �Ur. Doinfouillot Jonoa February 15. 1967 6. Rir;ht no'.7 1 the Council nccd:J rolief fro;;1 ch:1Sir,3 special 11Ssizn:acnta th~t produce incc~o. It nee<ls to have et least wo yearc-pr.efe:.:-ably thi·oe--during v,hic.h 1.t cnn - '. Get the cor-e job well unden,ay ~ithout divertinz personnel to othor work Broaden fin~nci~l &upport tro~ Chest and locn1 · goverDJ,jont sourcez for 1 ts core work _. Add staff and cap.:lcity to take on the apccinf jobs which ~o unny ~~cucics and pcraotln ~ant the Co-..;:;ci:l to do nc,;.;. but only add P-:,"vple as the level of :funded worl~ would ju~tify Build o. ~ucn 3tro~~or base of understcndi~z and supr,ort thro~h t:1e involvc::-;ent of a 1norc v~:.:-i ed a:i:d int;:)r~.;;tcd BcarJ of Directors • These di~octor~ ~h~~ i~rcei:;:iz to serve ~ust aerec ·to ti:G:e on o.cti v~ '"s.:ii~ents o.a well as set policy .:::-- Involvv youn:::;cr person~ fro::i all ;..:.rta of tho co.::i.:.unity in Council work, t~er~~Y sorvinz as a source of future Cou.icil directors. Bo, ..,a need the help of you and your Fotmda.tion now. I ~ We need your advic~, assista~co, influence and ~e n~e<l oon0y ~hie~ I don't see co=i~ fro~ any other source in the co.::wunity ~ith tha speed or in the ~u:.ntity needed if the Council is zoin.-; to ~o !o:x-.1.:i.rd froo its pr~sent plateau. Be<:aus~ of my involve~nt in Ja:::.1a ic1. I'~ asking Duana to iet with you at the earlie~t op:,v:tunity to settle on what you think should be our next step in ~orking ou~ tLose thinz~ whica the Council needs so vary l.luch now. Bes7·e~axds . • /./ ,· //j.: t. ··'-· ~ {/, / "'. . . J:i:n.es P. Furnisg P. S. [/ copy of thi3 to Billy Sterne ~ho has nzrced to help on the non in~tion.s to the Arn scndinG a Council Board thia year. _ �. ,/ rch 15. 1967 Mr. A. H. S rne, Chairman Norn till Committ e Community Council of th A t1an u11::ansrano Cil nn Buildin ri Str t. N. W. ~gia 30303 D l" A'lli · Billy: 1 ho d Uk to City the C ln appoint Atlanta r ptea 11 tive on ty Council of th A__,......, Smc rely youra. Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor lAJ.r:lp CC: • .D S e t e rd of �C C A A ommunity ouncil of' the tlanta rea inc. Chairman of the Board of Directors Vice Chairman RHODES L. PERDUE. Sccrctary CALLOWAY. Associate Secretary PADGETT, Treasurer JAMES P. FURNISS, CECIL ALEXANDER. MRS. w. L. A. B. DUANE ONE THOUSAND GLENN BUILDING, 120 MARIETTA ST., N . W. w. BECK. E.«'Cllti,•e Director ATLANTA,. GEORGIA 30303 TELEPHONE 577-2250 March 6, 1967 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: I've agreed to serve as Chairman of the Council's Nominating Committee. Last year, the bylaws were changed so that the financially supporting local governmental bodies could appoint a representative to the Council Board. You appointed Dan Sweat, and he is a good man. Do you wish to reappoint him for 1967-68? . If so, we need a note to that effect. Best regards. Sincerely, ~ e Chairman Nominating Committee AHS : j �BOARD OF DIRECTORS Cecil Alexander Luther Alverson Edward H. Baxter Tully T. Blalock, M. D Joseph C Bransby Mrs. William R. Bridges Napier Burson, Jr., M. W. L. Calloway Campbell Dasher D Cleveland Dennard Herbert J. Dickson James P. Furniss Mrs. Thomas H. Gibson Ell 1ott Goldstein George E. Goodwin J Winston Huff Joseph W Jones Vernon E. Jordan Albert Love Mrs. Louis Montag T. F. Morrow A. 8. Padgett Mrs. Rhodes L. Perdue William I. Ray Al B Richardson E. L. Simon James M. Sibley Hughes Spalding, Jr Fred R Sto1r, Jr., D. D. A. H Sterne Dan E. Sweat Jr Morton L. We,ss John :c Wilson Asa G Yancey, M D. Clayton R. Yates ADVISORY BOARD James H. Aldredge, Sr. J. G. Bradbury J. V Carmichael R. Howard Dobbs, Jr Edwin I. Hatch Boisfeuillet Jones Mills 8. Lane, Jr Lucien E. Oliver W A. Parker, Sr. -W A. Pulver Richard H. Rich James D. Robinson, Jr. Johr. A. Sibley Carl N 3inger Lee Talley Elbert P. Tuttle Preston Upshaw Vvilliam C Wardlaw, Jr. George W Woodruff �I 1£15:37, 29 December 2017 (EST) JAMES P . FURNISS VICE PRESIDENT ~ ~ r J(JJ(J2 December 28, 1966 Mayor Ivan Allen City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Ivan: The othe r day, the Community Council and certain outsid ers listened to EOA's discussion of a proposed corporation in the Summe rhill-Mechanicsville area. Purpose of the corporation would be to provide employment for adult semi-skilled and unskilled workers in the demolition, cleaning and boarding up of substanda rd housing and properties. Those attending had several observations, one of which w~s that a new corporation of this sort with untested leadership would have difficulty making a go of this venture if it had to bid in the open market for demolition work. There was a hope that the city of Atlanta might be able to direct contracts to the group at a negotiated price. I'd like to urge your consideration of this idea. Nevertheless, I fe el the city could do a lot to help make a corporation of this sort successful if it put certain s t rings on its wi llingness to negotiate. The sort of strings I have in mind are that a negotiating group would indicate to your satisfaction that it was properly s et up with reasonably experienced management, that it would have to operate within a pricing structure fair to the city and that the city would have assurance that the work would be done well. Among the outside observers at the Council meeting were a couple of men from our bank who were attempting to appraise EOA 's l ending and development program for small business. Due to EOA �Mayor Ivan Allen December 28, 1966 Page Two cutbacks in funds, both these programs have been transferred out of EOA to the Small Business Administration. We were wondering if there were a place where private enterprise could step in and take o ver some of the functions which government had been asked to do. As bankers, my two associates and I saw some potential merit in this particular application. Compared with some of the loans which we have made, this one might be shaped into something which could be handled provided the whole enterprise were set up right in the first place. The advantage to the city would be to create a new way in which people in poverty areas could gain use f ul work as they built an organizationwhich ultimately could compete in the open market for business. It would be a f airly dramatic way of demonstrating that because one is poor does not necessarily rule out economic opportunity. In thinking about this particular proposed company, it would be help f ul to know if the city would entertain a n e gotiated price f or some of this demolition and repair wo r k. Co r dially, 0 JPF/ as fo~ � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document G* om Pra G8 Pa dey — , | ™\ ss METROPOLITAN ee =_— . mw ht est sana ATLANTA COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC, FULTON-DeKALB-COBB-CLAYTON-GWINNETT COUNTIES 167 WALTON STREET, N.W., BOX 1036 ATLANTA, GA. 30301 / JACKSON 585-3481 October 4, 1967 Mr. Duane W. Beck, Executive Director Comminity Council of Atlanta Area, Incorporated 1000 Glenn Building 120 Marietta Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Duane: In response to your letter of September 6, in behalf of the organization's participating in the development of a basis public recreation program for the City of Atlanta, the Community Chest acted favorably upon our participating in this study in making available $2,500 toward the cost of this project. It is our understanding these funds should be used to cover cost of items that could not be provided from the budgets of the participating organizations. We are pleased to note that the Community Council will co-ordinate this activity. The Community Chest, as a major source of operating funds for the Community Council, is also contributing to the "in kind" staff services which the Community Council will be providing. Through the emphasis ofithis study will be on the development of a public recreation plan for the City of Atlanta, we hope that to the extent possible, consideration will be given to the private sector. Sincerely, N. F. Novak, ACSW Director Agency Relations Division NFN/em ¢ ec: Study Participants BRADLEY CURREY, JR. DAKIN B. FERRIS AL B. RICHARDSON ROBERT L. FOREMAN, JR. MONTAGUE Li. BOYD, JR. J. 5. STONE WILLIAM A. PARKER, JR. RICHARD C. HICKS VICE-PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER ASSISTANT TREAGURER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4 ‘ THE CITIZENS & SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK ATLANTA, GA. March 16, 1967 - Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Ivan: You very kindly agreed to talk with the Board of the Commerce Club at their next meeting about the Community Council and its role in the life of the city. You asked me to brief you. Here goes. The letter attached gives you my general feelings as to past accomplishments and future purpose of the Council. At a meeting of leading foundations yesterday and the Council's om Board of Directors today, the position taken in this letter was reaffirmed with one exception. Both grouos felt the Council on its own initia- tive should not be an implementing body in the Future. I very much agree. The implementing role of the Council was one assumed in the past because there was no other place to lodge certain ideas for action. . The principal implementing forces in ovr commnity should be local governments and the Community Chest. The War on Poverty belongs to the local community, not to the Federal Government. It has been working and should continue to work through local groups. Officials of the Community Chest, the War on Poverty and some local governments have spoken out strongly about the need for a professional fact finding and social planning resource for the greater Atlanta area, one that is adequately staffed ta do the job and independent enough to call a spade a spade. This sort of council not only can help get more federal and state money for the city but also by good planning can assume that money spent on pro- grams goes as far as possible. COPY — THE CITIZENS & SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK ATLANTA, GA. “Mayor Ivan Allen, dr. March 16, 1967 Page Two To keep planning within the control of the local community, basic operating funds for the Community Council should come from loeal rather than federal sources. Officials of the Community Chest in seneral are in agreement with their responsibility for increasing Chest support and for sharing the Council's basic aperating budget with local governments. Local gavernments, which hwo years ago gave no unrestricted funds for the support of the Council, this year are contributing $27,500. This base mist be expanded to include other counties and cities in the metropolitan Atlanta area. A service you could do the community and the Council is to affirm the need for a strong professional planning council and the responsibility of public and private bodies for seeing that the Council is adequately financed to do its basic job. After the base budget is funded, the Counetl rapidly will get in a better position to contract with the city, counties, foundations and other local groups to do special programming and other work. Since I shall be out of town the next couple of weeks, Duane Beek can furnish you other data which you may want before the meeting of the Commerce Club Board. Cordially, * ' James P. Furniss JPF/as Attachment P. S. Some of the places where the city of Atlanta and Community Council have worked most closely together are Listed cn the attached sheet. J. P. F. COPY THE CiTIZENS & SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK ATLANTA, GA. CITY OF ATLANTA += COMMUNITY COUNCIL 2.087 Principal Areas of Collahoration l. Design of the ‘Anti-voverty" Program applicetion 2. Social Resources Study wnder C. I. P. 3. Assistance in ceveloping Model Cities application %. Revision of “Federal Aids Programs - Atlanta” 5. Chronic alcsholism ~-- planning COPY ¢ Cormrmusiity Council of the Atianta Area inc. ONE THOUSAND GLENN BUILDING, 120 MARIETTA ST., N. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 TELEPHONE 677-2250 _ } a February 15, 1967 r Mr. Boisfeuillet Jones, President | Enily and Ernest Woodzuff Foundation 230 Peachtreo Street, N. WV. Atlanta, Georgi. 29303 Dear Bo: You ead I talked recently about the Community Council, where it has been, where it is soing and what it neods. The Council needs your help now, not to fulfill original wojectives (which it has done in some reasure) but to fit a new role in the conplex and growing society which is Atlanta today. When. establisied in 1960, the Council was given a grant of $50,007 a year for fives years by your Foundation, The Community Chest catched this sum. The goals wore - : “ to Zind solutions to the provlens of pove-cy ~- to coordinate public and private social uo_...cies “ ~ to elininate unproductive agencies through norger - to provide tho Community Chost with a dacision- paking capacity for its fund allocation problems, = At its inception, the Council was looked upon as a 2 social planning and coordinating force for an area that lacked any effective organization of its kind. I remember Couscil Soa bers making speeches at civic clubs, promising all.thinys to all people even before it had a professional executive or ics had a chance to truly measure the dimensions of the job. Scaai Skoucht of social planning as a study of a single social ageacy. Others saw it as a detailed guide for allocating social welfare programs for a ten-year period. Mr. Boisfculllot Jones February 15, 1957 | Although effectiva ina nuxber of areas, the Council spent a good part of the first five years searching for a grip oa social planning and problems that kept shifting and growing. Since 1960, the Council has mot a nuuber of tha founders’ objectives. Others - 4t can moot within the noxt five yoars. Still othors may require difZeront approaches fron originally envisioncd. ‘Let's look at the record. 5 - On the score of tho problems of povorty, the Council: te Experincnted with now ways of delivering sor vices to the poor in West ond, particularly those which would Gelp break the cycle of dependency - Took the lead in planning Econcnie Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. = Supplied tho social Zact - finding and planning aspects of Atlanta's Ccnnunity Inprovenent Progran, on the basis o2 Which it now is helping Atlanta apply for funds under the new liodel Cities denonstration progran - Hos established an information and referral =e - service to help people find agency assistance = Planned the training prozram for EOA aides and is now operating a training program for volun- teers willing to serve in low-income areas ~- Was materially involvad in other efforts such as & work cyvaluction center, jod davolopcent for and placement of older workers, a comunity school prozran, developaent of low-cost housing, lending to businesses in poverty areas and many others. In the area of coordinating public and private social agencies, the Council's efforts have been effective in some cases but failure in others. The Permanent Conference has beea a primary vehicle for the Council in the fields of health, recreation and welfare. Sena of the achiovements have been -  Lir. BoisZcuillet Jones February 15, 1£57 , 3. ™e ~ Establishment of a $225,000 Hospital and Health , Planning unit 23 a regular Comecil activity . = Spade work for a comprehensive mental health ; progres) for Atlanta = Assistance to tho Mayor's Commission in its organization to combat Crime and Juvenlie Delinquency . ~ Assistance in setting up Euory's Comittee on Chronic Alcoholisn On elimination of unproductive. agencies throuch merger, the Council's score is low for reasons outlined later in this lotter. It was involved in the merger of agencies serving the blind aad did devise a way to coordinate services for the eldorly (Senior * Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta). Also, the Council's broad role has resulted in a number of agencies asking for consul- tation about their fields to avoid or to recomine duplications. A nusaber o2 proposed agencies were investigated by the Council, some of which never got organized when the promoters saw they would be involving themselves in Zields which were adequately covered. On tho score of roviding the Community Chest with decision- maokine capacity for fund allocation problems, the Council has not yet done the job. A major difficulty here has been that some persons tend to oversimplify tha task, expecting the Council can do & conscientious, good job with a stazf that is woefully inadequato in nimbder and background information. The consmunity as a waole needs more invoxruation on the basis of which to make better decisions than it has in the social field, ae A start was zade with the Council's "Background for Decision Making," a delineation of major social welfare programs in Atlanta used by the Comaunity Caest Budget Comaitteo. The Chest also has had in nand for some tine a Council proposal for an in-depth study of recreation in Atlanta as the first of a conprehensive series of studies in the social wolfare and recreation areas. Still, this is the area where the Council can be faulted most by Council Zounders -and particularly Chest mexbers who Cesperately want decision-making © he eee ~——, i Mr. Boisfeuillet Jones | os February 15, 1957. aS : a . Ae help. With perspective gained from six years with the Council, I feel the Council can and nust help the community nake better decisions but only under differont conditions from those in waich the Council has been operating. Today, the Council's role is a changed one. It should bo looked to for some of the same things envisioned by the founders. thers should be sought elsewvhorg, Still others which can emanate froa the Council may have beea only dimly envisioned seven years ago. This change in role is the product of chances in Atlanta, in society and in the experience of those of us who have grappled with tha Coun cii's mission since the beginning. As backcround for understanding the Council's new role, let ne cite sono opinions. Tho Federal Government today is pouring mousy into the social wolfare field. Though checked some recently by Conzress, this trend - ean be expected to continus. To justify this shower of money, Federal agencies must insist on plans against which results nay be evaluated. In most coxmunities, there are no effective local planainz units, encouraging Fedoral agencies to do thoir own planning rather than rely~ ing on local zroups. Even if there wore efZective local planning unita, each agency must do some of its own planning or be derelict. If Atlanta's own citisens are to have a real voice in hov this of Federal money is to be spcnt in their own commumity, they need effective mediums Zor wxpression. Our elected representatives are one mediun, The Council can be another—one throuzh waich Adlanta leaders can dis- cover the social facts about their community ant have a say cs to the type of programs they will or will not supzort. In some senso, the Council has played this role but not to the deprea that it can or should. The Council, then, must first be a source of information. Its . Social Research Center is the key to any other effectiveness the Council may have. It must build up a bank of timely and reliable information, as well as techniques for ceotting other inforzation quickly when neoded, This sort of community resource is vital to federal, state and local governments, to public and private agencies, to foundations and to an * informed public. Part of the jod here is not waly gathering the infor mation but disseminating it in useful Zorm, a job which the Council has not done adequately up to this time. .facts of a probdlen, such as it now does throuck Mr. Boisfeulllot Jones ' ; February 15, 1967 | ; 5, Second, the Council must be the vehicle throuch which Atlanta eitizens can begin to do their own comunity planning. A major and difficult task ahead is what some describe as developing o conspectus of Atlanta's social welfare needs, an overview or a sketch sinilar to that produced by physical planning groups. Without it, the city may continue to ameliorate symptoms, mistaking thea for causes of some of our most pressing needs. Thus the Council beesmes not only the planner'’s planner but a planning organization in its own right. It can and must abate a common misconception that planning a progran for an individual agency is comprehensive social planning Third, the Council must take the initiative in seeing that plans are discussed and implemented. Since it is not a funding body, it must be able to speak with a voice that is respected by those who dispense funds to public and private agencies s ins our comunity. It must use the technicue of exposing egencies and others to tho the Permanent Confer- ence 2nd as it intends to do with businessmen on the subject of unemployment. Anc finally, it must be a consultive, evaluation and pro ran development source for agencics and others. Ii is this last servico which many in the community socom to want nest from the Council and which, uncer its present organization a fucding, it is least capable of doings without divertinz stafi from the first three. nd without the first three jobs under coatrol,-. the Council is not capable of doing the kind of work which the comnumity shouid demand of it. Today, the Council is underfunded to do its basic jobs—Zact- finding, fact dissemination and planning. We have estimated t they would require about $200,009 a year invested in a core staii primarily. devoted to thoss purpeses. LEaving a core stazz, the Council then would be in position to teke on the job of consulting, evaluation and program development for fees which vould pay for the eit start requirod and attendant overhead. The sta2f, wmder this arrangenent, would be large enough to give the Council flexibility. It now does not have this mancuverability when it must divert someone fron a basic job to do 4 special jod Which may or may tot be consistent wit the cors job. We have had to do more and more of these special ska because they have given the Council a means of contracting for work which in turn hes meant income needed just to keep the core staff together. This vicious circle in tho long run will lead to the destruction of the Council as an effective agency. Mr. BoisZoulllet Jones February 15, 1987 3 6. Right now, the Council needs rolie? fron chasing special agsionucnts that produce income. It needs to have at least two yearso—preferably throe—during which it can ~ Got the core job well underway without diverting personnel to other work = "~ Broaden financial support from Chest and local G0vernnent sources for its core work “ Add staff and capacity to take on the special jobs which so uany agencies and porsons want the Council to do now, but only add people as the level of funded work would justify -~ Build a much stronger base of understanding and support through the involvement of a more varied and intorested Bearéi of Directors. ~ a These directors whea oereente to serve nust agree to take on active assiznzents a3 well as set policy - Involve younser persons fron all parta of the community in Council work, ecesy serving as a source of future Council directors. Bo, wa need the help of you and your Foundation now. We need your advice, assistance, influence and we need monsy which I don't 6ee coming from any other source in the community with the speed or in the quantity needed if the Council is goings to go forward fron its preseat plateau, . Because of my involyeront in Jamaica, I'm asking Duane to get with you at the earliest opportunity to settle on what you think should be our next step in working out those thinzs which the Council needs so very much now. Best eserds , ipeee “Gab P. Furniss é P, S. Am sending a copy of this ‘ to Billy Sterne who has azreed to help on the nominations to the Council Board this year. March 15, 1967 Mr. A. H. Sterne, Chairman Nominating Committee Community Council of the Atlanta Area One Thousand Glenn Building 120 Marietta Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Billy: I should like to again appoint Dan Sweat as the City of Atlanta representative on the Board of the Community Council of the Atlanta Areaginc. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IAJrilp Cc: Mr. Dan Sweat JAMES P. FURNISS, Chairman of the Board of Directors e Community CECIL ALEXANDER, lice Chairman . MRS. RHODES L. PERDUE, Secrerars Council of the ae Atlanta 4area inc. DUANE W ERO, Execume Dieeoroe ONE THOUSAND GLENN BUILDING, 120 MARIETTA ST., N. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 TELEPHONE 577-2250 March 6, 1967 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: I've agreed to serve as Chairman of the Council's Nominating Committee. Last year, the bylaws were changed so that the financially supporting local governmental bodies could appoint a representative to the Council Board. You appointed Dan Sweat, and he is a good man. Do you wish to reappoint him for 1967-68? If so, we need a note to that effect. Best regards. Sincerely, % A. H. St e Chairman Nominating Committee me AHS: j  Cecil Alexander Luther Alverson Edward H. Boxter Tully T. Blalock, M. BD. Joseph C. Bransby Mrs. William R. Bridges Nopier Burson, Jr, M. DBD W. L. Calloway Campbell Dasher James H. Aldredge, Sr- J. G. Bradbury J, V. Carmichaal R. Howard Dobbs, Jr Edwin |. Hatch Cleveland Dennard Herbert J, Dickson Jomes P. Furniss Mrs. Thomas H. Gibson Elliott Goldstein George E, Goodwin J. Winston Huff Joseph W. Jones Vernon E. Jordon Boisfeuillet Jones Milis B. Lane, Jr. Lucien E. Oliver W. A. Parker, Sr W. A. Pulver BOARD OF DIRECTORS Albert Love Mrs. Louis Montag T. F. Morrow A. B. Padgett Mrs. Rhodes L. Perdue William |, Roy Al B. Richardson E. L. Simran James M. Sibley ADVISORY BOARD Richord H. Rich James D. Robinson, Jr. John A. Sibley Carl N. Singer Lee Talley Hughes Spalding, Jr Fred R. Stair, Jr, D. D. A. HL Sterne Don E. Sweat, Jr Marton L. Weiss John iC. Wilson Asa G, Yancey, M. DB. Clayton R. Yates Elbert P_ Tuttle Preston Upshaw William C. Wardlaw, Jr. George W_ Woodruff =! pe z cl Mh brligers | and alder) Vhiondl Bonk, Werte, Goreia 30302 December 28, 1966 JAMES P. FURNISS VICE PRESIDENT Mayor Ivan Allen City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Ivan: The other day, the Community Council and certain outsiders listened to EOA's discussion of a proposed corporation in the Summerhill=-Mechaniecsville area. Purpose of the corporation would be to provide employment for adult semi-skilled and unskilled workers in the demolition, cleaning and boarding up of substandard housing and properties. Those attending had several observations, one of which was that a new corporation of this sort with untested leadership would have difficulty making a go of this venture if it had to bid in the open market for demolition work. There was a hope that the city of Atlanta might be able to direct contracts to the group at a negotiated price. I'd like to urge your consideration of this idea. Never- theless, I feel the city could do a lot to help make a corporation of this sort successful if it put certain strings on its willing- ness to negotiate. The sort of strings I have in mind are that a negotiating group would indicate to your satisfaction that it was properly set up with reasonably experienced management, that it would have to operate within a pricing structure fair to the city and that the city would have assurance that the work would be done well. Among the outside observers at the Council meeting were a couple of men from our bank who were attempting to appraise EOA's lending and development program for small business. Due to EOA Mayor Ivan Allen December 28, 1966 Page Two cutbacks in funds, both these programs have been transferred out of EOA to the Small Business Administration. We were wondering if there were a place where private enterprise could step in and take over some of the functions which government had been asked to do. As bankers, my two associates and I saw some potential merit in this particular application. Compared with some of the loans which we have made, this one might be shaped into something which could be handled provided the whole enterprise were set up right in the first place. The advantage to the city would be to create a new way in which people in poverty areas could gain useful work as they built an organizationwhich ultimately could compete in the open market for business. It would be a fairly dramatic way of demonstrating that because one is poor does not necessarily rule out economic opportunity. In thinking about this particular proposed company, it would be helpful to know if the city would entertain a negotiated price for some of this demolition and repair work. Cordially, | ) James P. tL? JPF/as  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 22, Complete Folder Box 7 Box 7 Folder 22 Folder topic: Community Council of the Atlanta Area | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/004b74bc35c4d99c6564d8d9b6caaa0e.pdf c563d7d6406b3adbca8df249527716b2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. --:::: CENTRAL ATLANTA PROGRESS, INC. 2 PEACHTREE STREET, N.W ., SUITE 2740 ATLANTA, G EORG IA 30303 TELEPHONE 577-3976 November 1, 196 7 TO: Mayor Ivan Allen , Jr. Al derman Rodney M. Cook Alderman Milton Farr i s Alex W. Smith Ro b er t M. Woo d Frank Mi Malone Ri c h ard H. Ri c h Mil l s B. Lane , Jr. Luc i en E. Oliver Geor ge S. Craf t John Co Portman , Jr . NOTICE OF IMPORTANT SPECIAL MEETING I am a sking a small group o f key repre s entat ive s o f the City and Central At lanta Progress , Inc ., to me et on Tuesd ay, November 7th, a t 3 : 00 PM in the Conf e rence Room o f C,A.P ., Inc ,, Suite 2740 , New First Na tiona l Bank Bu ilding . Th i s is a v e ry i mpor t ant mee t i ng f or the pur po se of rev iewing pr o pos a l s deve l oped joint l y by our staff and t he City Planning De par tment for a meaning ful planning progr am f or Centra l Atlant a , IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE PRESENT. Please no t ify Mrs, Rober son , 577-3976 , tha t you wi l l attendo i ncere ly, e.t<.. I~ u____.., J a ck Ta rver Cha i r man, Executiv e Commi ttee � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CENTRAL ATLANTA PROGRESS, we. 2 PEACHTREE STREET, N.W., SUITE 2740 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 TELEPHONE 577-3976 November 1, 1967 TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Alderman Rodney M. Cook Alderman Milton Farris Alex W. Smith Robert M. Wood Frank M. Malone Richard H. Rich Mills B. Lane, Jr. Lucien E. Oliver George S. Craft John C. Portman, Jr. NOTICE OF IMPORTANT SPECTAL MEETING I am asking a small group of key representatives of the City and Central Atlanta Progress, Inc., to meet on Tuesday, November 7th, at 3:00 PM in the Conference Room of C.A.P., Inc., Suite 2740, New First National Bank Building. This is a very important meeting for the purpose of reviewing proposals developed jointly by our staff and the City Planning Department for a meaningful planning program for Central Atlanta. IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE PRESENT. Please notify Mrs. Roberson, 577-3976, that you will attend. incerely, eas Ch SAN tC Jack Tarver Chairman, Executive Committee  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 20, Document 22 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 20 Folder topic: Central Atlanta Progress | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d5fb1f5517827394ca6b2c173ac55879.pdf 86a44581b95c10c80652fe0e247f6233 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. -·. 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Text Any textual data included in the document Figure 2 STUDY AREA } a \ ‘ ibnt /PIED y a : ie Sy a = riya iu \g isaac | Esl) ba i ia - ar 1s yet SE Pr Lagire) 2 al [ ell SOIL are ( ler Tied] F3eoe z ae | | ey _A bi 4 Liaw. 4 ~~ _._| ae ar ey Et fie ta) | {fe m4 % H aoe . | tL pein a x = Ss eal 4 eae A) a py WeEb art@eed |B ay a eTIST ; HOSP Cer} iran ND) cara 4 leasr lox Ei | ‘ A Hie i" ae ee wi a at mea nip a EV (ate SOI Lie ‘ ONG a Laie aa (7 WEEE aes, SEF AAS wat A eo IE” ILS Legend Aw wor, mmm CORE AREA  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 20, Document 17 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 20 Folder topic: Central Atlanta Progress | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/3ff2da63feb4d26b8b4c3f3ba5e04b7d.pdf 0206ffd00f839ff5d22dfa345b04c1ea Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tempora r y Addres s i s : S uit e 1 211, 615 Pea ch t ree Stre e t NE, Atl a nt a , 30308, Tel. 873 - 6983 S U ITE 27 4 0 • 2 PEACHTREE NUMBER 3 STREE;T TELEPHONE AT L AN T A , G A . 30303 577-3976 What It Takes to M a k e Great CI·t·leS An attack on slums isn't enough. • /5 J ANUARY 1 9 , 19 67 ~,.- ef~,.i~ 1q6q &)(C~ Cities need middle-class residents - and downtowns tHat are "cathedrals." FORTUNE January 1967 by Edmund K. Faltermayer Two characteristics, however, are common to all gr eat .cities. T hey a ll have a n exciti ng downtown filled with a great variety of shqps, t heatres, museums, and other att ractions, and laid out as a place of great beauty- designed, in the wor ds of archi tect Louis Kahn , to be "the cathedral of the city." Eq ually important, they have a Jar e middle-class o ulation residing near downtown, possessing t he purchasing power an the tastes to he p sustai n its activities. The anti-city bias shows in the limited asp irations of most recent city building. Urban-renewal f unds available each year have been only a fraction of what t he country spends on farm subsidies or space exploration. And they have been employed mainly for only two purposes, to rev italize ~ ~ess ~ t s-mostly th ro ugh face'='lifting rather than true "cathedral" design ing- and to eradicate the worst slums. It takes mor e t han t hat to achieve greatness. Despite the high-so undin g rhetoric used to promote it, the demonstration-cities program passed last year by Congress is not going to create great cities, either. It promises a stepped-up attack on the slums, with physical reconstruction and social services closely coordinated. While this kind of effort is commendable and long overdue, the program will do nothing directly toward reb uilding downtowns or making cities attractive places for middleclass citizens to live. Robert C. Weaver, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, argues that the new legislation will help middle-class neighborhoods by removing the blighting effects of slums that adjoin them. " There is nothing inconsistent in working on the cancerous part and improving the whole city," he says.'tut many authorities on urban affa irs are shar I critical of the e-sided emphasis on the slums. "For political reasons," as one oft em puts it, "we ave decided to throw most of our resources into the deficient areas of the cities, and k!;_the~s ~ !2,!" themselves." The middle-class citizen who prefers the city's sidewalks to sub urbia's lawns is the forgotten man in today's city-building efforts. Cities have devoted only the scantiest of resources to making urban li ving appealing to him, and ~ I ~ g J:Jrograms are tailored ~ to the ~ urbanite and the_m dweller. City planners, surprisingly, are not clear on what causes a neighborhood to start renewing itself. or how the process can be encouraged . Research is needed here. A selective form of urban renewal, in wh ich onl y the worst evesores and hopelessly run-down buildings are demolished, unquestionably has helped encourage the midd le-class people who are refurbishing houses on Philadelphia's Society Hill and on Balt imore's Bolton Hill. 6 T HE ATI..ANT A CONSTITUTION, 11,ur•doy, J an. 12, 1967 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1 - ---- - - - --··- -- - -· It's Just Carl And Betty Again By ACHSAH NESMITH The difference between a living city and a n urba n cadaver is its heart. Bob Bivens � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document o Vewsletter TRAL ATLANTA Proaress, |Nc. _C Address is: Suite 1211, 615 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, 30308, Tel. 873-6983 SUITE 2740 @ 2 PEACHTREE STREET gp ATLANTA, GA. 30303 NUMBER 3 TELEPHONE 577-3976 JANUARY 19, 1967 What It Takes bs fr" to Make Great Cities getty a6" An attack on slums isn't enough. Ex R a" Cities need middle-class residents — and downtowns that are “cathedrals.” FORTUNE January 1967 by Edmund K. Faltermayer Two characteristics, however, are common reat City planners, surprisingly, are not clear on what causes a sities. They all have an exciting downtowy filled with a ighborhood to start renewing itself, or how the process can great variety of shops, theatres, museums, and other at- be encouraged. Research is needed here. A selective form of tractions, and laid out as a place of great beauty—de- urban renewal, in which only the worst eyesores and hope- signed, in the words of architect Louis Kahn, to be “the lessly run-down buildings are demolished, unquestionably cathedral of the city.” Equally important, they have a has helped encourage the middle-class people who are re- large middle-class population residing near_downtown furbishing houses on Philadelphia’s Society Hill and on possessing the purchasing power and the tastes to help Baltimore’s Bolton Hill. sustain its activities, fread ke cative arHe/e The anti-city bias shows in the limited aspirations of most recent city building. Urban-renewal funds avail- (¥ you ba ve Yan e, able each year have been only a fraction of what the coun- Ale LSP try spends on farm subsidies or space exploration. And they have been employed mainly for only two purposes, to revitalize central business districts—mostly through 6 THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Thursday, Jan. 12, 1967 face-lifting rather than true “cathedral” designing—and * | to eradicate the worst slums. It takes more than that to rT achieve greatness. SS 9 Despite the high-sounding rhetoric used to promote it, J C [ the demonstration-cities program passed last year by Con- f § J US t ar fress is not going to create great cities, either, It promises a stepped-up attack on the slums, with physical recon- * struction and social services closely coordinated. While And Betty A OCT this kind of effort is commendable and long overdue, 2 the program will do nothing directly toward rebuilding By ACHSAH NESMITH downtowns or making cities attractive places for middle- . The guard had changed quickly early Tuesday night and class citizens to live. ex-Gov. and M 3 anders were free to go home to their Robert C. Weaver, Secretary of Housing and Urban De- before the final official duties velopment, argues that the new legislation will help mid- 8 y- 3 a dle-class neighborhoods by removing’ the blighting effects 1 got up about 7 after sleep- [ist the world go : : = s lared. of slums that adjoin them. “There is nothing inconsistent ie Fy rusts Owe pie [ee ae Chose-/n, in working on the cancerous part and improving the whole and looked out the window - city,” he says."But many authorities on urban affairs are red Seley ston cam COAV CAs ‘One tiving rply critical of th -sided emphasis on the slums. He. Sire ® “For political reasons,” as one of them puts it, “we have ho 45 OAC ox” Awe Ae decided to throw most of our resources into the deficient frO st Cx¥r Eee A; o gS ¥o-@ a os ‘ areas of the cities, and let the others fend for themselves.” The middle-class citizen who prefers the city’s side- walks to suburbia’s lawns is the forgotten man_in today’s city-building efforts. Cities have devoted only the scantiest of resources to making urban living appealing to him, and federal housing programs are tailored qwainly to the gub- ban cadaver is its heart. urbanite and t and the slum dweller. ae Soe Bob Bivens The difference between a living city and  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 20, Document 16 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 20 Folder topic: Central Atlanta Progress | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/b9656841bca4a02ea75e05a73a2e9377.pdf 576be6a2cd5a1be37bf45693eef199c0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. i J C ENTR Note: Our tel!!Porary address is Suite 1211~ 615 Peachtree St ., NE, Atlanta 30308, Tel. 873-6983 SUITt 2740 • 2 PEACHTREt. STREET • · ATLANTA, GA . 30303 TELEPHONE NuMBE.R 577 - 3976 1 JANUARY 5, 1967 In Business This is the first newsletter of new Central Atlanta Progress, Inc., representing merger o f Uptown and Central Atlanta Associations. This new organization will devote its entire efforts to the planning and improvement of the heart of our great City to make it more pleasant, more productive, and stronger as the hub of economic , educational, cultural and religious activity of Metropolitan Atlanta. Officers and Di rectors Joint Merger Committees of the Uptown and Central Atlanta Associations elected the fo llo wing Officers and Directors to g';?t. the organization underway. Other Directors wi ll be elected by this Board. PRESIDENT • • o••••••o••o• Alex W. Smith Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler, Martin and Lowe 1st VICE PRESIDENT ••••• Robert M. Wood General Counsel, Sears, Southern Territory 2nd VICE PRESIDENT •••• o Alvin B. Ca tes Adams-Cates Company SECR ETAR ¥-TREASURER... • Richard Oglesby First National Bank EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ••••• Robert W. Bivens, AIP .DIRECTORS: J. PAUL AUSTIN Pre s ide nt , The Coca -Cola Company JOSEPH E. BIRNIE Pre s ident, The Na tiona l Ba nk of Georgia W. LEE BURGE Pr e sident , Rita il Cr e dit Company ALVI N B. CATES President, Adam s -Cates Company ffiORGE CRAFT Cha irma n of Boa rd , Trust Company of Georgia Ro HOWAR D DOBBS, JR. Presi de nt , Life Insura nce Company of Georgia EDWI N I ~ HATCH P res ide nt , Geo rgi a Powe r Compa ny GORDON J ONES Pr es iden t , Fult o n Na tional Bank MILLS B. LANE, J R . P r esident , Citize n s a n d So u t hern Nat'l Bank WALLACE L . LEE P res ident, Atl an ta Ga s Li ght Company FRANK MALONE Preside nt, Southern Be l l Telephone Company ROLLAND L. MAXWELL President, Davison's RICHARD OGLESB Y* First National Bank LUCIEN E, OLIVER Vice President , Sears, Southern Territory JOHN Co POR11',1AN , JR. ARCHITECT RICHARD H. RICH Chairman of Board, Rich's JAMES D. ROBINSON, JR Chairman of Board, First National Bank MRS o CAROLYN M. SELIG The Massel l Companies ALEX W. SMITH Attorney JACK TARVER President , Atlanta Newspapers ROBERT M. WOOD Sears, Roebuck and Company 0 At l a nta's progress i s large l y attributable to a business leadership t hat car e d enough about he r fu tur e to do some t h in g about it. Central Atlanta Progress , Inc. , represents a drama t i c a nd mea nin gful e x tensi o n of that f o resight and interest. The challenges are great ; t he oppo rtuniti es unlimited. I look forwa rd to wo r ki n g with you in planning and building a b et t e r Atl a nta . 000 0• 0 •• 0 0•• Bob Bive n s � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document : | cewral wslefter. NC. : i Suite 1211, 615 Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta 30308, Tel. 873-6983 Notes OE Td m 2 PEACHTREE STREET ® ATLANTA, GA. 30303 TELEPHONE 577-3976 NuMBER L JANUARY 5, 19G7 In Business This is the first newsletter of new Central Atlanta Progress, Inc., representing merger of Uptown and Central Atlanta Associations. This new organization will devote its entire efforts to the planning and improvement of the heart of our great City to make it more pleasant, more productive, and stronger as the hub of economic, educational, cultural and religious activity of Metropolitan Atlanta. Officers and Directors Joint Merger Committees of the Uptown and Central Atlanta Associations elected the following Officers and Directors to get the organization underway. Other Directors will be elected by this Board. PRES TDENT o:0::0:6:0::0:0:0:8:0'00:0:¢ Alex W. Smith Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler, Martin and Lowe ist VICE PRESIDENT..... Robert M. Wood General Counsel, Sears, Southern Territory 2nd VICE PRESIDENT..... Alvin B. Cates Adams-Cates Company SECRETAR Y-TREASURER.... Richard Oglesby First National Bank EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR..... Robert W. Bivens, AIP DIRECTORS: J. PAUL AUSTIN President, The Coca-Cola Company JOSEPH E. BIRNIE President, The National Bank of Georgia W, LEE BURGE President, Rgtail Credit Company ALVIN B. CATES President, Adams-Cates Company GEORGE CRAFT Chairman of Board, Trust Company of Georgia Rs HOWARD DOBBS, JR. President, Life Insurance Company of Georgia EDWIN I. HATCH President, Georgia Power Company GORDON JONES President, Fulton National Bank MILLS B. LANE, JR. President, Citizens and Southern Nat'l Bank WALLACE L. LEE President, Atlanta Gas Light Company FRANK MALONE President, Southern Bell Telephone Company ROLLAND L. MAXWELL President, Dayison's RICHARD OGLESBY First National Bank LUCIEN E, OLIVER Vice President, Sears, Southern Territory JOHN C, PORTMAN, JR. ARCHITECT RICHARD H. RICH Chairman of Board, Rich's JAMES D. ROBINSON, JR. Chairman of Board, First National Bank MRS, CAROLYN M, SELIG The Massell Companies ALEX W. SMITH Attorney JACK TARVER President, Atlanta Newspapers ROBERT M. WOOD Sears, Roebuck and Company Atlanta's progress is largely attributable to a business leadership that cared enough about her future to do something about it. Central Atlanta Progress, Inc., represents a dramatic and meaningful extension of that foresight and interest. The challenges are great; the opportunities unlimited, I look forward to working with you in planning and building a better Atlanta. Viesecseneee: BOB Bivens  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 20, Document 15 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 20 Folder topic: Central Atlanta Progress | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/c1dac4a7591a336bbd5d0235e4b8ca61.pdf 6bbdb77b977aebf35e1039d3e3e5efac Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. /ir~ /Newsletter C E N'f RAL A TLAN TA P ROGRE SS INc Temporary Address is: Suite 1211, 615 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, 30308, Tel. 873-6983 S U ITE 2740 • 2 PEACHTREE STREET • TELEPHONE NUMBER 4 ATLANTA , GA . 3030 3 577- 3976 JANUARY 26, 1967 NO ISLAND TO ITSELF: Often a City's problems go und~tected until a chronic accumulation creates an acute crisis. Atlanta's 'golden heart" is no island to itself. Atlanta's housing is related to its heart --and vice-versa. Neither will live without the other. THE CRISIS OF HOUSING: To solve what Mayor Allen describes as a pressing need for 17,000 low-moderate-income housing units, he has appointed a Committee on Housing Resources, headed by Cecil Alexander. WHERE? At best1 a tough problem in a City developing so rapidly and beseiged by simultaneous demands for vital commercial development---- and housing for those attracted by such commercial development. THE PARAOOX OF ROCKDALE: Three miles northwest of "Five Points" is Rockdale Urban Renewal Project --- 150 acres of prime residential land, cleared, publicly-owned, and currently out for bid --- fixed price of $896,000, including 9.14 acres for commercial development --- award to best proposal for 1500 units of 22l(d)(3) housing. ~ 3 MILES N I DDWNT~JI Agonizing timetable began in August, 1957 with designation as Urban Renewal Project --- Survey and Planning Application approved in April, 1958; Entered execution (acquisition, etc., June, 1960. Bids to be opened March 15th, 1967. A FLY IN THE OINTMENT: A major problem now threatens the whole project. Under provisions of Sect. 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act, FHA "has indicated a willingness to issue commitments to an acceptable developer, insuring mortgages on special terms ••••• at a mortgage interest rate below the current rate on FHA-insured mortgages." BUT, it was reported in the Citizens Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal Meeting on 1/19/67 that FHA has agreed to tentative approval OF ONLY 150 UNITS FOR THE FIRST YEAR---- subsequent units to be approved based on success of the first units, etc. etc., etc • •••••••• in a City crying for more housing units •••••• in a Nation with the avowed policy of helping to house its people ••••••• in a Nation whose Number 1 domestic problem is the decay of jts cities. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. Bidder interest must diminish --- if not totally disappear under such uncertainties of finance. A 10-year program of development removes all chances for planning and economies of construction. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. TOP-LEVEL FHA POLICY MUST BE RE-EVALUATED AND ADJUSTED TO HANDLE SUCH SITUATIONS. SUCH FEDERAL PROGRAMS MUST BECOME A PART OF THE SOLUTION----- NOT THE PROBLEM. ••••• and 10 years from designation to bipding is a long time. Bob Bivens � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document RAL ATLANTA Procress, |NC. Temporary Address is: Suite 1211, 615 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, 30308, Tel. 873-6983 SUITE 2740 @ 2 PEACHTREE STREET @ ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Ay? ~. JVewslet er NO ISLAND TO ITSELF: Often a City's problems go undetected until a chronic accumulation creates an acute crisis. Atlanta's 'yolden heart" is no island to itself. Atlanta's housing is related to its heart --- and vice-versa. Neither will live without the other. THE CRISIS OF HOUSING: To solve what Mayor Allen describes as a pressing need for 17,000 low-moderate-income housing units, he has appointed a Committee on Housing Resources, headed by Cecil Alexander. WHERE? At best, a tough problem in a City developing so rapidly and beseiged by simultaneous demands for vital commercial development ---- and housing for those attracted by such commercial development. THE PARADOX OF ROCKDALE: Three miles northwest of "Five Points" is Rockdale Urban Renewal Project --- 150 acres of prime residential land, cleared, publicly-owned, and currently out for bid --- fixed price of $896,000, including 9.14 acres for commercial development --- award to best proposal ROCKDALE for 1500 units of 221(d)(3) housing. Agonizing timetable began in August, 1957 with desig- 3 MILES nation as Urban Renewal Project --- Survey and Planning Application approved in April, 1958; Entered execution (acquisition, etc., June, 1960. Bids to be opened March 15th, 1967, | DOWNTOWN A FLY IN THE OINTMENT: A major problem now threatens the whole project. Under provisions of Sect. 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act, FHA "has indicated a willingness to issue commitments to an acceptable developer, insuring mortgages on special terms ..... at a mortgage interest rate below the current rate on FHA-insured mortgages." BUT, it was reported in the Citizens Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal Meeting on 1/19/67 that FHA has agreed to tentative approval OF ONLY 150 UNITS FOR THE FIRST YEAR ---- subsequent units to be approved based on success of the first units, etc. etc., etc. eeeeeeee in a City crying for more housing units ...... in a Nation with the avowed policy of helping to house its people ....... in a Nation whose Number 1 domestic problem is the decay of its cities. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, Bidder interest must diminish --- if not totally disappear under such uncertainties of finance. A 10-year program of development removes all chances for planning and economies of construction. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, TOP-LEVEL FHA POLICY MUST BE RE-EVALUATED AND ADJUSTED TO HANDLE SUCH SITUATIONS, SUCH FEDERAL PROGRAMS MUST BECOME A PART OF THE SOLUTION ----- NOT THE PROBLEM, eeeee and 10 years from designation to bidding is a long time, ---- Bob Bivens  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 20, Document 14 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 20 Folder topic: Central Atlanta Progress | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/efda030b35b814c02ff8473ae1c4a6e9.pdf b3c0846b7b53427e72e6d65fe5d6aa7d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. .CA.F s ule C ENTRAL SUITE 27 4 0 • A 30-SECOND PROGRESS REPORT AtLANTA 2 PEACHTREE P ROGRE SS, STREET • TELEPHONE INC . ATLANT A , GA . 30303 577-3976 April 28, 1967 NOTICE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: 1. DIRECTORS TO MEET THURSDAY, MAY 4.th, 1: 45 PM ATLANTA ROOM, C & S NATIONAL BANK (DOWNTOWN). OFF I CE RS A1ex W. Smi th, PRES IDE NT Rober t M. Wood , 1s t VI CE PRESIDENT Al vi n B. Cates , 2nd VICE PRESIDENT Richard A. 09 l esby , SEC' Y-TREASURER 2. C.A.P., Inc., were hosts last Wednesday to Downtown Dayton (Ohio) Association. Itinerar y included: William B. Hart , ASS' T SEC ' Y TREASURER Rober t W. Bivens, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Donald G. I ngr am; ASSOCIATE DI RECTOR EXEC UT I VE . COMM I TT EE J. ~~L C143.215.248.55 15:37, 29 December 2017 (EST)b~!./f143.215.248.55t JOSEPH E. BIRN IE , Pres i dent The National Bank of Georgia W. LEE BURGE, President visit with the Mayor ••••• briefing on Central Atlanta and C.A.P., Inc. skyview of Atlanta from 41st Floor, FNBB luncheon at White Columns as guests of Cox Broadcasting Co., per CAP Director J. Leonard Reinsch visit with Governor Maddox --- tour of Capitol bus tour of Central_Atlanta guided tour of Peachtree Center, per arrangements by CAP Director John Portman Re ta;,; Credit Company ALVIN B. CATES, Pres ident* Adams-Cates Company THOMAS G. COUSINS, Presiden t Cous ins Pl'opel'ties, Inc . GEORGE S. CRAFT, Chairman Tl'Us t Company of Georgia R. HOWARD DOBBS , JR . , Presi dent Life Insurance Company of Georgia. EDWIN I. HATCH, President 3. Many central core projects are moving along independently, and precariously piecemeal. CAP, Inc. is bringing principals together for coordination, cooperation, and unified a ction. Much more needed . Georgia Power Company GORDON JONES , Pres i dent Fulton Natiorial Bank MILLS B. LANE, JR . , Presiden t Citiz ens & Southel'71 Nat ' l Bank WALLACE L. LEE, Pres ident Atlanta Gas Light Company FRANK M. MALONE, President Southern Beil Te l . & Te Z. Company ROLLAND A. MAXWELL, Presiden t Da.vison ' s · RICHARD A. OGLESBY* 4. Rapid Transit planning moving along, largely in vacuum from business community, to date. This $500-Million project MUST CONSIDER WHAT IT CAN DO TO BUILD CENTRAL CORE --- as well as move people . First /lational Bank LUC1~~r~; ~~!~~k ~~e c~~ient JOHN C. PORTMAN, J R. , Architect Edi.!ards and Portman RI CHARD H. RICH, Chairman Central Atlanta must be involved now· as well as when bills to be pa id. Rich ' s ., Inc . JAMES D. ROB INSON, JR . , Chairman Fir st National Bank MRS. CAROLYN M. SELIG The Maosell Companies . ALEX W. SMITH, Attorney Snrith., Cohen, Ringel, Kohle r f,l,artin & Lowe JACK TARVER, Pres ident 5. Major outside investors are coming by CAP offices to s ee .. what is be ing done to protect and enhance their inve stment& now and into the future. The Atlanta Newspapers ROBERT M. WOOD, Genera 1 Counse 1 Sea:rs., Roebuck and Company ..ex officio THEY ARE I MPRESSED WITH CAP'S PROPOSED ACTION PROGRAM INVOLVING ENLIGHTENED BUSINESSMEN WORKING TOGETHER. IN CENTRAL ATLANTA PROGRESS. ~day, Robert W. Biven s EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR _.... � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CAF sulle -—- A 30-SECOND PROGRESS REPORT Centrat Attanta Proaress, Inc. SUITE 2740 @ 2 PEACHTREE STREET @ ATLANTA, GA. 30303 - 3976 TELEPHONE 577 April 28, 1967 NOTICE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: OFFICERS 1. DIRECTORS TO MEET THURSDAY, MAY 4th, 1:45 PM Alex HW. Smith, PRESIDENT ATLANTA ROOM, C & S NATIONAL BANK (DOWNTOWN). Robert M, Wood, Ist VICE PRESIDENT : Avvin B. Cates, 2nd VICE PRESIDENT 2. C.A.P., Inc., were hosts last Wednesday to Downtown Richard A. Oglesby, SEC'Y-TREASURER Dayton (Ohio) Association. Itinerary included: William B. Hart, ASS'T SEC'Y TREASURER eee. Visit with the Mayor «eee briefing on Central Atlanta and C.A.P., Inc. «s+. Skyview of Atlanta from 4lst Floor, FNBB +++.+.- Luncheon at White Columns as guests of Cox Broadcasting Co., per CAP Director J. Leonard Robert W. Bivens, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Donald G. Ingram, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ‘ Reinsch EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . . seee.e Visit with Governor Maddox --- tour of Capitol J. PAUL, AUSTIN, President -e+.- bus tour of Central Atlanta dicen Cone eri .s+.e. guided tour of Peachtree Center, per arrangements ¥: LEE OE, Presider by CAP Director John Portman Retawy Credit Company ALVIN 8.” CATES, President* Ne ee OE ant 3, Many central core projects are moving along independently, CEORGE, 5. CRAFT, Chelan and precariously piecemeal. CAP, Inc. is bringing R. HOWARO DOBBS, JR., President principals together for coordination, cooperation, coun 1. ate Presa and unified action. Much more needed. Power Company s; President t nm Nabional &, wile ee UR, poachint 4. Rapid Transit planning moving along, largely in vacuum taena & & he Nat'l Bank WALLACE L. LEE, President “ from business community, to date. Atianta Gas Light Company FRANK M. MALONE, President tae og, restaeat This $500-Million project MUST CONSIDER WHAT IT CAN DO RICHARD n, OnLeser® TO BUILD CENTRAL CORE --- as well as move people. tomal Bank é OLIVER, Vice President Seara, Roebue i ri As gon ¢. sata ae eat Central Atlanta must be involved now as well as when doarda and Portman RICHARD, H. RICH, Chairman bills to be paid. ‘a, Ine. ROBINSON, JR., Chairman we oe 5. Major outside investors are coming by CAP offices to see MEX, SHITH, Attorney. .what is being done to protect and enhance their investments nee oe now and into the future. yh noe eee THEY ARE IMPRESSED WITH CAP'S PROPOSED ACTION PROGRAM "ox officia INVOLVING ENLIGHTENED BUSINESSMEN WORKING TOGETHER IN CENTRAL ATLANTA PROGRESS. See you Thursday, Robert W. Bivens EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 20, Document 13 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 20 Folder topic: Central Atlanta Progress | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/9709484a585fc5872f7d53c6455c16aa.pdf 7a419f55ee9b80ae6ea6ada6320f7a57 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. PROPOSED AGENDA MEETING, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CENTRAL ATLANTA PROGRESS, INC. Thursday, May 4, 1967, l :45 PM, Atlanta Room, Citizens and Southern National Bank President Alex W. Smith presiding. l. Welcome 2. EXPLANATI ON OF NEW ORGANIZATION TO NEW DIRECTORS AND VISITORS Alex W. Smith 3. REPORT OF BUDGET COMMITTEE L. E. 01 i ver 4. REPORT OF MEMBERSHIP COMMI TTEE George S. Craft 5. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Robert W. Bivens "PROPOSED APPROACHES TOWARD SOLUTIONS" (The $800,000 Community Imprpvement Program; Rapid Transit and surface transportation; beautification; plans for go vernment acti vi ty; "air ri ghts"; getting middleincome people back into town; coordinating the piecemeal and the uncoordinated; priorities for capital improvements in the Central Co re --- THE BEGINNING OF A MEANINGFUL ACTION PROGRAM.) 6. Adjournment � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document PROPOSED AGENDA MEETING, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CENTRAL ATLANTA PROGRESS, INC. Thursday, May 4, 1967, 1:45 PM, Atlanta Room, Citizens and Southern National Bank President Alex W. Smith presiding. 1. Welcome 2. EXPLANATION OF NEW ORGANIZATION TO NEW DIRECTORS AND VISITORS 3. REPORT OF BUDGET COMMITTEE 4, REPORT OF MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE 5. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR "PROPOSED APPROACHES TOWARD SOLUTIONS" (The $800,000 Community Improvement Program; Rapid Transit and surface transportation; beautification; plans for government activity; "air rights"; getting middle- income people back into town; coordinating the piecemeal and the uncoordinated; priorities for capital improvements in the Central Core --- THE BEGINNING OF A MEANINGFUL ACTION PROGRAM. ) 6. Adjournment Alex W. Smith L. E. Oliver George S. Craft Robert W. Bivens  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 20, Document 12 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 20 Folder topic: Central Atlanta Progress | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/30485aecc52599213b96150858fdbcf6.pdf 73deefc1096d95dd929c0cdaa12e8786 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. C ENTRAL SUITE 2740 • A TLANTA 2 PEACHTREE P ROGRESS, STREET • TELEPHONE I NC. ATLANTA, GA. 30303 577-3976 April 21, 1967 OFF I CE RS Alex W. Smith, PRESIDENT Robert M. Wood , ! s t VI CE PRES IDENT Al vin B. Cates , 2nd VICE PRESIDENT Richard A. Og l esby, SEC' Y- TREASURER William B. Ha r t, ASS ' T SEC ' Y TREASURER Robert W. Bi vens , EXECUTI VE DI RECTOR Dona l d G. I ngr am , ASSOCI ATE DIRECTOR Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr, The Ivan All en Comp any 221 Ivy St., N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: EXEC UTIVE COMM IT TE E \',~~Lc143.215.248.55 15:37, 29 December 2017 (EST)b~!/~~it J. JOSEPH E. BIRNIE , Pres ident The National Bank of Georgia. W. LEE BURGE, Pres i dent Retail CI'edit Company ALVIN B. CATES, Presi dent* ~ a(p) · ICl Jud~ You are invited and urged to attend the meeting of o u r . ( ! Board of Directors on Thursday, May 4th, 1:45 PM, in th Atlanta Room of the Citizens and Southern National Bank, . Main Office. Adams- Cates Company THOMAS G. COUSINS, Presi dent Cousins Propertiao, Inc. GEORGE S. CRAFT, Cha i rma n Trust Company of Georgia R. HOWARD DOBBS, JR . , Pre s i dent Life Insurance Company of Georgia EDWIN I. HATCH, Pres ide nt Georgia Power Company GORDON JONES, Pr es i dent Pulton National Bank MILLS B. LANE, JR . , President Citizens & Southern Nat ' l Bank WALLACE L. LEE, Presi dent Atlanta Gao Light Company FRANK M. MALONE , President Atlanta's Central Core faces some crucial decisions which justi fy , and n eed your personal attention and counsel, Will you please notify Mrs. Roberson, 577-3976, that you will attend this important meeting. Sou thern Bell Tel . & Tel . Company ROLLAND A. MAXWELL , Pres ident Davison ' o RICHARD A. OGLESBY* Pirot flational Bank LUCIEN E. OLIVER, Vi ce President Seal's, Roebuck and Company JOHN C. PORTMAN, JR . , Architect Edwtxrdo and Po1'tman RICHARD H. RI CH, Chairma n Rich 's, Inc . JAMES 0. ROBINSON, JR . , Chairma n First National Bank MRS. CAROLYN M. SELI G The Masse ii Companies ALEX W. SMITH, Attorney Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohl.er Martin & Lowe JACK TARVER, Pres ide nt The Atlanta N8"'opapero ROBERT M. WOOD, General Counsel Sears, Roebuck and Company Aex o fficio Enc lo sure . � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Centra AtLanta Progress, INC. SUITE 2740 #@ 2 PEACHTREE STREET @ ATLANTA, GA. 30303 OFFICERS Alex W. Smith, PRESIDENT Robert M. Wood, Ist VICE PRESIDENT Alvin B. Cates, 2nd VICE PRESIDENT Richard A. Oglesby, SEC'Y-TREASURER William 8. Hart, ASS'T SEC'Y TREASURER Robert W. Bivens, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Donald G. Ingram, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Jd. PAUL AUSTIN, President The Coca-Cola Company JOSEPH E. BIRNIE, President The National Bank of Georgia W. LEE BURGE, President Ratail Cradit Company ALVIN B. CATES, President* Adams-Cates ' Company THOMAS G. COUSINS, President Cousina Propertias, Ine. GEORGE S. CRAFT, Chairman Trust Company of Georgia R. HOWARD DOBBS, JR., President Life Insurance Company of Georgia EDWIN I, HATCH, President Georgia Power Company GORDON JONES, President Pulton Wattonal Bank MILLS B. LANE, JR., President Citizena 4 Southern Nat'l Bank WALLACE L. LEE, President Atlanta Gas Light Company rt M. MALONE, President cuthern Bell Tal. & Tel. Company ROLAND A. MAXWELL, President Davieon's RICHARD A. OGLESBY* trat National Bank LUCIEN E. OLIVER ee President Sears, Roebuck and Company JOHN C. PORTMAN, JR., Architect Edvarda and Portman RICHARD H. RICH, Chairman Rich's, Ine, JAMES 0D. ROBINSON, JR., Chairman Firat Nattonal Bank MRS. CAROLYN M. SELIG The Maaseil Companies ALEX W. SMITH, Aererney Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler Martin & Lowe JACK TARVER, President The Atlanta Newspapera ROBERT M. WOOD, General Counsel Seare, Roebuek and Company a a ox officio TELEPHONE 577-3976 April 21, 1967 Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Af The Ivan Allen Company 221 Ivy St., N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 s Dear Ivan: TCC You are invited and urged to attend the meeting of our Board of Directors on Thursday, May 4th, 1:45 PM, in th Atlanta Room of the Citizens and Southern National Bank, Main Office. Atlanta's Central Core faces some crucial decisions which justify, and need your personal attention and counsel. Will you please notify Mrs. Roberson, 577-3976, that you will attend this important meeting. Since / Si Enclosure  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 20, Document 11 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 20 Folder topic: Central Atlanta Progress | 1967