Box 21, Folder 43, Document 36

Box 21, Folder 43, Document 36

824 HURT BUILDING # ATLANTA 3, GA. « JACKSON 3-6074

.\AOUSING AUTHORITY or tHe civ of ATLANTA, GEORGIA

SPECIAL PRESS CONFERENCE

CONTRACT AWARD - ROCKDALE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA

The Board of Commissioners and staff of the Atlanta Housing Authority
invite you to a special press conference for the awarding of the
contract for the redevelopment in the Rockdale Urban Redevelopment
Area. This will be the largest single development in an urban renewal
project in Atlanta.

The press conference will take place in Room 838 of the Hurt Building
Thursday, June 15, 1967, at 2:30 p.m.

Press kits will be available detailing the more than $20-million
development involving 150 acres of residential development under
Section 221 (d) (3) plus a commercial tract of 9.1) acres in the
Rockdale Urban Redevelopment Area. This award-winning proposal
will add some 1386 housing units to this area.

A model of the proposed development will be on display, along with
detailed plans for this northwest Atlanta property.

The developer of the Rockdale Project will be present at the press
conference, along with city officials, local and federal housing
officials, for interview and camera purposes.

If you are unable to attend, please contact Margret Ross, Public
Information Officer for the Atlanta Housing Authority, 523-607),
for press information.