Building a Connected Portfolio

SARF's initiative portfolio is being developed to address the connected conditions that shape neighborhood stability and opportunity. Each initiative will move forward only after community relevance, organizational capacity, funding, legal requirements, implementation partners, and measurable outcomes have been established.

Initiatives in Development

Every initiative listed below is in development. None is currently open for enrollment or applications.

South Atlanta Legacy Homeowner Initiative: Planned support for legacy homeowners, housing preservation, stability, and displacement prevention.
Jonesboro Road Commercial Corridor Initiative: A coordinated approach to neighborhood-serving retail, local business support, corridor identity, and catalytic commercial reuse.
Lakewood Heights Catalytic Site Strategy: Community-informed planning and partnership development around catalytic civic and public assets, including the former Lakewood Heights Elementary School.
South Atlanta Small Business Growth Program: Planned technical assistance, capital access, visibility, and commercial-stability support for local entrepreneurs and businesses.
Community Wealth and Ownership Initiative: Pathways to homeownership, entrepreneurship, financial empowerment, local procurement, and generational opportunity.
Youth Opportunity and Summer Jobs Initiative: Educational, creative, recreational, and workforce exposure for young people and families.
Public Space and Neighborhood Pride Campaign: Parks, gathering spaces, lighting, beautification, public art, safety, and neighborhood identity.
Community Evidence and Accountability Dashboard: A public framework for reporting institutional capacity, capital, projects, resident experience, and long-term outcomes.

Impact Goals

SARF's long-term success should be measured by stronger household stability, preserved and expanded affordability, durable local businesses, improved public spaces, greater ownership and opportunity, responsible capital deployment, resident confidence, and institutions capable of sustaining progress across decades.

Specific baselines and targets will be published only after the service area, data sources, definitions, timelines, and Board-approved performance framework are complete.