Name
Embracing Diversity and Inclusion: Insights from Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ Context Statement
Date & Time
Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Description
The City of Atlanta's Department of City Planning, in partnership with Historic Atlanta, Inc., completed the LGBTQ+ Context Statement in 2023. This statement will help guide future designation activities and development projects that will contribute to the preservation and celebration of LGBTQ+ history and culture in Atlanta.
This session will not only provide information about the context statement and the efforts undertaken to create it, but will introduce the City of Atlanta’s programming and preservation activities that have grown out of the context statement since its completion
Location Name
Sheraton New Orleans
Session Type
Educational
Speakers
Matthew Adams, Interim Assistant Director, City of Atlanta, Department of City Planning, Office of Design
Malik Brown, Director, Mayor’s Division of LGBTQ Affairs, City of Atlanta
Susan Coleman, Department of City Planning, Office of Design, City of Atlanta
Wes Nimmo, Assistant Historian/Archaeologist, Georgia Offices, New South Associates
Eric Solomon, Program Manager, Historic Atlanta
Jackie Tyson, President, New South Associates
Doug Young, Director of the Office of Design, Office of Design, Department of City Planning, City of Atlanta
Malik Brown, Director, Mayor’s Division of LGBTQ Affairs, City of Atlanta
Susan Coleman, Department of City Planning, Office of Design, City of Atlanta
Wes Nimmo, Assistant Historian/Archaeologist, Georgia Offices, New South Associates
Eric Solomon, Program Manager, Historic Atlanta
Jackie Tyson, President, New South Associates
Doug Young, Director of the Office of Design, Office of Design, Department of City Planning, City of Atlanta