Sustainable Design Collaborative-Atlanta

03/08/2021

SDCA's 2021 Project Pre-Charette (Our Giving Garden) - https://mailchi.mp/310c028812a2/sdcas-2021-project-pre-charette-our-giving-garden

12/13/2020

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN COLLABORATIVE ATLANTA (SDCA) is looking for our next Community Service Project for 2021!

We are an all-volunteer organization with our members representing diverse building community organizations including: AIA Atlanta, ASHRAE Atlanta, IIDA Georgia, ASID Georgia, CSI Atlanta, USGBC Georgia and CMAA. Each member of our team is a sustainable-minded professional.

We are connected by our desire to provide schematic design solutions to the nearly 98% of non-profit communities who otherwise may not be able to fund these types of services. We began in 2010 and generally complete one pro-bono project each year.

The objective of this Request for Proposal is to locate an Atlanta based, growing, non-profit with a dynamic new project source that will provide the best overall value to SDCA. While the type of project is a significant factor, other criteria will form the basis of our award decision, as more fully described on our website here:

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08/30/2020

Hello, Friends of SDCA! Our 2020 project with CFIT: The Center for Innovative Teaching and Barrow Community Foundation has successfully come to a close. This has been a year with plenty of opportunities to try new things, and we're excited to show the fruits of our efforts. Please view the book on our website here:

PROJECT GALLERY

03/06/2020

Our 2020 Design Charrette is this Saturday, and we can’t wait to get started! If you can’t attend on Saturday but are still interested in being a part of the project, let us know and we’ll keep you updated of other ways to participate. We have decided to revise Saturday’s timeline to still start at 9 AM, but we will end no later than 12:30 PM. Lunch will no longer be provided. Please feel free to reach out to our volunteer coordinator, Delaram Tafreshian at [email protected]. - https://mailchi.mp/104851b70126/our-2020-design-charrette-is-this-saturday-372020

02/17/2020

Happy Monday, everyone! Thank you so much for your interest in SDCA’s 2020 collaborative project with the Barrow County School Systems, ArtsNow, and the Barrow Community Foundation. This year’s charrette has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 7, 2020 from 9 AM – 4 PM. We’d love it if you can still join us for this exciting endeavor. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Delaram Tafreshian, our Volunteer Coordinator, at [email protected]. - https://mailchi.mp/1a22846b7cf6/sdca-2020-charrette-new-date

02/08/2020

Good morning, Friends of SDCA!

Due to forecasts of snow today, we have decided to reschedule today's (2/8) charrette. Thank you so much for your interest in joining us for today’s charrette at CFIT. We’ll let you know of the new date and time as soon as possible.

Have a great Saturday! We hope to see you soon.
- https://mailchi.mp/8a74e5a7375d/sdca-2020-charrette-rescheduled

02/05/2020

Our charrette to re-imagine the Center for Innovative Teaching and the surrounding field is this Saturday, February 8, 2020 from 9 AM - 3:30 PM. This is an integral and fun part of SDCA's process, and we can't wait to see what imaginative designs will arise from this intensive collaboration session.

Please join us as we work on the master plan with members of the community! Lunch will be provided.

Contact [email protected] for any questions. - https://mailchi.mp/34236173be03/join-us-for-our-2020-charrette-at-cfit

01/26/2020

So excited to be revisiting the Center for Innovative Teaching! It’s been full steam ahead for ArtsNow, Barrow County School System, and Barrow Community Foundation since 2017. The SDCA board and our lovely volunteers had a great pre-charrette this morning, and we’d love for you to join us for our charrette on Saturday, 2/8/20 at CFIT!

This is a great project with many opportunities for our volunteers to help design a community-oriented master plan for the residents of Barrow County. We have amazing momentum and local support!

01/22/2020

Revisiting CFIT - SDCA 2020 Project Kick-off! Join us for our pre-charrette Saturday, 1/25/20 and the charrette on Saturday, 2/8/20! SDCA is working with the Barrow County School System, Barrow Community Foundation, and ArtsNow to help master plan a new community hub for Barrow County! Contact Delaram Tafreshian at [email protected] to learn more! https://mailchi.mp/5cce45eafb1c/revisiting-cfit-sdca-2020-project-kick-off

01/21/2020

We’re excited to have held our first meeting of 2020! SDCA members met with members of the Barrow Community Foundation and Barrow County School System this past Saturday to revisit our proposal for the Center for Innovative Teaching. Stay tuned to hear more!

12/04/2019

Happy Holidays from SDCA! Click on the link to learn what we did in 2019 & see what we're up to in 2020 -

11/15/2019

The Friends of Refugees' Jolly Avenue Development Center, an innovative neighborhood development center based in Clarkston, GA, officially broke ground 10/29. Thank you for everyone who attended - we had an amazing turnout, including Ted Terry (Mayor of Clarkston) and Michael Thurmond (CEO of Dekalb County).

There is still much to be done, and below are some of JADC's greatest needs:

• Subcontractors (especially site work/grading, plumbing, concrete, parking lot, IT/Security/Access Control, windows/doors, etc.) who share the JADC vision and are willing to bid on the project at a lower than average cost. Winter Construction is the pro-bono GC, so subs need to be able to work on a commercial site like this.

• Material gifts-in-kind commitments for specific furnishings, appliances, plants/trees, finish material, and tech hardware

• A window and/or door sponsor

If you are interested in assisting or know of someone, please contact Brian Bollinger, Executive Director of Friends of Refugees, at [email protected].

Learn more here:

The Jolly Avenue Development Center (JADC) is an innovative neighborhood development center being created by the nonprofit, Friends of Refugees (FOR), based in Clarkston, Georgia, a small town located near Atlanta. The mission of FOR “to empower refugees through opportunities that provide for thei...