John,

I wanted to personally invite you to join me for the 2020 Innovative Housing Summit, hosted by the Atlanta, GA based MicroLife Institute, next Thursday, September 17th, at 1 pm via Zoom.

Many of you may remember MicroLife Institute as the developer of Georgia's first tiny home neighborhood, the Cottages on Vaughn, being constructed in downtown Clarkston.

Outside of their innovative work in Clarkston, MicroLife has been pushing the conversation on how we can reimage our built environment and live more with less space.

The Innovative Housing Summit continues that important work by bringing together local and regional thought leaders in the housing space for an all day conference.

Normally, this would be an in-person event, however this year due to COVID-19 concerns, it is all virtual... and has gone nationwide.

This year's speakers and panelists come from around the US, as well as here in Atlanta's backyard.

In particular I wanted to draw your attention to the keynote speaker Professor Richard Rothstein, the author of the book The Color of Law. Who will kick off the summit at 1 pm eastern time.

Professor Rothstein is a highly recognized academic on housing and racial justice issues, the history and policies to remedy the systemic discrimination and racism that exists at the core of our own government(s)' housing policies, and disproportionately impact Black Americans.

His keynote will set the stage for what will be a dynamic, informative and action inspiring summit - as we bring together housing advocates, builders, and racial justice activists to address how innovations in our housing policies, zoning and the built environment can help create more equal and equitable communities.

I have personally signed up as a sponsor for this year's summit, and because of that, I would like to offer all of my subscribers a unique discount code!

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I’m proud to announce that this year's Virtual Innovative Housing Summit will feature a keynote presentation by Richard Rothstein, the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.

We will kick off the summit with a keynote address from Professor Rothstein - grounded in the historical fair housing barriers created by local elected leaders and planners through zoning laws still on the books today, and how we can begin to create integrated neighborhoods with abundant housing options for all.

From there, we will spend the rest of our time together with housing experts focused on the intersection of racial justice, housing policy, and innovations in the built environment.

Odetta MacLeish- White
Odetta MacLeish-White is the Managing Director of the TransFormation Alliance, a partnership of nonprofits, government agencies, and businesses working to ensure that opportunities and benefits provided by investment in transit communities are made available to ALL residents.

The Alliance’s work is driven by racial equity and seeks to partner withresidents of impacted communities in shaping better health, climate, and economic outcomes through arts & culture-based community engagement, and by improving housing, transit and jobs access.

Kol Peterson
Kol Peterson is an ADU expert based in Portland, Oregon, who has helped catalyze the exponential growth of ADUs in Portland over the last decade through ADU advocacy, education, consulting, policy work, and entrepreneurship. He is the author of Backdoor Revolution-The Definitive Guide to ADU Development. He is the owner of Caravan- The Tiny House Hotel, the first tiny house hotel in the world, and organizer of Portland’s popular ADU Tour. He consults with homeowners about ADUs on their property and teaches ADU classes for homeowners and for real estate agents in Oregon, Washington, and California.

Joel Dixon
Joel Dixon is Principal of Urban Oasis Development. Urban Oasis is a real estate development company focused on residential and commercial projects in-town Atlanta. He oversees Business Development & Community Development along with Investor Relations.

Joel has been involved in both market-rate and affordable housing development with strong community-based support. He has been instrumental in helping facilitate the growth of Urban Oasis and in-house construction partner Sims REG by mobilizing private and public sector resources.

I hope you can join us, invite your friends, colleagues, neighbors, policymakers and elected leaders. This summit is for everyone because housing underpins everything in our lives, and everyone should have the right to affordable, abundant housing options in our country.

By working together we will leave this summit with a clear path forward to create the future housing landscape that is innovative, open, affordable, and abundant. A future with less space, more life, and equity and justice for all.