| Tucker Summit CID June 2021 Newsletter
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| TSCID Reelects Kris Miller, Adds Stephen Bridges and Carl Deckers to Board
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TSCID is pleased to announce two new board members and the reelection of a current member to the board of directors. During the June 8 board meeting, Ackerman & Co. President Kris Miller was unanimously reelected to serve another three-year term, Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) Executive Managing Director Stephen Bridges was also voted in as the newest member and gatc LP President and COO Carl Deckers was placed on the board of directors as the new City of Tucker appointee replacing Bill Kaduck.
“While we will miss the services of Bill and are sad to see him go, we are thrilled to welcome Stephen and Carl and have Kris return to our board of directors,” said TSCID President Emory Morsberger. “We have an extremely engaged board and their combined experience and dedication to improving our district are great assets to us, which helps make our district incredible!”
Read more on the TSCID website.
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TSCID Member House of Cheatham Donates$3M to Clark Atlanta University
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House of Cheatham, with facilities located off of Rockhaven Drive and Rock Mountain Boulevard in Tucker Summit CID, has just made a generous donation to Clark Atlanta University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The company, which specializes in African American hair products, has gifted $3 million to the HBCU to help increase the number of Black entrepreneurs start their own businesses and succeed.
The funds are designated to establishing The Robert H. Bell House of Cheatham Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development, named after the company’s founder and former Georgia State Senator.
“This is an investment,” explains House of Cheatham Vice President of Global Marketing Dwan White, “in inspiring, educating and equipping brilliant young minds to gain access to the knowledge, resources and capital needed to become job creators innovators and disruptors.”
We are so fortunate to have such a successful and philanthropic business in our district and we look forward to welcoming future businesses this program will help create.
Read more about the House of Cheatham’s donation here.
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Spotlight on Preferred Roofing Supply
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Located at 4874 North Royal Atlanta Drive, Preferred Roofing Supply is a local family-owned company that specializes in roofing, siding and tools since 2013. The company, which services homeowners, builders and contractors, is a prominent member of both the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Georgia Hispanic Construction Association.
Preferred Roofing Supply’s location in the district affords the company convenient access to Atlanta’s thoroughfares allowing them to easily service areas in Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Fairburn, Stockbridge and Marrietta.
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| Atlanta Helps Propel Port of Savannah to Record Growth
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The 2020 COVID-19 shutdowns led to a sharp increase of e-commerce highlighting the strengths of Atlanta’s logistics industry and Georgia’s ports, with the Port of Savannah seeing a 4% increase in inbound container volume. Atlanta’s supply chain capabilities has been a prominent driving factor in the Port’s popularity.
“We fully recognize that one of the key reasons we’ve been so successful is because we’re the closest port to Atlanta,” Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) Executive Director Griff Lynch said.
With Tucker Summit Community Improvement District being THE district with the best accessibility for Atlanta’s thoroughfares and the greatest warehouse and industrial facilities in the metro area, we are happy to continue our part in keeping commerce flowing and the economy flourishing.
Read more in this Atlanta Business Chronicle article.
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| The Need for Childcare Support in TSCID
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As our nation emerges from COVID restrictions, our Georgia economy is roaring back to life. But there’s a big problem that’s slowing down our recovery: Thousands of job openings are going unfilled because employers can’t find enough workers. Everywhere you go in metro Atlanta, we see “Help wanted” signs and increasingly we’re seeing notices of limited business hours because of staffing shortages.
As we all know, the move to virtual school and the long-term closure of a majority of daycare facilities forced many parents out of the workforce. Now that they’re ready to return to these open jobs, they’re finding childcare facilities that are operating below capacity due to a lack of workers.
With the lack of workers hurting businesses – and that in turn threatening the tax base – local governments should consider directing some stimulus dollars toward helping childcare centers hire more staff, perhaps by supplementing wages until the labor market stabilizes and returns to some sense of normalcy.
Read more from Emory Morsberger on the need for stimulus funding for childcare support as the economy continues to recover here.
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| Save the Dates: TSCID Fall Job Fair andTucker Manufacturing Day
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Vaccinations are up and businesses are still in need of employees so we’re doing it again! Back by popular demand, the “Back to Business” Job Fair will be returning in the fall to Stone Ridge Event Center! Many of our companies participated and interviewed a good number of qualified candidates to add to their growing teams — and we had one applicant hired on the spot.
TSCID is so pleased to once again participate in a joint partnership with the City of Tucker, WorkSource DeKalb, Georgia Piedmont Technical College, Tucker-Northlake CID and more for a Fall Job Fair later this fall. View photos from our previous job fair in May here.
Stay tuned for more details and registration information. Meanwhile, please fill out this survey and let us know what you would like to see at our next job fair.
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Tucker Manufacturing Day is returning on Wednesday, August 25! This event represents a collaboration among Tucker Summit CID, the City of Tucker and Tucker-Northlake CID to support a strong and responsive environment for manufacturing and other local businesses to thrive.
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- Get updates on what is happening in our vital industrial corridor
- Tour state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in and around Tucker
- Hear speakers and panel discussions featuring industry experts and prominent local business executives
- Network with industry professionals
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| TKR Summer of Fun Returns withIndependence Day Fireworks
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The City of Tucker resumed its annual TKR Summer of Fun series earlier this month with a Movies on Main showing of Grease and will continue with the traditional July 3 Celebration of Independence and Fireworks Spectacular.
The fireworks show will launch from downtown Tucker while the celebration will feature live music and local food vendors.
Now that COVID vaccinations are increasing and infections are declining, our district is ready to get outside to experience some freedom after a long year of isolation.
Happy Independence Day!
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| TSCID Project News and Updates
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Georgia Cargo Theft Intelligence Group Meeting
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Hugh Howell Marketplace Construction Progress
The construction for Hugh Howell Marketplace is progressing quickly! Stay tuned for news on tenants that will be joining the new Publix slated to open by Thanksgiving!
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Flintstone Drive Signal Installation Progress
A new traffic signal and intersection improvements at Flintstone Drive and Hugh Howell Road in front of the new Smoke Rise Elementary School will be installed and completed in time for this fall school year. Crews are steadily working to make this commute safer for residents, employees, parents and students!
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Mountain Industrial Boulevard Median
The TSCID crew has done an amazing job constructing a new median on Mountain Industrial Boulevard just south of Lawrenceville Highway! We are keeping our corridor looking incredible!
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