Melanie Couchman on Affordable Housing in Sandy Springs

Melanie Couchman on Affordable Housing in Sandy Springs

Melanie Couchman, Sandy Springs Together, on Housing Affordability, School Closures, Employer Retention, and What North Fulton Cities Can Learn (North Fulton Voices, Episode 19) What happens to a city when the workers who keep it running can no longer afford to live there? Sandy Springs is showing us what happens. In this episode of North […]

Kathi Cook on Alpharetta Growth and Community Development

Kathi Cook, City of Alpharetta, on Alpharetta’s Growth, Redevelopment, North Point, and Future Community Development (North Fulton Voices, Episode 18) How does a fast-growing city preserve what people value while continuing to evolve? In this episode of North Fulton Voices, Kathi Cook, Director of Community Development for the City of Alpharetta, joins Jack Murphy, Nancy […]

Why Attainable Housing Feels Impossible in North Fulton

Why Attainable Housing Feels Impossible in North Fulton, and What Can Actually Change, with Mark Murphy, City of Mountain Park and the Fuller Center for Housing of Greater Atlanta (North Fulton Voices, Episode 17) Housing affordability is no longer a “someday” problem in Metro Atlanta. It is here, and it is changing who can live […]

North Fulton Voices 2025 Recap: Attainable Housing

2025 Year-End Roundtable: What Moved the Needle on Attainable and Missing Middle Housing in North Fulton (North Fulton Voices, Episode 16) In this 2025 year-end edition of North Fulton Voices, Nancy Diamond, Jack Murphy, Kathy Swahn and John Ray look back at a momentous year for the North Fulton Improvement Network (NFIN) and the region’s […]

Housing Affordability Tops Metro Atlanta Concerns

Housing Affordability Tops Metro Atlanta Concerns: Inside the Metro Atlanta Speaks 2025 Survey (North Fulton Voices, Episode 15) For the first time since the Metro Atlanta Speaks survey began in 2013, housing affordability has emerged as the region’s top concern, edging out longtime leaders like traffic, crime, and the overall economy. In this edition of […]