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CONCLUSION

From the Co-Chairs

Six organizations that are invested in sustainable design

came together to generate recommendations, to create this
booklet, and to assist Arabia Mountain Area Alliance with
the re-design and re-purposing of the Lithonia Woman’s
Club. This group of professionals volunteered their time,
their knowledge, and their efforts to give back to provide
assistance to a city in need of a change.

The collaboration of the teams was seamless. Thirty
individuals who, for the most part, did not know one another,
and who came from different professional backgrounds,
were able to pull together to generate the recommendations

illustrated within this booklet through an on-ground series
of gatherings and online communications in a few months
while maintaining their regular work hours and loads. We
wanted to make a difference.

Through this effort, we expanded our vision outside of the
Lithonia Woman’s Club site to include the surrounding
areas. We did this with past studies in mind, being conscious
of not re-doing but instead expanding the vision. We hope

you will find this useful and that it will help provide guidance
in the years to come.

Liset Robinson & Richard Nelson
Co-Chairs – 2012 R&GS Community Outreach Committee

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