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The objectives of the JADC are first and foremost to support FOR in its Onsite hospitality services and temporary accommodations (14-day max) will be
charitable mission. The JADC will be a place that is inviting and welcoming to provided by the full-time caretaker-in-residence. Populations served include:
the immediate area’s residents. With abundant outdoor spaces, family
community gardens, shaded porches, an accessible streetscape of edible - Refugee families in the process of “out-migration” with their initial resettlement
landscaping and public benches, the JADC will create space in which the agency
residents of this diverse neighborhood can safely share life together. The - Volunteer teams from universities and other organizations around the country, who
center features groundbreaking innovation in affordable environmental design currently must commute here from distant housing
and construction. The building itself will be Georgia’s first Passive House
Institute of the United States (PHIUS) certified commercial green building, in The JADC will also provide much-needed additional space for small meetings and
addition to possible LEED certification, with annual operating costs up to 90% gatherings, including:
lower than a standard building, without added cost over standard
construction. This kind of building will allow FOR to focus donors’ resources on - Family literacy and afterschool programs
community impacts, not capital upkeep, and provide a building that is readily - Trauma counseling and marriage/family therapy
self-sustaining. This is a significant and important investment in the local - Healthy pregnancy and birthing classes
community that also will serve as a national model for innovative - Office and meeting space for non-profit organizations
environmental design, construction and mixed-use private sector development - Small religious services and cultural gatherings
opportunities. While recently popular in some residential applications in the - A catering kitchen for growing catering services and for the community gardeners
South, Passive House has only become affordably viable in high latent
humidity environments for commercial buildings in the past 5-10 years. The
JADC seeks to promote well-being, education and employment by being a Because of its uniqueness in environmental design and construction, the Center will
space where residents can find what they need to become flourishing, serve as a Science, Technology, Environment, and Math (STEM) fieldtrip site for the
contributing members of the community. There will be offices which can be neighborhood’s schools, and as a technology research site for partnering universities and
rented by emerging social businesses that support the mission of FOR. Some organizations. This showcasing of the Center will foster interest in the sciences,
likely tenants include: appropriate technology, design, construction and ecology, giving the community’s
children opportunities to build their own futures in these vocations. The Center will be a
- A local housekeeping service that employs neighborhood residents place where both students and teachers can enjoy year-round field trips that enrich such
- A speech pathology practice that specializes in accent-reduction classes learning and bring them into creative contact with other communities that can fuel their
for New Americans interest, including companies that make possible vibrant careers right here in DeKalb
- A remodeling service that grows a skilled workforce while helping county.
properties get grants to perform cost-of-living reducing and quality-of-life
enhancing ‘green’ renovations
- Office space for refugee entrepreneurs in partnership with business
development programs
The community gardens will remain on the site, enhanced by rainwater
collection from the rooftop and by the availability of a catering kitchen for
processing fresh produce into several community markets.
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