Historic Savannah Foundation’s lecture series, “People, Places and Stories that Define Savannah,”  will feature lectures covering a wide range of speakers and topics. Each lecturer will give a presentation on a subject that falls within the realm of their expertise followed by a question-and-answer session.

Alison Goldey

Land Bank Authorities and Neighborhood Revitalization

APRIL 17 | 6:00 PM

Alison Goldey is the Executive Director of the Chatham County/City of Savannah Land Bank Authority, Inc.  Mrs. Goldey has been involved in Land Banking for over 27 years and serves as a resource to cities and counties throughout Georgia in the field of Land Banking.

Mrs. Goldey previously served as the Executive Director of the Macon-Bibb County Land Bank Authority for 22 years, where she oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Land Bank.  Her responsibilities included acquisition, disposition, and maintenance of blighted and underutilized properties for the purpose of returning those properties to a productive use for neighborhood revitalization and community housing.

In April of 2019, Mrs. Goldey became the Executive Director of the Chatham County/City of Savannah Land Bank Authority, Inc. where she continues to work in a collaborative effort with community and business leadership, state and local government, and both non-profit and private developers charged with the responsibility of coordinating and implementing neighborhood redevelopment and affordable housing.

Mrs. Goldey is currently the President of the Georgia Association of Land Bank Authorities (GALBA) and a Board Member of the State Housing Trust Fund for Homelessness, the Georgia Balance of State Continuum of Care, and Habitat Georgia.  In her leisure time, Alison enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her family and friends, including her rescue pug dog Dexter.

In the last decade, the number of land banks and land bank programs across the Unites States has increased to over 300 across nineteen states. The State of Georgia has over 30 land bank authorities that have unique powers that allow them to focus on the return of vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties to a productive use. Alison Goldey will discuss how land banks can be a powerful tool to assist communities in meeting the goals for revitalizing neighborhoods through increasing affordable housing or stabilizing property values. Alison will further discuss how land banks work in partnership with communities and both private and non-profit developers to assist with the redevelopment of vacant, abandoned properties, including some exciting projects that have been completed here in Savannah with Historic Savannah Foundation and in Macon, Georgia with Historic Macon Foundation.

The lecture will take place at HSF headquarters located at 321 E. York Street. Attendees are invited to a wine reception at 5:30 pm and the discussion will start at 6:00 pm. Reservations are recommended, as space is limited. Attendance is free for HSF members and $15 for non-members. Members may RSVP by emailing Kendall Graham at [email protected] or calling 912-233-7787, ext. 109 and non-members may purchase tickets at the link above.

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Attendees are invited to a wine reception at 5:30 p.m. to meet & mingle with HSF members and staff. The discussion will start at 6 p.m.

We take a ‘lecture break’ in July and December.