Atlanta Advisory Committee Meeting with Clyde Higgs, Atlanta BeltLine
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Atlanta Advisory Committee Meeting with Clyde Higgs, Atlanta BeltLine
Date:
December 1, 2021
Time:
8:15 AM - 8:15 AM EST
Registration:
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Event Description:
Join the Council for Quality Growth's City of Atlanta Advisory Committee Meeting on December 1st at 8:15 AM in-person at 1105 West Peachtree with Clyde Higgs, President & CEO, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
This is a hybrid meeting. When registering for this meeting, please indicate whether you will be attending in-person or joining the meeting via Zoom. Zoom meeting details will be emailed only to virtual registrants the day before the meeting. If you would like to change your registration type, please email Kathryn Jones at KJ@CouncilForQualityGrowth.org.
Clyde Higgs
President & CEO
Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
Clyde Higgs currently serves as President & CEO of Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. In this role he leads the executive team in providing oversight of the Economic Development, Design & Construction, Real Estate Development, Housing, Procurement, and Human Resources activities of ABI. He also lends his leadership to establishing and expanding strong working relationships with private and public partners across the region, state and nation. Clyde brings over 20 years’ experience in economic development, real estate, intellectual property, technology, strategic planning, design, real estate development, grant and donor funding, and government relations, with a diversity of projects including those that specialize in urban innovation, science and technology.
Clyde joined ABI in 2015 from his position as Executive Vice President of Operations & Development for the North Carolina Research Campus, a multi-faceted redevelopment initiative of Los Angeles real estate developer Castle & Cooke using the recruitment of science and technology companies as the platform to redevelop and reinvigorate Kannapolis, a former textile town near Charlotte, North Carolina. As the top executive at the Kannapolis Project, he helped steer the day-to-day operations of a multi-billion-dollar revitalization effort involving economic revitalization of the local economy. His work entailed ground and facility leasing over vast tracks of industrial lands and facilities; oversight of a complex multi-million annual operating budget; supervision of 60+ employees and consultants; and organizational direction of the capital improvements program. He also provided strategic guidance for broad-based community advocacy and engagement, partnership development with state and local governments, universities, construction and design vendors, and real estate brokers and investors to ensure the project’s success. Before joining the NC Research Campus, Clyde served in various technology-based, economic development leadership roles.
This is a hybrid meeting. When registering for this meeting, please indicate whether you will be attending in-person or joining the meeting via Zoom. Zoom meeting details will be emailed only to virtual registrants the day before the meeting. If you would like to change your registration type, please email Kathryn Jones at KJ@CouncilForQualityGrowth.org.
Clyde HiggsPresident & CEO
Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
Clyde Higgs currently serves as President & CEO of Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. In this role he leads the executive team in providing oversight of the Economic Development, Design & Construction, Real Estate Development, Housing, Procurement, and Human Resources activities of ABI. He also lends his leadership to establishing and expanding strong working relationships with private and public partners across the region, state and nation. Clyde brings over 20 years’ experience in economic development, real estate, intellectual property, technology, strategic planning, design, real estate development, grant and donor funding, and government relations, with a diversity of projects including those that specialize in urban innovation, science and technology.
Clyde joined ABI in 2015 from his position as Executive Vice President of Operations & Development for the North Carolina Research Campus, a multi-faceted redevelopment initiative of Los Angeles real estate developer Castle & Cooke using the recruitment of science and technology companies as the platform to redevelop and reinvigorate Kannapolis, a former textile town near Charlotte, North Carolina. As the top executive at the Kannapolis Project, he helped steer the day-to-day operations of a multi-billion-dollar revitalization effort involving economic revitalization of the local economy. His work entailed ground and facility leasing over vast tracks of industrial lands and facilities; oversight of a complex multi-million annual operating budget; supervision of 60+ employees and consultants; and organizational direction of the capital improvements program. He also provided strategic guidance for broad-based community advocacy and engagement, partnership development with state and local governments, universities, construction and design vendors, and real estate brokers and investors to ensure the project’s success. Before joining the NC Research Campus, Clyde served in various technology-based, economic development leadership roles.
