A vibrant, thriving arts and culture scene is often at the center of great communities. As we work towards realizing our vision of building one of those great communities at Fort McPherson, we are thrilled to bring you our first of many engagements with the arts. Under the dynamic leadership of its founder and director T….

What an amazing year we’ve had at Fort Mac LRA! We are so grateful for the incredible show of support and engagement from our partners and the community in helping us accomplish some great progress in 2016. We hope you enjoy celebrating these milestones, reflecting on our last year, and looking ahead to 2017: LCI…

Name: Georgia State Representative Park Cannon (58th district) Email: parkcannonfor58@gmail.com Facebook – www.facebook.com/parkfor58 Twitter – @cannonfor58 What is your relationship to Fort Mac? When I became the state representative for District 58 in February of 2016, I had the opportunity to sit down with the other members of the delegation who care deeply about veterans’…

  Take Our Lunch at the Mac Survey Nearly 1,000 members of the community from inside and outside of Fort Mac have enjoyed gathering together to partake in tasty food truck treats while socializing with friends and colleagues during “Lunch at the Mac.” Launched in early 2016, Fort Mac LRA’s popular “Lunch at the Mac”…

Fort Mac LRA has recently had the opportunity to participate in two important industry events that impact our redevelopment efforts. First, we co-hosted the annual Association of Defense Communities Installation Reuse 2016 conference with Fort Gillem. Since the latest Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) in 2005, communities faced with reusing closed bases have gathered to…

On Saturday, October 29, Fort Mac LRA had the honor of hosting an Employment and Career Forum organized and produced by Urban League of Greater Atlanta, with support from NPU S, Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Atlanta Technical College, Atlanta Workforce Development Agency, Community Church, Community Empowerment Development Corporation, City Councilmember Joyce Sheperd, and City Councilmember…

Around 400 community members joined us for our annual Fall Festival on Saturday, October 29. The weather was beautiful as everyone learned from and enjoyed time spent with a variety of community organizations from art galleries to first responders. Special thanks to Councilmember Joyce Sheperd, Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr., our security firm International…

Join Atlanta City Council Member Joyce Shepard and Fort Mac LRA for food, family fun, entertainment and a look at the future of Fort McPherson. Don’t forget to enter the costume contest, open to kids 15 and under: register here.

Name: Ricardo Jacobs Email: rjacobs65@comcast.net Facebook: Ricardo (Ricky) Jacobs What is your relationship to Fort Mac? I’m the chair of NPU-R, which borders the back end of Fort Mac. I actually used to be stationed here when I was in the military. I work here now at the Veterans Administration. I’m a member of the…

As we’ve mentioned several times lately, Fort Mac is open for business. By this we mean, we’re ready to identify various business partners – from those that specialize in real estate development to those that produce great events – to help us start this big project of redeveloping our 145 acres. One of the most…