Historic Oakland Foundation

As we close out our second week of STEAM Camp for elementary aged kids, get ready to celebrate Juneteenth at Oakland with a free family festival tomorrow, continue our Youth Landscape & Hardscape Team workforce program for high-school kids, and celebrate Membership Month, it was fun to spend a sweaty afternoon with our amazing council member Liliana Bakhtiari touring our new Visitor Center. Councilmember Bakhtiari has been such an amazing supporter and friend to Oakland as we've grown and expanded our community impact and it was a blast showing her the progress on this game-changing facility that'll open to the public in early 2025. 📸 All photo credits: Kerri Phox (Phoxtography/Atlanta City Council)

Moving office spaces gave us the chance to partner with local nonprofits in a whole new way. In our effort to divert as much from the landfill as possible, we brought 50 cardboard boxes and 15 bags of Styrofoam to Live Thrive, Inc to be recycled. And thanks to our friends at Historic Oakland Foundation, Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta, and Terra School at Serenbe portions of our office furniture, workstation equipment, paper supplies, and kitchen furnishings have found a new home—and purpose.

Check out this WSB TV news report featuring details on Historic Oakland Foundation's new green Welcome Center and how Southface helped it come to life. The building is targeting net-zero at the completion of construction with upgraded insulation, mechanical systems, and solar panels.

EY Atlanta International Tax and Transaction services team (managers and above) had our inaugural "Death and Taxes" event at Oakland Cemetery today. An international tax lunch and learn, followed by a guided tour of the cemetery by Historic Oakland Foundation Director Richard Harker. We could not have asked for better weather or guide. What a great way to spend a Friday afternoon (I hope Kenny Rogers doesn't mind us taking a picture in front of his final resting place). Steve Skor, Lewis King, Molly Ericson, Brent Traylor, Sara Heuer, Danish Meherally, Suhas Sharma, Neha Gupta, Christine Jones, Ethan Deng, CPA

Our Panthers love giving back to the Atlanta community! GSU Cares was a big success. Alumni, students, and friends of Georgia State gathered together to volunteer at various sites across the city. They helped landscape, packed food, and organized medical supplies all in one weekend. That's #TheStateWay! #GSUCares Georgia State Alumni Association