On Tuesday, November 14, 2023, the Council for Quality Growth held its 14th Annual Community Improvement District (CID) Recognition Event in honor of Natalie Tyler-Martin, immediate past chair of the Airport West CID, and Jim Durrett, Executive Director of the Buckhead CID. Over 150 regional leaders and CID professionals gathered at Monday Night Garage, in the heart of the West End CID, to recognize the leadership shown by Tyler-Martin and Durrett over their long CID careers, and to celebrate the work of CIDs throughout the metro Atlanta region and state of Georgia. The 2023 CID Recognition Event was presented by Georgia Power, Georgia Primary Bank, and Pond & Company.
For 14 years, the Council’s CID Recognition Event has annually recognized the role our state’s 31 and counting CIDs play in the growth of metro Atlanta and Georgia. Since 2016, the Council for Quality Growth has also presented the CID Leadership Awards to carefully nominated and selected CID leaders that have greatly impacted the region.
Natalie Tyler-Martin, Director of Real Estate at the Veritiv Corporation, received the 2023 John Williams CID Leadership Award. This award is given to a CID leader that has volunteered their time to serve a CID, usually as part of its Board of Directors. Natalie served 10 years as Board Chair of the Airport West CID from 2014 to 2023, where she played an integral role in its formation and efforts to build economic value for residents and businesses surrounding the “economic engine” of Atlanta, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Under her leadership, Airport West CID – part of the ATL Airport CIDs – has been a driving force for growth in the south metro region. During her tenure as Chair, Tyler-Martin prioritized increasing property values to fund the CIDs, leading to over $16 million collected and leveraged for four times the beautification, public safety, and transportation projects.
John Shern, Chair of the Cumberland CID and…
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