March Marietta Housing Forum

Welcome to the March Marietta Housing Forum!

Join us at the First Presbyterian Church for an engaging discussion on Community Land Trusts and their approach to creating permanently affordable housing.

Our featured speaker will be Heather Benham.

HEATHER BENHAM, Associate at Burlington Associates, has over 20 years’ experience in community development. Prior to joining Burlington Associates, she served as the Executive Director of the Athens Land Trust (2013-2024), an innovative community and conservation land trust that has developed over 200 units of affordable housing and renovated over 50 low-income, owner-occupied homes while protecting over 20,000 acres of land with an emphasis on farmland and community greenspace. Her work at the organization saw growth as she raised the budget from $90,000 to over $3 million a year, a staff of 3 to 25 full-time employees, and place-based programming that included community gardens, community agriculture, a neighborhood farmers market, youth programming, housing counseling, and the development of the neighborhood advisory board structure. She started with the Athens Land Trust as an intern while earning a joint Juris Doctorate and Masters in Historic Preservation from the University of Georgia.

A light breakfast will be served.

The event is free, but please consider donating a canned good or other non-perishable item to help support Pantry on Church for our host, First Presbyterian Church.

Please park in the "West Parking Lot" and walk across the bridge to the front entrance.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

First Presbyterian Church, 189 Church Street, Marietta, United States