Our Vision
Our Mission
To foster thriving communities for all within the Atlanta region through collaborative, data-informed planning and investments.
In broad strokes, this is how we become One Great Region. What does a great region look like? It’s a place with vibrant, thriving communities. It’s a place that works for all of us. And we will only get there by working together and making smart, strategic choices driven by the data.
Our Strategic Goals
-
Healthy, safe, livable communities throughout the Atlanta region
Great communities don’t happen by accident. It takes careful planning to create the kind of places we want to live — places with wide sidewalks, lush green spaces, connected bike lanes, and bustling town centers. Places with cleaner air and a secure water supply. And places that work for people of all ages and abilities, so residents can “age in place” in their own communities.
-
Strategic investments in people, infrastructure, mobility, and preserving natural resources
The Atlanta region must make the investments needed to improve our roads, highways, transit and bike-ped network. But it also means modernizing our infrastructure so we’re more resilient to extreme weather events. And it means investing in our residents, such as providing essential services to older adults and offering workforce resources and training.
We take pride that all of these investments are carefully guided by the data and insights provided by our industry leading research and analytics team.
-
Regional services delivered with operational excellence and efficiency
This goal involves our entire organization, from the people who work on major programs and initiatives to the dedicated experts in HR, legal, IT, and finance departments who perform the critically important, behind-the-scenes work that keeps the agency moving.
-
Diverse stakeholders engage and take a regional approach to solve local issues
ARC regularly brings diverse people to the regional table to tackle the big challenges our region faces, from transportation and education to housing and workforce.
-
A competitive economy that is inclusive, innovative and resilient
This goal is woven throughout ARC, from the workforce development team that helps people find good jobs and get the training they need to find a meaningful career to the transportation planners and community development professionals who help local governments prepare for growth.
Our Values
- Integrity: In our conduct, communication, and collaboration with each other and the region’s residents, we will act with consistency, honesty, transparency, fairness and accountability within and across each of our responsibilities and functions.
- Equity: We represent a belief that there are some things which people should have, that there are basic needs that should be fulfilled, that burdens and rewards should not be spread too divergently across the community, and that policy should be directed with impartiality, fairness and justice towards these ends.
- Excellence: A commitment to excellence and doing our best in every facet of the agency to ensure our colleague’s success and to approach the region’s challenges with a sense of curiosity that allows innovative practices and actions to be created, having maximum positive impact to the communities we serve.