The Creatives Project (TCP), an Atlanta NPO working to unite the Arts, education, community, and commerce has been named the official community partner and will establish new offices on site, as well as expand its residency program through the partnership.

With a focus on enriching and strengthening local communities through arts-based education and outreach while celebrating and elevating the city’s visual and performing artists, TCP will serve individuals with various needs in the community through programs created at their new home in Academy Lofts.

It will also become the new home to a local coffee shop and coworking space and will provide affordable live/work studios with a focus on artists and creatives.

The revitalized building will also include 35 affordable micro-apartment, 10 of which will be administered by TCP called ART-FORCE residency. This expanded artist residency program will provide participants with flexible below-market units while engaging their creative skills for the greater good. Access to additional TCP amenities such as studios, classrooms, and exhibition space will foster artistic growth and innovation. Each ART-FORCE resident will serve the surrounding communities through educational programs onsite through TCP’s Community Arts Program (CAP).

The Adair Park community has been a key stakeholder over the last four years of planning this project, and the vision of the Academy Lofts proposal was a direct product of the stated priorities of neighbors.