Building Thriving Neighborhoods in Southeast Atlanta

Focused Community Strategies partners with neighbors and organizations in Historic South Atlanta and Thomasville Heights to strengthen community wellness, housing, education, and economic opportunity.

Our premise is simple yet powerful. Place matters. To create flourishing lives, we must create flourishing places.

Our Neighborhoods

Rooted in Southeast Atlanta

FCS takes a place-based approach to community development in Southeast Atlanta. By working alongside residents, donors, partners, and other key stakeholders, we help strengthen the systems that shape opportunity and well-being.

Historic South Atlanta

For more than two decades, FCS has partnered with neighbors in Historic South Atlanta to strengthen housing stability, expand economic opportunity, support youth development, and create spaces where community can thrive.

Thomasville Heights

FCS is bringing that same holistic approach to Thomasville Heights to advance housing stability, economic opportunity, youth development, and vibrant community spaces.

Our Approach to Transformation

We reweave the fabric of neighborhoods so that they become places of opportunity, access, and belonging. 

Focused Community Strategies works alongside neighbors, schools, businesses, and community partners to strengthen the systems that shape opportunity in Southeast Atlanta.

Our work follows a collaborative process that brings people together, aligns resources, and activates solutions that reflect the community’s vision for its future.

How We Work

Assess

Evaluate neighborhood conditions by combining data with the lived experiences of residents.

Assemble

Build relationships with neighbors and partners to understand community strengths and priorities.

Align

Bring together partners and institutions to coordinate strategies and resources around shared goals.

Activate

Implement initiatives that strengthen housing, education, economic opportunity, and community well-being.

Our Work Focuses on Four Core Pillars

These interconnected areas strengthen the conditions that allow neighborhoods to flourish.

Neighborhood Health & Wellness

We cultivate comprehensive conditions that support the physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being of residents, recognizing that strong relationships are a foundation for health.

 

Cradle-to-Career Education

We are committed to empowering students and families across every stage of learning, from early childhood through career readiness, recognizing that quality education is fundamental to creating pathways to opportunity.

Mixed-Income Housing

Our focus is expanding access to quality, affordable housing across the income spectrum, recognizing that stable, affordable housing is the foundation that enables families to thrive in other areas of life.

Economic Vitality

We foster local economic ecosystems that create jobs, build wealth, and provide needed goods and services, with particular attention to entrepreneurship that is accessible to residents and responsive to community needs.

Our Impact

Transformation Happens Through Partnership

When neighbors and partners work together, lasting change becomes possible.

2025 Highlights

  • 84 affordable apartments created through Haven at South Atlanta
  • 38 homes repaired for seniors and disabled neighbors
  • 24 entrepreneurs supported through Start:ME
  • 60,000+ pounds of food distributed through neighborhood food co-ops
  • 80 youth engaged in leadership and development programs
  • Welcomed 16 young learners into our first-ever Early Learning Space

Get Involved

Join the Work

Community transformation happens when people invest their time, resources, and relationships.

Donate

Support long-term solutions that strengthen neighborhoods and expand opportunity.

Volunteer Engagement Opportunities

Join events, programs, and initiatives that support neighbors across Southeast Atlanta.

Partner With Us

Work alongside FCS to strengthen community investment and collaboration.

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