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joint venture of DANIEL, MANN, JOHNSON and MENDENHALL and ABT ASSOCIATES, INC. 55 wheeler street, cambridge, massachusetts 02138 telephone 617-492-7100 May 5, 1968 Hon Ivan Allen, Mayor Atlanta, Georgia Dear Ivan: 4aiiuul ?vit/1.r~ ~ As you may be aware, yours has been one of the candidate -cities selected to participate in the first phase of the In-City Low Cost Housing Experiment to be undertaken by the D e partment of Housing and Urban Development. The Department has also selected as the contractor to conduct this Project in Atlanta a joint venture of tW) firms, Abt Associates Inc. and Daniel , Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall, for whom I am the project director. We are looking forward to working closely with you in the weeks and months ahead. This new program is an opportunity for the cities to develop methods and w ill lend to the mobilization of substantial additional Federal funds as part of our increased national effort to .deal with our urban problems. Your city may be able to take advantag e of these opportunities of the first phase if the project is successfully completed. That first phase is a planning step which involves the development of n ew technology for the construction of low cost h ousing and the development of n ew patte rns of o r g anization both in the public and private sectors of the low cost housing area. This initial phase must b e completed by June 15th of this year. In order to b eg in work imm~j._2, t e ly , an adv anc e t e am from our organization w ill be in Atlanta on May ~ and will contact your office. Enclos e d wi th this letter are several copies of a list of topics on w hich we hope to b eg in compiling inform ation during this initial visit . It wou ld gre atly facilitate this pa rt of our effort if you wou ld circulate these copies to informed members of your administration so that our initial effort s will be a s fruitful as possible and create the l e ast po ssible burden on your staff. There are two oth er important tasks we hop e to acc omplis h next week during our visit. The first is to have our advance team b eg in to make arrangements for a much more intensive v isit by our staff wit hin t wo or three weeks. The second and sti ll more important task is to have themanswer any and all questions that you or your adm inist ration might have about the project . I am sure that you are as gratified as I am that programs such as this, long urged by many of us, are now being undertaken. Unfortunately a prior commitment keeps me out of town for the next day or two, but please do not hesitate to call either Mr . Richard FI. Rosen or Mr . Marc J . Roberts at 617 / 492-7100 if there is any informa,tion we can give you about the enclosed list of subjects or about any other aspects of the p rogram . �Hon. Ivan Allen, Mayor -2- May 5, 1968 I am looking forward to being in contact with you again soon. Let me close by saying that this is a tremendous opportunity, but that time is short so that we must all work together in order to bring this phase of the project to a successful conclusion. JFC:jrl .. �