Summerhill Neighborhood Development Corporation (The SNDC)

Our Mission: To establish programs and partnerships that inspire, educate, empower and advocate with residents to strengthen the Summerhill community. This includes the welfare, independence, and self-sustaining survival as a core Atlanta neighborhood. The organization hopes to return to the original quality of life that was once attained within this downtown neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. Summerhill Neighborhood Development Corporation (SNDC) is a community development corporation operating in the Summerhill community in the City of Atlanta. SNDC was organized in 1988 to provide a coordinated response to the banking practice of “redlining” - the refusal of conventional mortgage credit in low-income communities. For the first 20 years, SNDC was a small organization with a staff of 2-4 full time employees focused on housing development and homeownership for low and moderate income buyers, and, starting six years ago, intergenerational programs and services. Under new leadership in the last five years, the organization has grown in scope and service in response Summerhill resident’s needs. SNDC continues to expand its service areas and policy work in issues which are proven to have long-term effects on comprehensive community revitalization, including: affordable housing, economic development, transportation funding, education of system actors, and a renewed energy in issue-based and grassroots consensus organizing (i.e., SMP, Stadium Neighborhood TAD, Braves/Turner Field Redevelopment)