A residential project with a purpose unique among ITP Atlanta’s townhome influx is officially moving forward.

The 10-unit venture called Hope Springs Townhomes is planned for 2903 Metropolitan Parkway in the Hammond Park neighborhood on Atlanta’s southside.

Atlanta nonprofit MicroLife Institute and its Georgia-based partner on the project, Hope Springs Housing, held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for the initiative that Will Johnston, MicroLife’s founder and executive director, described as both “highly anticipated” and “important.”

The townhomes will serve as attainable housing for women convicted of nonviolent offenses who are coming out of incarceration and looking to reunite with their children in a supportive, safe environment designed to foster community, according to MicroLife.

Rents haven’t been specified, but all units will be reserved for families earning 30 percent of the area median income or less.

Planned two-story facades at Hope Springs Townhomes. MicroLife Institute/Hope Springs Housing

The 10-unit townhome project's 2903 Metropolitan Parkway SW location on Atlanta's southside. Google Maps

Situated just north of Hapeville, between the Interstate 85 and 75 split, the vacant Metropolitan Parkway site was most recently used as an auto lot. MicroLife acquired it last summer.                                                                                                                         

The Hope Springs units will range in size from 750 to 1,200 square feet, according to a Request for Proposals issued by MicroLife last year. Communal greenspaces and social areas with playground equipment are also in the works.

The project is being funded with $2.75 million from the American Rescue Plan and the Georgia Office of Planning and Budget.

Case management and other support services will be included for women who live at Hope Springs and minor, dependent children coming out of foster care. “We hope to create a meaningful project that will keep families together,” notes the project’s website, “as well as make a lasting impact on housing within the community.”

MicroLife Institute/Hope Springs Housing

Sample floorplan for Hope Springs units. MicroLife Institute/Hope Springs Housing

The townhomes won’t be MicroLife’s first housing initiative in metro Atlanta. The group also built and sold out space-conscious village Cottages on Vaughn near downtown Clarkston in 2021.

Elsewhere on Metropolitan Parkway, a 176-apartment development called Metropolitan Place is expected to break ground later this year on another, larger vacant lot, with a small commercial piece included, according to Invest Atlanta.

Head up to the gallery for more Hope Springs context and renderings.

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