In our effort to optimize the success of the real estate and financial development of a community the members of this Studio includes community development financial institution fund experts as well as experts in investment, commercial banking and real estate development. This Studio is responsible for conducting an environmental scan of local conditions to optimize partnership and financial opportunities.

• Douglas Dillard, Esq – Partner Dillard & Galloway, LLC

  Doug has been practicing law in the areas of zoning, planning and land use, local government law, annexation, land use litigation and eminent domain for forty years. As a result, Dillard & Galloway, LLC is a leading local government and land use law firm in Georgia and is responsible for many of metropolitan Atlanta's most recognizable real estate developments.
  

  
  
  
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• Edward W. Bowen, Jr. – Founder/Principal E.W. Bowen & Company

  Ed is the founder and principal of E.W. Bowen & Company, a recognized leader in providing strategies and solutions for today’s complex real estate market. He has more than 31 years of experience in the construction and real estate industry. Ed established E.W. Bowen Company in 1983 to provide strategic real estate solutions that address the unique conditions impacting today’s organizations. E.W. Bowen combines extensive experience in the private sector with an approach designed specifically to help clients meet both short and long-term business and…
  

  
  
  
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• Pam Sessions – Founder/Co-Owner Hedgewood Properties

  Pam has worked in residential and mixed-use construction for twenty-five years. She is the Founder and Co-owner of Hedgewood Properties, Inc., and Hedgewood Realty. These companies designed, developed, built and sold mixed use neighborhoods that include Vickery, Woodstock Downtown, Manget in Marietta and Seven Norcross as well as homes in Glenwood Park and Serenbe to mention a few.
  

  
  
  
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• Rick Porter – Owner Richport Properties, Inc.

  Rick began his homebuilding company in 1975. Over the past 34 years Richport has built several thousand homes throughout Metro Atlanta, and currently builds in a variety of markets including single-family homes as affordable as $110,000 to infill townhomes as high as $400,000.
  

  
  
  
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