Project Manger
Georgia Tech Center for Economic Development Research
Atlanta, Georgia
Grace Barrett is an Associate Project Manager with Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI²) in the Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR). Grace is an urban planner specializing in housing and community development.
While at CEDR, Grace has expanded the teams housing work, blending data analysis and meaningful community engagement into action-oriented plans to jumpstart implementation. Outside of housing work, Grace is assisting with a statewide Artificial Intelligence Strategic Plan, and strategic planning efforts with various small communities across Georgia.
Before joining CEDR, Grace worked as an urban planner in the private sector, managing neighborhood plans, and small redevelopment projects, with a focus on guiding community driven positive change in disinvested communities.
Grace graduated from The University of Georgia, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Geography. She also holds a Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) and a Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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