Catherine Lee, City of Chamblee, Community & Economic Director 0:01

When you come to Atlanta, I know people are looking for like a Chinatown, Koreatown, and Japan Town. We don't really have that like the other cities like New York and LA, but we have Chamblee and Doraville. That's what you come for-that international vibe.

Julio Penaranda, Plaza Fiesta, General Manager 0:13

I don't believe that there's anything else like this in the whole United States. Nothing like this, where all of the communities are bunched up into one.

Jimmy Ellis, Jim Ellis Automotive Group, President & CEO 0:20

It's an area that is diverse, and we need to celebrate that diversity.

Julio Penaranda, Plaza Fiesta, General Manager 0:24

This is what makes us unique because you travel down one roadway, you can go from China to Thailand to Mexico, all in a span of two miles.

Unnamed Individual 0:33

I've worked in places where you kind of see one demographic come in all day long, and I feel like here we get kind of a broad spectrum of people, which is fun, different.

Larry Callahan, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate, CEO 0:41

It's a tremendously diversified area. It's an area that has attracted a collection of people that looks like America.

Catherine Lee, City of Chamblee, Community & Economic Director 0:47

So we are truly a melting pot that you don't find in other areas inside the perimeter.

Jimmy Ellis, Jim Ellis Automotive Group, President & CEO 0:52

I think it's really cool here what's going on.

Unnamed Individual 2 0:54

People come from all over here just to eat, just to visit because of the wonderful diverse community and the wonderful diversity that we have in our foods and our restaurants here.

Unnamed Individual 3 1:03

I love Buford Highway because there's lots of great food. There's the Buford Highway Farmers Market. You can get pretty much everything.

Larry Callahan, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate, CEO 1:10

We actually find that there's a whole lot of common themes and common concerns that the business community has, but they don't have a unified voice that can take the questions and the concerns to the right place. The Community Improvement District becomes that voice. They have resources behind, and they have the ability to leverage those resources to actually get the results that the people in the business community want to achieve.

Jimmy Ellis, Jim Ellis Automotive Group, President & CEO 1:33

As we are together, we can unite as one voice.

Victoria Huynh, Center for Pan-Asian Communities, Vice President 1:36

I really hope that small businesses and those who are going to be impacted would get a chance to share their thoughts day one.

Larry Callahan, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate, CEO 1:43

When you have a Community Improvement District that's representing literally hundreds of businesses, and it comes to the right person and voices that concern, it carries weight. Oftentimes, the Community Improvement District is in a position to actually help solve the problem.

Eric Clarkson, Mayor, City of Chamblee 1:56

I think the CIDs create great partners for local government. They help us to leverage the money that we have in our community to get some projects done.

Unnamed Individual 4 2:02

The area could use a lot of infrastructure, better sidewalks, bike paths, maybe some parks. I know that the Community Improvement District will take care of a lot of these things.

Catherine Lee, City of Chamblee, Community & Economic Director 2:11

With the CID, we can improve bike paths, all different types of infrastructure, not just for cars, to create a great experience for the pedestrians, for cyclists.

Donna Pittman, Mayor, City of Doraville 2:20

You can walk where you need to go rather than get in a car, I think that's very important, and that's some of the things that the CIDs could assist with.

Julio Penaranda, Plaza Fiesta, General Manager 2:27

pedestrian safety, traffic management, beautification for the whole area

Eric Clarkson, Mayor, City of Chamblee 2:30

to make quality of life better. That's something I think a CID really truly strives to do: is improve quality of life, economic development, and quality of life. They go hand in glove.

Catherine Lee, City of Chamblee, Community & Economic Director 2:40

because people are looking for ways to get out of their car to have a better quality of life, and you can find that here because of all the diverse transportation options that we have.

Larry Callahan, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate, CEO 2:47

We've got an area that's very much tied into and and born out of transportation needs and providing for those needs.

Donna Pittman, Mayor, City of Doraville 2:53

We have MARTA, we have PDK, we have 285. You can get anywhere you want to in a matter of seconds.

Eric Clarkson, Mayor, City of Chamblee 2:59

We truly are trains, planes, and automobiles in this region. There's

Michael Park, The Whitlock Group, Business Development Specialist 3:02

other areas that are clamoring and really would like to have mass transit, and we've already got it right here in our backyards.

Jimmy Ellis, Jim Ellis Automotive Group, President & CEO 3:08

So getting in and out of the area and to all around the city is attractive to these large corporations that may be looking to relocate here.

Vincent Riggio, Trinity Development Group, Senior Development Partner 3:15

And we're looking to maintain that mobility through the CID. It is one of our highest priorities.

Julio Penaranda, Plaza Fiesta, General Manager 3:20

But there's more that we can do, and there's more that that can be done, and the CID can assist with that.

Larry Callahan, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate, CEO 3:24

Everybody talks about the rising tide raising all boats. A Community Improvement District is one of the things that brings in the rising tide.

Michael Park, The Whitlock Group, Business Development Specialist 3:31

The international district.

Michael Park, The Whitlock Group, Business Development Specialist 3:32

The international district.

Unnamed Individual 4 3:33

The international district.

Unnamed Individual 3:34

The international district.

Unnamed Individual 5 3:35

The international district.

Vincent Riggio, Trinity Development Group, Senior Development Partner 3:37

International district.

Catherine Lee, City of Chamblee, Community & Economic Director 3:38

The international district.

Larry Callahan, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate, CEO 3:39

The international district.

Unnamed Individual 3 3:40

The international district.

Unnamed Individual 5 3:42

You got to come check it out for yourself.