01DESIGN PRINCIPLE
COMPLEXITY UNDERNEATH.
SIMPLICITY AT THE SURFACE.
SOUTHEAST NEWEST DEAL
ONE SYSTEM · MANY FUNCTIONS
THE FUTURE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO FIT INSIDE THE PAST.
INCLUSIVE FORWARD MOVEMENT, LLC · ATLANTA
SOUTHEAST
NEWEST
DEAL
A new infrastructure vision beginning in Atlanta.
Southeast Newest Deal
Southeast Newest Deal is an infrastructure-development initiative of Inclusive Forward Movement, LLC, based in Atlanta, Georgia. The project is in active research and development and begins by examining the Atlanta Downtown Connector (I-75/I-85) as a framework for integrating transportation, public space, environmental systems and regional connectivity.
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FRAGMENTATION
COMPLEXITY UNDERNEATH.
ONE SYSTEM · MANY FUNCTIONS
MOVE
Mobility conceived as part of the city rather than something imposed upon it.
ONE SYSTEM · MANY FUNCTIONS
CONNECT
Places, people and regions connected through a broader infrastructure framework.
ONE SYSTEM · MANY FUNCTIONS
RESTORE
Infrastructure that can return landscape, water and public space to the urban environment.
ONE SYSTEM · MANY FUNCTIONS
POWER
Energy and resource systems considered as integral parts of the built environment.
ONE SYSTEM · MANY FUNCTIONS
SUPPORT
Physical and digital infrastructure designed to work together over the long term.
SOUTHEAST NEWEST DEAL
INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN’T HAVE TO DO ONE THING.
Southeast Newest Deal explores what becomes possible when transportation, infrastructure, public space, environmental systems and regional connectivity are conceived together rather than separately.
ATLANTA · PRESENT CONDITION
START WITH
WHAT EXISTS.
The Atlanta Downtown Connector (I-75/I-85) moves through the center of Atlanta while also dividing neighborhoods, consuming public space and concentrating infrastructure in a single purpose.
RECONSIDER THE CORRIDOR
WHAT IF THE SAME GROUND COULD DO MORE?
LandscapeWaterMobilityPublic realmConnection
SOUTHEAST NEWEST DEAL
ATLANTA IS
THE BEGINNING.
A regional infrastructure vision can begin with one place: transforming a barrier through the heart of Atlanta into a framework for movement, landscape and connection.
01 · ATLANTA
02 · DEVELOPMENT
THE VISION IS LARGE.
THE WORK IS SPECIFIC.
Southeast Newest Deal is being developed as a staged undertaking. Each step narrows uncertainty, tests assumptions and builds the evidence required for the next.
A PATH TOWARD EXECUTION
FROM IDEA TO INFRASTRUCTURE.
01ResearchDefine the problem, precedent and opportunity.
02FeasibilityTest technical, civic and economic assumptions.
03EngineeringTranslate the concept into verifiable systems.
04PartnershipsAlign institutions, expertise and capital.
05DemonstrationProve performance at meaningful scale.
06DeploymentBuild deliberately, then expand.
CURRENT STATUS
ACTIVE RESEARCH
& DEVELOPMENT.
The project is presently focused on research, feasibility, design development and the institutional relationships required to evaluate the vision responsibly.
02 · DEVELOPMENT
03 · ABOUT
ONE VISION.
MANY SYSTEMS.
INCLUSIVE FORWARD MOVEMENT, LLC
ATLANTA · 2026
ATLANTA · 2026
Southeast Newest Deal is an independent infrastructure development initiative exploring how mobility, public space, environmental systems and regional connection can be designed as one coordinated framework.
04 · PARTICIPATE
HELP MOVE
THE IDEA FORWARD.
SND is actively developing relationships with people and institutions whose expertise can test, challenge and strengthen the work.
EngineeringPlanningArchitectureSustainabilityResearchInstitutionsInvestment
SOUTHEAST NEWEST DEAL
THE FUTURE
STARTS HERE.
03–04 · ABOUT / PARTICIPATE
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