Last Friday we joined public leaders and the larger development community at the Council for Quality Growth's 2026 Intersection Conference in Sandy Springs. The theme of this year's conference, part of the educational arm of the Council for Quality Growth (Quality Growth Institute), was "The AI...
KB Advisory Group celebrates Kelsi staying on with the firm Kelsi continues with KB as a full-time Consultant! Kelsi started working with us in January as an Analyst and decided to remain on the team in June as a Consultant. Kelsi grew up in Newnan, Georgia and...
KB Advisory Group welcomes our Summer 2026 Intern Cohort and Nick Albrinck to the team! Cassandra Ekwegwo, Meryl Pawlick, and Emma Uppelschoten have joined our team this summer as Intern Analysts and Nick Albrinck has joined our team full-time as a Consultant. Cassandra EkwegwoMeryl PawlickEmma Uppelschoten All three...
The latest population estimates show that metro Atlanta continues to grow. That much is evident.Recent analysis from the Atlanta Regional Commission shows growth occurring across the region. Fulton County and Gwinnett County added the most residents, while Cherokee County and Forsyth County are growing fastest...
Planners from across Georgia spent a day up in Gwinnett at the Gas South Convention Center for the 2026 Georgia Planning Association (GPA) ConferenceMembers from the KB team joined planners in Duluth to participate in break-out sessions and mobile workshops that touched on topics ranging...
If you want to understand where metro Atlanta is headed, one of the best things you can do is show up where the conversations are happening.Last week the KB Advisory Group team did exactly that.We spent time at three gatherings across metro Atlanta, including Gwinnett...
January 23, 2026 Have you stopped to think about this . . . In 21st-century America, luxuries are cheap; living is expensive.That inversion explains more about today’s economic stress than many policy debates care to admit.For much of the late 20th century, the opposite was true....
KB Advisory Group welcomes Jaycee Shin, Kelsi Broderick, and Nick Albrinck to the team! Jaycee is re-joining the team as a Consultant. Jaycee began as an Analyst Intern at KB Advisory Group and is a recent graduate of Georgia Tech’s Master’s in City and Regional Planning...
January 12, 2026 Last week, I reflected on the 25 years of KB Advisory Group’s history and the work we have done alongside public and private clients in a rapidly growing region. This piece looks ahead. Cities and regions are entering a period that is more constrained,...
January 9, 2026This year marks 25 years since the founding of what is now KB Advisory Group.The firm’s roots reach back to post-Olympic Atlanta. Before founding the firm, Ken Bleakly served as president of COPA, Inc., a nonprofit development entity formed by Central Atlanta Progress...