Reginald White Jr.
Project Manager - Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative
City of Atlanta
Reginald White Jr. is an urban planner specializing in neighborhood planning, housing, and community development. His work focuses on creating safe, equitable, and economically viable urban neighborhoods by empowering communities and guiding development that respects existing culture while creating new opportunities for residents.
Reginald currently serves as a Project Manager with the City of Atlanta’s Department of City Planning, Office of Housing & Community Development, where he leads implementation efforts for the Mayor’s Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative in the Thomasville Heights neighborhood. In this role, he coordinates across city departments, public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and community partners to advance the 2023 Thomasville Heights Neighborhood Plan and ensure community-driven priorities translate into meaningful outcomes.
Prior to joining the City of Atlanta, Reginald worked at APD Urban Planning & Management, where he led and supported community development initiatives, including small area plans, housing studies, data analysis, and community engagement strategies. His career began in GIS and data analysis, providing him with a strong analytical foundation that informs his planning work today.
In addition to his planning expertise, Reginald leverages his graphic design skills to enhance public engagement, using visual storytelling, project branding, and community-focused materials to make planning concepts more accessible and engaging.
Reginald holds a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology, with a specialization in Community Development and Housing, and a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of West Georgia
11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET
Workshops I-VI: Block II
Shifting and Sharing Power: Co-Governance Strategies for Centering Residents
Room: Grand 7
Race Forward defines co-governance as: a collection of participatory models and practices in which government and communities intentionally aim to share power to drive fair and just outcomes. A crucial component of the Purpose Built model is that residents must be central to neighborhood transformation efforts – as visionaries, co-designers, and decision-makers. But how do you bring together a diverse set of collaborators across sectors, experiences, and institutional power while remaining focused on what benefits neighbors the most? Highlighting the amazing work happening in Atlanta’s Thomasville Heights neighborhood (one of seven communities part of the new Atlanta Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative), three practitioners will share what it takes to move co-governance from theory to action and impact.
