The proposal seeks to challenge the understanding of value; to prioritize human intangible forms of wealth building over financial gain. By targeting vacant lots in the English Avenue neighborhood of Atlanta, we redefine vacancy as spaces that require care because they have historically been neglected and devalued, and transform them into spaces that generate a new type of wealth centered on collective and communal growth.

The framework utilizes renewable energy production as an effective means to generate wealth that can be redistributed back to the neighborhood.

At the neighborhood scale, the modifications of the community anchors strengthen the intangible social networks, creating a continual system of development as the community needs change over time. As vacancy is not an issue exclusive to English Avenue, the model can become the inflection point in an expanding constellation of vacancy redefinitions in other neighborhoods in the Atlanta region at large.