Request For Proposals - Hamilton Street Workforce Housing Initiative Project for JDA

Note: This RFP is for a project managed by the Dalton-Whitfield Joint Development Authority. For inquiries about this RFP, please send an email to rfp@daltonchamber.org . Your message will be forwarded to Carl Campbell, Allyson Coker, and Anna Adamson. One of them will respond to inquiries as soon as possible.

Dalton Whitfield Joint Development Authority 

Request For Proposals For

Hamilton Street Workforce Housing Initiative Project

Released On: April 3rd, 2024

Proposals Accepted Until: May 3rd, 2024 at End of Day

1. Purpose of Procurement: This request for Proposal (RFP) is being issued to establish a contract with a qualified developer(s) who will build out the proposed neighborhood following the guidelines set forth in the RFP.

2. General Information: This project is designed to create an infill development to provide quality, affordable housing to the workforce of Greater Dalton on a property that was city owned. This property is bordered by Hamilton Street, Nichols Street, and Cherokee Street and sits just south of Walnut Avenue and east of Thornton Avenue. This property has now been deeded over to the Dalton-Whitfield Joint Development Authority (DWJDA) for the purpose of this project. The DWJDA is working with the City of Dalton (City), Believe Greater Dalton from the Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce (BGD), and the Flooring Capital Development Corporation (FCDC) to make this project come to fruition. Staff from DWJDA, BGD, and the city of Dalton have worked with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to obtain a state grant to lower the cost of infrastructure for this development. Some of the guidelines developed in this RFP are a result of the restrictions put on the project by DCA. All guidelines are mandatory unless stated otherwise. The FCDC board will review proposals and select a developer.

For full details of the project, please view the RFP document linked below.