27 Aug Homes that Work for Everyone: Finding & Understanding Accessible Options for Clients Homes that Work for Everyone: Finding & Understanding Accessible Options for Clients Thursday, August 27, 2015 (9:30 AM to 12:30 PM) 3.00 Education Credits Atlanta REALTORS Center, Atlanta, Georgia Details You're Registered! DescriptionLocationInstructors This interactive program is offered in cooperation with the state wide Independent Living Council of Georgia and is intended to help real estate professionals understand the new accessibility features on the multiple listing service forms; what they refer to; and, how these features may be useful to empty nesters, people who have difficulty negotiating steps or seniors who want to age in place. It will prepare agents to feel more comfortable entering into discussions with clients about features they need, both current and future, and provide strategies and costs to adapt properties to meet multiple needs. The presenters are resource people familiar with a variety of disabilities and adaptive features that can be incorporated into existing homes. Atlanta REALTORS Center Atlanta REALTORS Center5784 Lake Forrest DriveAtlanta, GA 30328 Map & Directions Pat Puckett Pat Puckett is the Executive Director of the Statewide Independent Living Council (the SILC) of Georgia, a non-profit organization, founded in 1995, with the vision of equal participation of people with disabilities in their communities. Pat graduated from Valdosta State College in 1972 and attended graduate school in Public Administration at the University of Georgia. She was the first person with a disability to graduate from Leadership DeKalb in 1998; in 2003, she received their Outstanding Member Award. Pat is a board member emeritus with Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, a non-profit company with the mission of developing and sustaining small business. She is a founding board member of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, a non-profit devoted to "thoughtful analysis & responsible policy". She is an active member of many state and national organizations working to accomplish inclusive disability policy and services. Pat serves as secretary of the board for the National Council on Independent Living, a not-for-profit organization that advances independent living and the rights of people with disabilities. Marty Collier Marty Collier is an independent consultant in the field of housing and community development. She currently serves as the Housing Coordinator for the Statewide Independent Living Council (the SILC) of Georgia and assists the organization to increase visitable and barrier-free housing options for people with disabilities and the general public. In this capacity she promotes the use of a renovation tool used by rehabbers and developers to include basic access features in homes during the rehab process where the topography does no prevent it. Marty graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1976 and received a Master's in Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, CANADA in 1988. She is a former real estate agent and worked for 4 years for Habitat for Humanity International as a community development specialist. She has trained people in the housing field in community planning methods, meeting facilitation, strategic planning, and organizational development.