The Council for Quality Growth is set to host its 16^th Annual Community Improvement District (CID) Recognition Event on November 12^th from 5:30PM to 7:30PM. The event is presented by Georgia Power, Perimeter Community Improvement Districts, and Pond & Company and will be held at Portman’s Ten Twenty Spring with over 200 members of the Council, business and CID leaders, local public officials, and other industry professionals from across the metro Atlanta region.

The Council’s one-of-a-kind CID Recognition Event annually highlights the work that our CIDs are doing all year to advance our region’s greatest economic centers and strengthen the unique character area of the business communities they serve. In addition, the Council presents two awards to carefully selected CID leaders that have greatly impacted the region. The John Williams CID Leadership Award recognizes a CID volunteer, and the CID Professional Excellence Award recognizes a CID industry professional.

The 2025 recipient of the John Williams CID Leadership Award is John A. Heagy III, retired Partner at Hines and past Chair of DeKalb Perimeter CID. Heagy has served on the board of the CID since 2005 and has served as Secretary, Vice Chair, and as Chair from 2010 to September 2025. Heagy’s tenure of leadership at the CID and his 45-year career in Atlanta’s commercial real estate industry has left indelible marks across the metro region and the entire Southeast.

The 2025 recipient of the CID Professional Excellence Award is Kevin Green, President & CEO of the Midtown Alliance and the Midtown Improvement District (MID). He joined Midtown Alliance in 2011 and for 14 years, he’s led capital projects and programs aimed at improving Midtown’s quality of life and catalyzing economic growth. Kevin leads both the MID and Midtown Alliance, a 65-member board of the district’s private sector, non-profit, and civic leaders who provide the staff and day-to-day management and operations for MID funded programs and projects.

The Council commends the work of both John Heagy and Kevin Green to progress the impact of Community Improvement Districts around the region. With the efforts of leaders like these, CIDs continue to produce billions of dollars for infrastructure investments, new parks and greenspace, public safety, traffic mitigation projects, landscape improvements, and much more.

Heagy and Green will be recognized and presented with their respective awards at the Council for Quality Growth’s Annual CID Recognition Event on November 12^th. Each year, the Council uniquely convenes the 30 and counting Community Improvement Districts in our region to recognize the work they do year-round to enhance the quality of life here across metro Atlanta and to support the newly established CIDs as they become activated across the state of Georgia.

Read more about the recipients and their accomplishments here. For details about CIDs or the 16^th Annual CID Recognition, please visit www.CouncilforQualityGrowth.org/CIDs. 

Press are invited to attend with prior registration. Please RSVP by November 7^th to Anna Frances Gardner at[email protected].

WHAT: The 16^th Annual CID Recognition Event

WHEN: November 12, 2025, 5:30 – 7:30 PM

WHERE: Portman’s Ten Twenty Spring, 1020 Spring St NW, Atlanta, GA 30309

WHO: CID Industry Leaders & Council for Quality Growth Members

Featured Speakers:

• Ann Hanlon, Executive Director, Perimeter CIDs

• Dan Buyers, Partner, McWhirter Realty Partners

• John A. Heagy III, Retired Partner, Hines & Past Chair, DeKalb Perimeter CID

• Kevin Green, President & CEO, Midtown Alliance & Midtown Improvement District

• Jim Durrett, Executive Director, Buckhead CID

• Michael Paris, President & CEO, Council for Quality Growth

Tickets are required for guests and are available at this link.

• $85 | Members

• $100 | Non-Members

• FREE | Elected Officials (RSVP by 11/7 to Matt Yarbrough)

• FREE | Press/Media (RSVP by 11/7 to Anna Frances Gardner)