Place is never neutral. Who builds it, who owns it, and who gets to stay are questions with real consequences for real communities. When CSN started thinking about where to bring everyone together for the 2027 SPRE Summit, we wanted the answer to reflect what we believe. Atlanta does that.
Atlanta is a city where the stakes of land, ownership, and community power have never been abstract. Shaped by the fight to stay rooted, to build generational wealth, and to create spaces that serve the people who actually live and work there, Atlanta is not a case study. It is a living example of why social purpose real estate matters and what becomes possible when communities hold the reins. Gathering here feels honest.
We will convene at the Calvin Smyre Conference Center at Morehouse School of Medicine, part of the historic Morehouse College, one of the country’s most celebrated HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). It is an institution that has spent decades putting community wellbeing and equitable impact at the center of everything it does. Not as aspiration, but as practice. The center honors a legislator who showed up for his community consistently and with intention. Walking into that building, you feel it. We are glad to bring our community into it.
Attendees will stay at The American Hotel. As the first integrated hotel in the country, it carries a remarkable piece of history, a place that chose to open its doors to everyone at a time when doing so was a radical act. It embodies what it means to say that all people belong. So do we.
Connecting purpose to place is what CSN does. Atlanta in May 2027 is what that looks like in practice.
We hope you will join us. Save your spot and be part of the conversation moving the social purpose real estate field forward. We look forward to seeing you May 4-6, 2027 in Atlanta.
For more information on the SPRE Summit 2027, visit www.spresummit.org