A COMMUNITY FOCUSED ON INNOVATION AND GROWTH

250 E Ponce de Leon Avenue
Decatur, Georgia

THE CORNERSTONE OF COMMUNITY

For leaders, teachers, and students looking to connect and collaborate with like-minded individuals, 250 E Ponce is a members-only community focused on innovation and growth.

At Ponce, we are centered around building culture and cultivating data-driven connections by understanding our members, measuring collaboration goals, and achieving desired results through events, communications, custom programming, and more.

Our Purpose

At 250 E Ponce, we are in continuous pursuit of fostering a collaborative culture, aimed at encouraging self-discovery and emphasizing the value of community, connections, collaboration, and of course, culture. Make the most of your engagement and collectively we can create an inclusive and supportive environment that ignites ideas and innovation while working towards a common goal.

Elevate Your Experience: Effective Engagement Tips for 250 E PONCE

Encourage Collaboration:

Seek opportunities to collaborate with fellow community members on projects, initiatives, or problem-solving.
Value and appreciate the contributions of collaborators, recognizing that synergy emerges from collective effort.
Welcome and invite others to join projects or share in ideas, ensuring diversity of thought.

Share Knowledge and Expertise:

Actively contribute and share knowledge and expertise with others, promoting a culture of continuous improvement.
Be generous in helping community members who seek guidance or have questions.
Share insights and valuable resources to support each other's growth and success.

Support Continuous Learning and Growth:

Engage in continuous learning and seek opportunities to expand knowledge and skills.
Embrace a growth mindset, seeking opportunities for personal and professional development.
Be open to new ideas and perspectives, continuously challenging assumptions and biases.

Embrace Open-Mindedness:

Remain open to diverse perspectives and ideas, valuing the richness they bring to our community.
Approach discussions and interactions with curiosity and a willingness to learn from others.
Recognize that collaboration thrives when we appreciate the strengths and experiences of each individual.

Foster Respectful Communication:

Communicate openly and honestly, promoting transparency and trust within our community.
Actively listen to others, seeking to understand their viewpoints.
Provide constructive feedback and engage in healthy discussions.

Respect Intellectual Property:

Respect the intellectual property rights of others and give credit when referencing or using others' work.
Foster an environment that encourages creativity and innovation while respecting the rights of content creators.
Respect the privacy and boundaries set by others regarding the sharing of their ideas or work.

Try this out and let us know how it goes by emailing info@250eponce.com. Or do you have a new idea you’d like us to share? Don’t be shy, we’re all about collaborating!

MEET OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS

AZURA VASCULAR CARE ATLANTA

Azura Vascular Care Atlanta (formerly Atlanta Access Care), is a vascular specialty group caring for patients across the community. Their outpatient vascular center specializes in minimally invasive treatments for a broad range of vascular conditions, including peripheral arterial disease (PAD), uterine fibroids, varicocele embolization, and vascular accesses for dialysis.

IRESEARCH ATLANTA

iResearch Atlanta is a multi-specialty clinical research center offering a beautiful, comfortable environment for their study volunteers, patients, and caregivers. They are dedicated to making a difference in the local and global community through the study of new medications for mental health and medical illnesses affecting the community. Built by dedicated, experienced research professionals, their core team has extensive experience in pharmaceutical and medical device research.

NELL HODGSON WOODRUFF SCHOOL OF NURSING - EMORY UNIVERSITY

This is the place where students will experience the real world of health care — and master it — first-hand. A school where lines between classroom and career begin to blur, where there's grow from a student into a leader, and where attendees learn to make a difference for patients today, tomorrow, and every other day.

UTILITY

Utility is an innovative technology company that continually delivers groundbreaking digital systems for frontline professions that depend on speed, accuracy, easy-to-access data, and transparency in their work.

PONCE AT WORK AND PLAY

MEET THE OWNERS

THE UNIVERSITY FINANCING FOUNDATION

The University Financing Foundation, known simply as “TUFF,” is a national non-profit developer whose core mission is providing facilities and equipment to institutions of education and research at below the cost of market. TUFF was founded in Atlanta, GA, in 1982, and celebrates 40 years of developing, financing, owning, and operating knowledge communities across the United States. TUFF has deep experience in the cultivation of ecosystems that match university and research institutions with government and private industry collaborators.

After developing a portion of Atlanta’s Tech Square along with Georgia Tech and two private developers, Gateway Development and Kim King Associates, TUFF has operated the well-known innovation district for 20 years. Along with Collaborative Real Estate, TUFF owns and operates many innovation-focused properties, including Centergy, Tech Square Research Building, Bridgeside, and 250 East Ponce.

TUFF fulfills the core mission of supporting education and research by actively building communities, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and nurturing and accelerating the ideas, innovators, and supporters who strive to make the world a better place.

COLLABORATIVE REAL ESTATE

Collaborative Real Estate (Collaborative) is a full-service real estate firm specializing in knowledge-based real estate and university research parks. With their expertise in development, asset/property management/engineering, and community activation, they have great insight into world-class technical building operations, as well as strategies for enhancing user engagement within office and academic facilities.

Their principals have developed over 3 million square feet of office and mixed-use space, managed over 30 million square feet of real estate, completed over $1 billion in negotiated real estate transactions, and have successfully executed projects throughout the United States. Presently, Collaborative manages approximately 1.5 million square feet of Class-A office and research facilities, primarily in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States.

They are experienced in the day-to-day maintenance, property management, asset management, and community activation of university-anchored medical, research, and lab facilities across the Southeast and the Midwest, and their specialization was born out of recognition that instead of the bricks-and-mortar, the true value of these places stem from the people and discoveries.

Their core team of specialized managers and engineers have decades of experience instilling their knowledge and expertise across their portfolio’s onsite personnel, cultivating working relationships with essential stakeholders on the ground to ensure their projects are operated and maintained at the highest standards. Continuously going above and beyond to ensure the asset is maintained efficiently and exceeds industry standards, Collaborative’s specialization was born out of recognition that instead of the bricks-and-mortar, the true value of these places stem from the people and discoveries. They manage properties by creating programs to harness that value and establish a pervasive culture of curiosity, intellectual sharing, and group interaction. Their proprietary methodology includes:

Defining and developing community culture
Identifying and understanding customers/tenants
Assessing the collaboration amongst players within the ecosystem
Developing connections and facilitating networking to improve that level of real collaboration