But a recently discovered article written by David Pendered of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, dated May 23, 2005 (included below) may hold new clues to help explain the timing of the information reported by Dun and Bradstreet and Hoover’s. In Pendered’s 2005 interview of Jerrold Miller and W. Bruce Gallman, they shared an interesting detail about important changes being made to Miller-Gallman Developers at the time:
“Miller-Gallman Developers is poised to add a consulting arm. The aim is to advise other residential developers about the potential for adapting and reusing the innumerable old buildings that flank the Beltline and dot the inner city”
-Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 23, 2005
This raises an interesting question. Who better to provide that additional talent than
someone with a graduate degree in historic preservation, well over a decade of experience in the historic preservation scene around the State of Georgia and in the City of Atlanta and whose full-time effort for the years leading up to 2005 had been a total emersion into the local politics of historical neighborhood revitalization - all while serving as one of the Beltline’s most visible cheerleaders? Of course, one name had to have come to mind instantly for both Miller and Gallman - Kit Sutherland.
Both had known her for years – and well enough that they apparently felt comfortable enough with her to make her the only person they appointed to the Glen Iris Lofts Board of Directors before it was turned over to homeowners.
It's also important to note that both Miller and Gallman had to at least be aware of – if not very grateful for – the fact that under the Sutherlands' watch, Glen Iris Lofts gained the notable distinction of becoming the first and only development completed by Miller-Gallman that didn’t eventually create legal headaches for the pair over alleged construction deficiencies.
Of course, the timing of Miller-Gallman’s decision to add a consulting arm to their company to provide historic preservation consulting services at the same time that historic preservationist Kit Sutherland’s name first appears on their company's credit report could be merely coincidental. But it's also very possible that it isn't. Consider that Kit Sutherland has never – not even once – denied having an affiliation with Miller-Gallman Developers, despite the hue and cry for her to do so.
One has to wonder how many more details of this story will surface, and whether Kit Sutherland will eventually speak voluntarily on the issue, or if she will be compelled to under oath.
someone with a graduate degree in historic preservation, well over a decade of experience in the historic preservation scene around the State of Georgia and in the City of Atlanta and whose full-time effort for the years leading up to 2005 had been a total emersion into the local politics of historical neighborhood revitalization - all while serving as one of the Beltline’s most visible cheerleaders? Of course, one name had to have come to mind instantly for both Miller and Gallman - Kit Sutherland.
Both had known her for years – and well enough that they apparently felt comfortable enough with her to make her the only person they appointed to the Glen Iris Lofts Board of Directors before it was turned over to homeowners.
It's also important to note that both Miller and Gallman had to at least be aware of – if not very grateful for – the fact that under the Sutherlands' watch, Glen Iris Lofts gained the notable distinction of becoming the first and only development completed by Miller-Gallman that didn’t eventually create legal headaches for the pair over alleged construction deficiencies.
Of course, the timing of Miller-Gallman’s decision to add a consulting arm to their company to provide historic preservation consulting services at the same time that historic preservationist Kit Sutherland’s name first appears on their company's credit report could be merely coincidental. But it's also very possible that it isn't. Consider that Kit Sutherland has never – not even once – denied having an affiliation with Miller-Gallman Developers, despite the hue and cry for her to do so.
One has to wonder how many more details of this story will surface, and whether Kit Sutherland will eventually speak voluntarily on the issue, or if she will be compelled to under oath.
my personal opinion is that kit is guilty of *something*. Otherwise she would have done the easy thing and put it behind her by simply denying it. She got 'lawyered up' instead. Guilty.
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