Aspire Construction & Design

10/21/2025

Today we hosted in collaboration with .1 a class of 20+ students on their journey to becoming licensed general contractors. Mentorship. Exposure. We aspire to inspire.

03/18/2025

Square footage is never a limitation on the personality of a space. Here are a few creative ways that we made a 300 SF space feel and operate much larger than it actually is.

10/29/2024

A timely article on the state of labor in the construction industry as reported by Bloomberg News.

Aspire Construction & Design principal and founder, Amber Lawson is quoted and provides her thoughts on the situation.

"The election is drawing near just as communities across the Southeast are starting tthe storms made landfall in the past month. Amber Lawson, principal at Georgia-based Aspire Construction & Design, said many of her firm’s subcontractors like roofers and carpenters are being reshuffled to help with reconstruction. That shortage of labor and materials might force her to delay the start of a separate apartment complex outside Atlanta, she said. “I am looking to see effects of labor shortages over the next month or two,” Lawson said. “It’s really just making a tight market already much much tighter.”

10/11/2024

Good news and better news! Aspire Construction & Design is a Top 10 honoree on the CO - 100, a list recognizing 100 top small businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce!

Even better we were named the #1 Micro-Business in the U.S.

None of this is possible without THE TEAM. Kambria Williams and Ayana Lawson are the fire 🔥 in the engine that keep this train on the tracks.

09/17/2024

05/22/2024

ZONING regulations in Atlanta are being rewritten as we speak. How many gas stations are in your neighborhood? Are tiny houses permissible in your backyard? What's going to be built on the vacant lot on your block? Zoning regulations determine ALL of that and more.

This past Monday the City of Atlanta presented the first look at the zoning changes scheduled for implementation Jan. 2025. Yes, you heard that right - in 6 months the changes will start rolling out.

Key Take Aways:
- Major changes to gas station development and where they're allowed to operate
- Major changes to self-storage facilities. As currently proposed, they now must be part of a mixed use development where the commercial and residential square footage must equal the amount allocated for storage
- Major changes for how guest houses, accessory dwelling units and tiny homes are defined and regulated

This is just a sampling of the changes that will shape how the city transforms over the next 50 years. As a real estate development firm the Aspire Construction & Design team was in the room to be a part of the conversation, claim a seat at the table and to be sure that the voice of the small scale developer is heard.

The next session for a review and feedback session on the changes will be July 9. More details at www.atlzoning.com. Stay informed.

07/25/2023

PAACT: Promise All Atlanta Children Thrive is providing $75,000 grants funded by the City of Atlanta Government in pursuance of Andre Dickens' Year of the Youth to childcare providers to repair, renovate and/or improve their facilities. $5,000,000 is available. Deadline to apply: July 28, 2023. Don't sleep on this opportunity!

Aspire Construction & Design will be supporting this groundbreaking grant program and providing and services to grant recipients.

Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
PAACT - Promise All Atlanta Children Thrive
Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students (GEEARS)

PAACT: Promise All Atlanta Children Thrive is encouraging Atlanta’s childcare providers to apply for grants that will allow them to repair, renovate, or otherwise improve their facilities as part of the City of Atlanta’s . . .

07/15/2023

25-year-old Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, called 911 around 9:34 p.m. local time on Thursday, according to a Facebook post from the Police Department.

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05/14/2023

The construction industry is highly competitive, and Black women are severely underrepresented in it. These companies are working on shifting those numbers.

05/14/2023

We are unapologetically woman led, women run and black owned. Thank you for the feature Madame Noire.

The construction industry is highly competitive, and Black women are severely underrepresented in it. These companies are working on shifting those numbers.