OUR STORY
THE STORY OF THE BOOTH
June
2017
discussions began to branch out on their own
Jan
2018
began working in Midtown Atlanta
Oct
2018
hired first employee
May
2019
moved to our own office space
in
Downtown
Atlanta
Started working in the Healey Building.
By this time, we are a
staff of 6
The Fairlie-Poplar
Neighbor-hood
in Atlanta
New
Office
in the heart of downtown Atlanta
Sept
2019
Open House to welcome clients and friends to our new office
2019
Company Outings -
up to a staff of 9
August 2020
MMP
voted Best Places to Work by Employees
March 2021 we launched the Modern Mobility Podcast
April
2021
First MMP Outing after COVID
required us to work from home.
We won the
Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) Atlanta 2021 Diversity Leadership Award
In 2021 we hired 10 new employees and 2 interns in 2022. We are now a staff of 25 and growing!
In 2022, Modern Mobility Partners turned 4! We are so excited to see where the next years take us!
We had a fun team-building event for employees at Truist Park in June 2022...and the Braves won!
In 2023,
we celebrated with drinks at New Realm on the Beltline and took new company photos!
In 2023,
Modern Mobility Partners turned 5!
In 2017 Jennifer Zhan and Keli Kemp, who had worked together in their previous positions for over 6 years, and collaborated on several projects, began discussing branching out on their own. During the brain-storming portion of their new venture, meetings often took place in various coffee shops and restaurant booths around Atlanta and detailed plans, and a leap of faith were made for a launch the following year.
When they secured their first office space in 2018, it was a co-working space in Midtown Atlanta which had similar booths in the open collaborative style. As staff expanded, they quickly outgrew the shared space in Midtown and moved to our current office space in Downtown Atlanta. The tradition of the restaurant booth continues in the current office. Employees often use it for lunch or a quick meeting.
KELI AND JENNIFER
Keli and Jennnifer were interviewed by the Midtown Alliance in 2018 about their new venture.
Keli &
Jen
MOVING TO OUR NEW OFFICE
We quickly outgrew the shared space in midtown and began searching for the perfect office with our own dedicated space. Our only employee at the time, was asked what was important to him in an office location. The answer was proximity to MARTA, and great nearby restaurants. Shortly after we were a staff of 6, and the move downtown occurred in the spring of 2019.
The Healey Building checked all the boxes our staff was looking for, and more! It is one of the oldest buildings in Atlanta, constructed between 1913-1914 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977. It is in the Fairlie-Poplar Neighborhood which is a popular location for filming movies and TV shows due to its rare architectural styles and location. In 2019 both "Respect" a biopic about Aretha Franklin starring Jennifer Hudson, and "Lovecraft Country" a series on HBO, in which the streets were transformed to scenes from the 1950s, were filmed both inside and outside our building. In the summer of 2021, Shazam 2 began filming on nearby streets downtown.
THE HEALEY BUILDING
CIRCA 1959
THE FILMING OF "LOVECRAFT COUNTRY"
DIRECTLY OUTSIDE OUR OFFICE
THE HEALEY BUILDING VIEW
FROM BROAD STREET
CIRCA 2019
THE VIBE
The neighborhood is part of the Georgia State University city campus, home to students, residents and businesses. There are frequent events in nearby Woodruff Park, as well as food trucks and live music during the warmer months. Our employees enjoy easy access to two MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) stations, and also have the options of walking, biking, taking an e-scooter or driving to work. The surrounding streets in this area boast a wide variety of fabulous restaurants including several authentic ethnic cuisines.
OUR NEW SPACE
COMPANY OUTING TO RPB
AFTER SOME BIG WINS
You need a secret code to enter into the
phone booth get in!
ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION'S
STATE OF THE REGION BREAKFAST 2019
MMP HOLIDAY PARTY
ATLANTA, 2019
WINNER OF BEST PLACES TO WORK ATLANTA
IN THE SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORY
WINNER OF 2020 EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR
BY WTS ATLANTA CHAPTER
THE CURRENT BOOTH IN OUR OFFICE
THE FILMING OF "SHAZAM 2"
ON STREETS NEAR OUR OFFICE
JULY 2021
ANOTHER STAR
SIGHTING ON THE
WAY TO WORK
MOVING DAY
Our entire office fit on one cart!
YOU CAN WALK, BIKE, SCOOTER, TAKE MARTA OR DRIVE TO OUR OFFICE
SELECTED AS ONE OF 2021'S BEST PODCASTS FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BY WELP MAGAZINE!
KIRSTEN, JEN, KELI, AND JING PICTURED.
OUR TEAM!
THIS VIDEO SHOWCASES OUR GROWTH OVER THE YEARS!