Announcements

“If you can’t see, how can you learn?” WSB-TV Atlanta anchor Wendy Corona asked her viewers that question during a recent news segment. Corona and WSB-TV were at Hollis Innovation Academy on Nov. 19 when National Vision Inc. and America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses delivered prescription glasses to more than 150 students who needed them. Sponsored […]

Join the Westside Singing Ambassadors for a night of music, drinks, and fellowship! When: Friday, November 29, 2019 What time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Where: 960 Martin Luther King Drive, SW, 30314 RSVP NOW! Tickets are $20 each and event proceeds will benefit the Westside Singing Ambassadors’ fund to purchase instruments and equipment for the […]

At the Nov. 1 Transform Westside Summit, Westside Future Fund (WFF) opened the floor for Summit attendees to provide feedback and hear from one another. “I think of these Summits as the front door to the collective effort,” WFF President and CEO John Ahmann said. “We want to make sure we as the Westside Future […]

Georgia State Senator Nikema Williams, Bishop Lewis and Alma Lott at Vine City Civic Association teamed up to host a Youth Halloween Costume Contest. Every attendee received candy, book bags and prizes, including a bike and a scooter. The event featured amazing food, music and costumes, of course! First appeared on Councilman Antonio Brown’s Facebook […]

Two climbing boulders designed by youth from CHRIS 180 and the Arthur M. Blank Family YMCA Center were delivered to the Cook Park site on Oct. 18. Funding for the installation came from The North Face as part of a collaborative effort with The Trust for Public Land to bring free public climbing boulders to […]

Longtime Vine City resident Rushie Bonner and her husband, Reginald, are the proud parents of five beautiful children, including four daughters and one son. They have been together for 15 years, married for 9 years, and are building a beautiful life for their family on the Westside. However, she worries that the increased development will […]

As part of Believe Atlanta, Westside Future Fund (WFF) and AT&T teamed with Out Teach, an educational organization that builds outdoor gardens that double as learning labs for schools in low-income areas. They also train teachers to use these gardens as part of everyday instruction. On Oct. 16, nearly 100 AT&T employees volunteered at KIPP […]

The Oct. 18 Transform Westside Summit featured a panel discussion on ways to reactivate the Brawley/Alexander business district, the heartbeat of the English Avenue community. Summit attendees heard from a panel of speakers, which included Dorian McDuffie, public art project manager for the City of Atlanta Department of City Planning at the Atlanta City Studio; […]

Local social influence brand Humbl Hustlr held its second Entrepreneurship Workshop & Community Cleanup on Saturday, Sept. 28, with students from Booker T. Washington High School and several Atlanta businessmen banding together to uplift young black men while giving back. “We connected 32 young men from Booker T. Washington High School with 32 local Atlanta […]