Progress from the Collective Effort: Historic Westside Gardens innovates and builds with community
May 22, 2019
Historic Westside Gardens (HWG) is dedicated to give power to individuals in the Westside neighborhoods to grow their own food and strengthen their community. To that end, HWG has two new initiatives this spring. With the introduction of “Community Design Cycle,” a process which involves community members in major organizational decisions, HWG is focused on physical accessibility at the Hope with […]
Community News: YMCA moves to new headquarters on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in Vine City
May 21, 2019
The YMCA has officially left downtown and moved to their new headquarters in the heart of Vine City at 569 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive NW. The HQ is accompanied by a new Leadership and Learning Center that will provide early childhood education, including 90 Head Start seats and nonprofit training and development for the region. The 55,000 sq. ft. center […]
Summit Recap: May 17 with Meals on Wheels Atlanta
May 20, 2019
The May 17, 2019, Transform Westside Summit featured guest speakers from Meals on Wheels Atlanta (MOWA). Jason Tucker, Senior Director of Meal Services, provided an overview of the various services MOWA provides to program recipients across Greater Atlanta, including Atlanta’s Historic Westside. Tucker participated on a panel alongside Andrea Jaron, MOWA Chief Development Officer; Shelby […]
Progress from the Collective Effort: Rodney Cook, Sr. park in Vine City
May 17, 2019
Terraced spectator seating for multi-use sports courts is currently being constructed near the south end of the site. Installation has also begun for the granite curb for the Walnut Street renovation on the east side of the park. Over half of Rodney Cook, Sr. parks’ 800-ft-long steel bridge has been erected over the pond. The park is designed to […]
Progress from the Collective Effort: Rodney Cook, Sr. park in Vine City
May 17, 2019
Terraced spectator seating for multi-use sports courts is currently being constructed near the south end of the site. Installation has also begun for the granite curb for the Walnut Street renovation on the east side of the park. Over half of Rodney Cook, Sr. parks’ 800-ft-long steel bridge has been erected over the pond. The park is designed to […]
Community Voices: Ebony Ford
May 8, 2019
Historic Westside resident Ebony Ford shares about her experience with the Anti-Displacement Tax Fund (ADTF) program in our latest Community Voices series. Continue reading to learn more about what Ford loves about the Westside and how, though the ADTF program, she will be able to call it home for years to come. To sum it up succinctly, living on the […]
Summit Recap: May 3 with CHRIS 180
May 6, 2019
The May 3, 2019 Transform Westside Summit featured guest speakers from CHRIS 180, including CEO Kathy Colbenson and COO Cindy Simpson. Colbenson and Simpson participated in a panel alongside CHRIS 180 team members A.P. Thompson and James Tomlin, discussing CHRIS 180 programs. Also joining the panel were Isaac Simpson, a CHRIS 180 At-Promise Youth and […]
Westside Future Fund Hires Joan Vernon, Former President of the English Avenue Neighborhood Association, As New Director of Neighborhood Engagement
May 1, 2019
ATLANTA (May 1, 2019) – Westside Future Fund (WFF) is pleased to welcome Joan Vernon, a longtime English Avenue resident and community leader, to serve as the organization’s New Director of Neighborhood Engagement, beginning May 6. Vernon will formally resign as president of the English Avenue Neighborhood Association at its next monthly meeting, Saturday, May […]
Community News: Young Westside tennis athletes earn trip to US Open
April 26, 2019
This fall, children from Atlanta’s Historic Westside will travel on a 15-hour bus ride to New York City to attend the US Open, the only Grand Slam® tennis championship held in North America. Part of the United States Tennis Association’s National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) program, the trip exposes Westside youth to all tennis […]
