Announcements

Atlanta’s historic Westside was already experiencing early signs of gentrification when Shauna Moore moved to Vine City from California in 2006. “I was one of the first residents on my block during the redevelopment of my neighborhood almost 13 years ago,” Moore explains. On the one hand, seeing new development and an evolving neighborhood was […]

One year after The Race’s inaugural season, Race Director Temilola Sobomehin Marshall—or Tes for short—is reflecting on the events’ success in lifting up Atlanta’s Historic Westside neighborhoods and black members of the running community. The Race was a 5K and half-marathon event where participants ran through Atlanta’s Historic Westside neighborhoods, including Ashview Heights and Atlanta […]

The April 19, 2019 Transform Westside Summit featured guest speaker Carol Hunter, Executive Director for Truly Living Well (TLW) Center for Natural Urban Agriculture. TLW has two urban farm locations, including Collegetown Farm in the Ashview Heights neighborhood. A Westside Future Fund (WFF) impact partner, TLW supports WFF’s community health and wellness and cradle-to-career education […]

Announced last year by Atlanta City Council, Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park will open in 2019. Over 12 years ago, Atlanta police officers acting on a no-knock warrant fatally gunned down Mrs. Johnston, a 92-year-old grandmother; this park is dedicated in her honor. This “Park with Purpose” is imagined and created with many community partners including The Conservation Fund, Park Pride, and the City of Atlanta. […]

As of April 15, 200 feet of the project’s bridge has been installed, pictured below. Also pictured below is a view looking East at the future multi-use sports courts along Thurmond; retaining walls and terraced bleachers are visibly under construction. Cook Park is designed to seamlessly integrate functional engineering features within a programmed park space while providing park amenities to visitors of […]

The power of a good book is not lost on any avid reader. But what about young kids who don’t have access to or haven’t been introduced to a good book? How will they find out how meaningful reading can be to their lives? Westside Future Fund (WFF) is hoping it has found an answer […]

Students from Hollis Innovation Academy in Atlanta’s historic Westside will have the opportunity to see themselves as real artists when their artwork is put on display in the Creativity Cove exhibit room at the Children’s Museum of Atlanta (CMA) on April 17. The Young Artists at Hollis Academy exhibit is part of the museum’s Connected […]

The April 5, 2019 Transform Westside Summit featured a special Q&A with Atlanta City Council District 3 candidates Byron Amos and Antonio Brown ahead of the April 16 run-off election. Atlanta Business League President and CEO, Leona Barr-Davenport, served as moderator. The candidates answered questions from the moderator based on the Historic Westside Platform, a […]

Westside Future Fund (WFF) just completed the first full cycle of its innovative Anti- Displacement Tax Fund (ADTF) program with its first payments being made on Sept. 21. More than 93 homeowners have been approved for the ADTF program this year. The ADTF program was put in place to prevent the displacement of legacy homeowners in the […]