Announcements

Watch as Vine City resident and military veteran David Amadu shares his experience with the Westside Future Fund’s Anti-Discrimination Tax Fund (ADTF) program.

The late Councilman Ivory Young, Jr. will be honored with a ceremonial tree planting at the upcoming 2019 Vine City English Avenue Earth Day Festival Saturday, April 20, 2019. The festival is hosted by the Sustainability Community Development Initiative for Underserved Urban City Communities, created by the National Black and Latino Council USA. The initiative launched […]

Spring means that our local farmers are hard at work preparing for first harvest. Located at Collegetown Center, Truly Living Well Center for Natural Agriculture (TLW) is committed to bringing good food, good health and well-being to Atlanta’s urban community. TLW grows communities by connecting people with the land through education, training and demonstration of economic […]

By Westside Future Fund President & CEO John Ahmann for Historic Westside Thought Leadership on SaportaReport Last week, WFF celebrated three big wins: a milestone $5M gift from the SunTrust Foundation, Invest Atlanta’s award of 4 multi-family properties to WFF, and the extraordinary success of the Beloved Benefit fundraiser, which raised more than $5M for Westside […]

Watch as Westside legacy resident Makeda Johnson shares her experience with the Westside Future Fund’s Anti-Discrimination Tax Fund (ADTF) program

Westside Future Fund (WFF) , and Believe AtlantaSM, an Atlanta-based AT&T volunteer program, brought together approximately 500 AT&T employees to share their time and talents to bring major improvements at Truly Living Well (TLW) Collegetown Center for Natural Urban Architecture, which will help bring the urban farm in compliance with American Disability Act (ADA) standards […]

Westside Future Fund’s Day of Service took place at Jet Street Garden in the English Avenue community. Westside Future Fund Volunteers constructed benches, mulched walking paths and built garden boxes. These important updates will provide visiting English Avenue residents with a beautiful green space where they can rest and relax. “Community health and wellness is […]

ATLANTA, March 18, 2019 — The SunTrust Foundation announced today it awarded a $5 million grant to the Westside Future Fund (WFF), the single largest gift in the foundation’s history. The grant will positively impact Atlanta’s historic Westside neighborhoods, whose footprint once housed more than 40,000 residents by supporting mixed-income housing and economic development. This […]

The March 15 Summit provided attendees with a progress update from Westside Works partners who shared insights on how their unique collaboration is connecting Westside residents with job opportunities. The presentation was part of a continuing series to highlight some of the Westside-based community partners who are beneficiaries of the Beloved Benefit, which took place […]