Announcements

Meet Rachel Sprecher, executive director of partnerships and development for Atlanta Public Schools (APS) and a frequent Transform Westside Summit attendee! We’re shining our Summit spotlight on Rachel this week to hear more about her role on the Westside, why she keeps coming back to the Summits, the importance of education in sustainable community development […]

Since opening its doors in the fall of 2016, M.R. Hollis Innovation Academy has been a wonder to many. The pre-K through 8th-grade, STEM-based school has year after year defied the odds, making significant strides in educational achievement and doing so while creating a supportive, engaging and enriching environment for its students. As a pillar of Westside […]

Check out news and events from our Westside partners and friends!   NEWS: At Mercedes-Benz Stadium, West Nest provides a training ground for Westside Works students and grads (Atlanta Magazine) NEWS: Atlanta teacher wins Super Bowl ticket for social justice work (AJC) NEWS: Old neighborhoods around Mercedes-Benz Stadium remain work in progress (AJC) NEWS: Atlanta Habitat President/CEO Lisa Y. […]

Meet Vine City’s Linda Adams. For more than 20 years, the Historic Westside has been lucky enough to call Ms. Adams a resident – or better yet a neighbor. In fact, there may not be a better example of a good neighbor than Ms. Adams. Her love and compassion for her community and the people […]

Westside Future Fund (WFF) kicked off the new year with high energy and familiar faces at its first Transform Westside Summit of 2019! WFF welcomed back prominent members of the Westside community for a reintroduction of the “Atlanta Community Engagement Playbook.” The playbook was birthed in 2017 out of the need to effectively engage the […]

AT&T, re:imagine/ATL and the Atlanta Police Foundation’s At-Promise Center have launched the Westside Storytelling Competition, an intensive creative industry program focused on highlighting aspiring young creators from Atlanta’s Historic Westside. The Westside Storytelling Competition will capture the stories of Atlanta’s Westside by teaching participating youth film and digital entertainments skills, encouraging them to share their […]

As we prepare to close what has been a momentous 2018, check out some of our most-read stories of the year! Happy reading, and here’s to lots more great news in 2019! Want to make sure you don’t miss a moment of news and happenings on the Westside? Click here to sign-up for our bi-weekly […]

Check out news and events from our Westside partners and friends!   NEWS: Happy Holidays from Hollis Innovation Academy! Click here to check out a special holiday thank you video from Westside’s Hollis Innovation Academy!  NEWS: Historic Westside News – Dec/Jan issue NEWS: Spelman College receives largest gift, $30 million, from living donors (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) NEWS: […]

Westside Future Fund (WFF) hosted its final Transform Westside Summit of 2018 on December 7, welcoming the YMCA of Metro Atlanta as its featured presenter. With just a few months to go before the Y’s much-anticipated, multi-million-dollar expansion to the Westside, Summit-goers listened intently to the organization’s president and CEO, Ed Munster, and its vice president […]