Stories of Impact

This month Westside Future Fund (WFF) celebrated its first Home on the Westside resident who has lived in a WFF-owned multifamily property becoming a homeowner. Broderick Thompson-Smith first joined Home on the Westside in December 2019, living at WFF’s multifamily property Villas at the Dome. As a devoted father of four, Thompson-Smith wanted to find […]

Westside Future Fund (WFF) is pleased to announce that the Home on the Westside rental property waitlist has reopened for applicants!  Local residents with ties to our Historic Westside community can now apply for a chance to be placed in one of the organization’s high-quality, affordable rental properties. This comes as WFF is set to […]

Westside Future Fund hosted a fireside chat to provide an update on its “Our Next Chapter” capital campaign. Launched officially on August 2, 2023, this campaign is aimed at raising philanthropic funds to support charitable initiatives for the development of land holdings acquired over the past few years. With $55 million in philanthropic support, WFF […]

Colette Haywood’s connection to the Westside is lifelong. Though she grew up in Flint, Michigan she recalls spending summers in Atlanta, as a young girl — taking ballet classes at the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA and attending the opening ceremonies for the Morehouse School of Medicine. She met her partner at Morehouse College, where he was […]

While Atlanta Ballet’s graceful performances have enchanted audiences for decades, there is a lesser-known but equally compelling story unfolding behind the scenes. Their recent endeavors have extended beyond the world of pirouettes and pliés as the Westside-based organization is embracing a new kind of performance – one that’s centered around giving back to the community […]

This month, Westside Future Fund (WFF) launched its $55 million capital campaign Our Next Chapter to support the completion of its quality affordable housing targets by 2028. As Atlanta’s Westside continues to attract attention from local and national developers, there is an urgent need to ensure quality affordable housing options. WFF is a place-based organization […]

Community members and business leaders convened at The Gathering Spot August 18th for the Transform Westside Summit. The program began with a moving devotion from Shade’ Yvonne Jones, CEO of Green is Lyfe and proud chair of NPU-L and liaison for English Avenue and Vine City. Jones spoke about the importance of developing unity between […]

Earlier this month Westside Future Fund celebrated closings for two more homeowners through our signature affordable housing program Home on the Westside. Kristen Folsom has purchased a home in English Avenue. She works in public health and is a Spelman College alumna. Tiffany Tyuse is the second single-family home sale for WFF’s Home on the […]

July was a busy month for the WFF Volunteer Corps! Dozens of volunteers rallied together in our collective effort to revitalize our community and clean up entire blocks within English Avenue. We welcomed groups from Chick-fil-A and FirstKey Homes, as well as community members actively engaged in the transformation of the historic Westside.  Over a […]