Stories of Impact

Community members and business leaders attended the April 21 Transform Westside Summit to learn about the economic opportunities coming to the area by way of a 40-story hotel going up on the Georgia World Congress Center campus. As always, the morning opened with connection and community building, where members of the audience shared resources they […]

Revitalizing our community is a team effort, one that relies heavily on the support of our many incredible volunteers. To thank them for their hard work and dedication, we shine a light on people who actively support our mission.  This month, we’re spotlighting Bianca Eze, a volunteer for WFF Volunteer Corps since nearly the beginning. […]

Westside Future Fund (WFF) is dedicated to providing essential services to the historic Westside neighborhoods, but like any organization, it faces a unique set of challenges. One of the biggest has been balancing the need for community services with limited organizational staff resources. Although WFF utilizes Salesforce CRM technology to manage program applicant data and […]

This National Volunteer Month has been jam-packed with opportunities to get involved with Westside Future Fund (WFF) and our mission to revitalize and transform the historic Westside neighborhoods into a community Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be proud to call home. The organization has been honored to receive an outpouring of support from local […]

The Atlanta Police Foundation (APF), Atlanta Police Department (APD) and Westside Future Fund (WFF) are celebrating a key milestone in their Westside Blue program partnership – the delivery of a brand-new squad car dedicated to community policing on the Westside. When the Westside Blue program kicked off nearly two years ago, WFF provided funding for […]

Hundreds of community members gathered at Rodney Cook Sr. Peace Park in historic Vine City on April 1 for World Peace Revival’s unveiling of the “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The statue is named in honor of his final speech the night before his assassination.  The historic moment […]

In the coming weeks, Westside Future Fund’s (WFF) Home on the Westside program is set to complete two multi-family development projects in the historic English Avenue neighborhood. Located just a few blocks apart at 356 James P. Brawley Drive and 400 Paines Avenue, the two high-quality, affordable housing developments will provide 14 new residential units […]

To honor Women’s History Month, community members and business leaders came together for a women-led panel and discussion about youth anti-violence at the Westside Future Fund (WFF) Transform Westside Summit on Friday, March 17. John Ahmann, Westside Future Fund president and CEO, invited new members of the crowd to introduce themselves, and Kanesha “KaCey” Venning, […]

In honor of Women’s History Month, we are honoring key women leaders from our community, both past and present, including many of our very own hard-working board members. “I am incredibly grateful for the many visionary women civic and business leaders who form our Board,” said John Ahmann, president and CEO of Westside Future Fund. […]