Check out news and announcements from our Westside partners and friends.

 

NEWS: On the Rise Financial Capability Center Opens on the Westside

• Atlanta’s Westside lands new ‘financial capability center’ (Atlanta Business Chronicle)

EVENT: Ashview Heights Community Association Spring Fling – Saturday, April 29 

NEWS: Atlanta Beltine’s Westside Trail is Beginning to look real (Curbed)

OPPORTUNITY: Data Collectors Needed (Paid position) – Ashview Heights Resident Survey

NEWS: Westside Future Fund Launches Anti-Displacement Tax Fund

• “Closer Look” interview with WFF Executive Director John Ahmann  (WABE)
• Atlanta to raise millions to help Westside residents stay in homes (AJC)
• Mayor Reed announces new housing initiative for Westside residents (The Atlanta Voice)

EVENT: Earth Day on English Avenue: Community Clean Up and 5K – Saturday, April 22

EVENT: Vine City and English Avenue Earth Day Festival – Saturday, April 22

NEWS: Atlanta’s new NFL stadium is raising the bar for everybody else (Huffington Post)

NEWS: Mattie Freeland Community House Opens in English Avenue

NEWS: Work to begin in May on $45 million Rodney Cook Sr. Park on Atlanta’s Westside (Atlanta Business Chronicle)

EVENT: Alternatives to Gentrification: Building the Beloved Community in the Westside – May 20