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. Gordon honored by Atlanta Business Chronicle

NEWS: ATL City Council Proposes Independent Office of Compliance; Economic Impact for Super Bowl 53; On the Rise Financial Center (WABE)

NEWS: Westside Future Fund and Habitat help single mother (Fox5)

NEWS: Atlanta Super Bowl Committee improves park on Westside (Fox5)

NEWS: Highlights from Hollis Innovation Academy

• Leadership Atlanta visits for annual Education Day 
• PwC volunteers teach Hollis middle-schoolers about “Balancing the Bottom Lines” 

NEWS: AT&T Donates to Westside Storytelling Competition (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

NEWS: On Campus: Super studies, new leaders and changes at the AUC (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

NEWS: Atlanta’s westside neighborhoods in the shadows of Super Bowl 53 (NBC News)

NEWS: 11Alive’s Official Partnership with the Atlanta Super Bowl Host Committee for the Legacy 53 Foundation and Westside Future Fund (NBC News)

NEWS: AT&T, re:imagine/ATL and the At-Promise Center Announce the Westside Storytelling Competition

NEWS: New murals near Super Bowl venue highlight Atlanta’s civil rights legacy (NBC News)

NEWS: Inclusiv and Clark Atlanta University Announce New Partnership

NEWS: Westside legacy resident and Washington H.S. alum Lyric McGhee  “Defying the Odds” (Goodwill of North Georgia)

NEWS: Historic Westside News – Dec/Jan issue

NEWS: Spelman College receives largest gift, $30 million, from living donors (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

NEWS: WSB-TV Coverage of 603 James P. Brawley Move-In (WSB-TV)

NEWS: “$6M deal will preserve affordable housing on Westside” (Atlanta Business Chronicle)

Additional Coverage: “Affordable housing win for the Westside” (11 Alive)

NEWS: How Atlanta Is Turning Ex-Cons Into Urban Farmers (Politico)

NEWS: “Housing Forum Celebrates 30 Years” (Saporta Report)

NEWS: “Atlanta Habitat hoping new model will lead to ‘tipping point’ on the Westside” (Atlanta Business Chronicle)

NEWS: “Atlanta to gain 30 murals ahead of Super Bowl LIII” (CBS 46/WGCL)

NEWS: “$52M Morehouse School of Medicine mixed-use build breaks ground on the Westside” (Curbed)

NEWS: “An Analysis: Scholars Landing helps save Atlanta’s $30 million Choice grant” (Saporta Report)

 

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