Historic Westside News

Westside Trail Construction

April 29, 2017April 29, 2017 adminAtlanta, Atlanta Beltline, Community, neighborhood, Westside Trail0 comment

By John Becker, Communications Coordinator, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership Later this year, something very special will happen on Atlanta’s Westside: the Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail will open to the public. Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. began construction of the Westside Trail in the Fall of 2014. This new trail is the next phase of shared-use trails, greenspaces, and preservation for the future streetcar transit corridor on the 22-mile loop of the Atlanta BeltLine. When complete, the new segment will be a 3-mile bicycle and pedestrian-safe transportation corridor – running from Washington Park and…

Business & Finance

Home Owner Empowerment Workshops

March 16, 2017April 29, 2017 adminAtlanta BeltLine Partnership, home ownership0 comment

By John Becker, Communications Coordinator, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership In the Fall of 2016, the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership and HomePlace Consulting teamed up to provide a series of free homeowner empowerment workshops. The workshops were designed to make sure existing homeowners in Atlanta BeltLine neighborhoods are equipped to take advantage of available resources to stay in their homes, or knowledgeably evaluate opportunities if they are considering selling. Led by home ownership consultant Tia McCoy, the FREE 2-hour community workshops provide information on: · Resources available to help homeowners stay in their…

Culture Education

Celebrate Black History Month with the Atlanta Branch of ASALH

March 16, 2017April 29, 2017 adminAfrican American Life and History, arts& entertainment, Auburn Avenue Research Library, Black history, Carter G. Woodson, Culture, Education, Georgia Public Broadcasting, The Crisis in Black Education0 comment

Dr. R. Candy Tate is Historian for the Atlanta Branch of ASALH, an Adjunct Professor at Clark Atlanta University in the Art & Fashion Department, and Assistant Director for the Center for Creativity & Arts at Emory University. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) was founded on September 9, 1915 by Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, an African American historian, journalist, and author who is often referred to as the “father of black history.” The organization’s mission is to “promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate…

Celebrating African American History; Vine City’s Historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church

March 13, 2017April 29, 2017 adminCivil Rights Movement, Community, Culture, Dr. Martin Luther King, Historic West Hunter Baptist Street Church, history, Hosea Williams, Jr, landmark, National Parks Service, Ralph D. Abernathy III, Rev. A. Franklin Fisher, Rev. Martin Luther King Sr, Rev. Ralph David Abernathy Sr, Southern Christian Leadership Conference0 comment

In December 2014, the late Honorable Ralph D. Abernathy III spoke to congress on behalf of his foundations and the Vine City community and stakeholders desire for the preservation of the Historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church. On December 19, 2014, Congress passed Public Law 113-29, setting in motion a study. The Vine City NPU-L Historic Westside News featured an article on these efforts in a 2008 edition of the paper. Now nearly ten years later with the exemplary leadership of our brother Ralph D. Abernathy III foundation and his…

Community

Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. and the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership: Working Together to Deliver the Atlanta BeltLine Vision

March 4, 2017April 29, 2017 adminAdair Park, Atlanta Beltline, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, Community, neighborhood, Washington Park, Westside Trail0 comment

By John Becker, Communications Coordinator, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership The Atlanta BeltLine is the most comprehensive transportation and economic development effort ever undertaken in Atlanta. It is among the largest, most wide-ranging urban redevelopment projects currently underway in the United States. The project will ultimately connect 45 intown neighborhoods via a 22-mile loop of multi-use trails, light rail transit, and parks using railroad corridors that formerly encircled Atlanta. The newest section of the Atlanta BeltLine – the Westside Trail which will run between Washington Park and Lena Ave. to the north…

New Community Center for English Avenue

March 1, 2017April 29, 2017 admin0 comment

Author: Jesse Phillips Author bio: Jesse is a resident of English Avenue, member of EANA and owner of NeuYear.net. English Avenue is peppered with vacant and abandoned buildings; dozens of houses, corner stores and even some civic buildings stare blankly, slowly decaying. From St. Mark’s church to the majestic English Avenue school. But at the heart of the neighborhood, one vacant building is about to get renovated and re-purposed: the old Headstart building at 740 Kennedy Blvd (Cameron M. Alexander Blvd). I’ve heard several proposals for this building…

Politics

Mayor Kasim Reed and Atlanta University Center Celebrate 35 New Security Cameras on Campus

February 15, 2017February 15, 2017 adminAtlanta University Center, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse, Politics, Public Safety, Security Cameras, Spelman0 comment

ATLANTA – Mayor Kasim Reed announced today that the City of Atlanta and the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Consortium Council of Presidents invested more than $700,000 to strategically install 35 security cameras and license plate readers throughout the Atlanta University Center campus community. Mayor Reed joined University Community Development Corporation Interim Executive Director Rita Gibson, Morehouse College President Dr. John Wilson Jr., Atlanta Police Department Chief Erika Shields, Atlanta Police Foundation President and CEO Dave Wilkinson and Atlanta City Councilmember Cleta Winslow for an event celebrating the new cameras. “Public…

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Operation Hope: No-Cost Credit and Money Management Counseling

February 14, 2017 admin0 comment

Through collaborations with financial partners, Operation HOPE, a global financial dignity and economic empowerment nonprofit headquartered in Atlanta, offers resources and education on credit and money management to the metro Atlanta community through no-cost workshops and one-on-one credit counseling services. Meghan Cook, a financial wellbeing coach with Operation HOPE, has provided programming through the Westside Resource Center (WRC) since July 2016; serving 40 people from the Westside community to date, with many continuing with one-on-one credit counseling after the initial workshop. Interest in the workshops and credit counseling is steadily…

Culture

Let’s Celebrate Black History All Year!

February 14, 2017February 3, 2021 adminBlack history, Black History Month, Culture, history0 comment

Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month in America, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February, and the United Kingdom in October. The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week…

Health & Wellness

Appreciating the Present Moment

February 14, 2017February 14, 2017 admin0 comment

Dr. Jessica is an Applied Psychologist, Organizational Development Professional, Program Evaluator and Author. Do you find yourself regularly focusing on the past, wishing you didn’t make certain decisions or wishing things turned out differently from what you anticipated? Or, do you find yourself spending a lot of time thinking about future goals and not celebrating small accomplishments? I have been guilty of both; spending too much time in the past and future with little focus on the present, especially under stress. Nonetheless, many successful leaders have discovered the importance of celebrating and harnessing the power of the present moment. When we take time to celebrate the present…