Historic Westside News

Voices From the Community

July 18, 2017 admin0 comment

Click the above link to view Community Resilience Video highlighted at the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute ( ACER ) Understanding Resilience in Undeserved Communities 2017 annual conference. The presentation received standing ovations for the presentation of a community driven transformational model. It was indeed an honor to have our project selected by the academic community. Thank you Dr. Yomi , Mother Moore, Lynn Young, Monica Robinson and our dynamic Project ENACT Team , Rev. Johnson, Jessie Wiles and Frank Fernandez for your confidence and encouragement, and support of Project ENACT, AHA…

May 4, 2017 adminashview heights, Atlanta, Community, community organization, Culture, Education0 comment

Dr. Yomi Noibi Lynn Young Environmental Community Action ECO-Action visionary leadership has empowered the community-driven development in the Historic Westside English Avenue and Vine City communities. Their community-driven development approach embraced the assets within community and increased the community capacity to define their issues and to design and implement corrective solutions. Abstract of the Healthy Homes and Resident Retention study has been selected for inclusion in the Atlanta Clinical Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) annual conference “Understanding Resilience in Underserved Communities: From Research to Reality” on April 27th and 28th.…

Atlanta is 100th City Worldwide to Actively Study Resilience

April 29, 2017 adminAtlanta, Atlanta Uffice of Sustainability, Community, Mayor Kasim Reed, Rockefeller Foundation, Sustainability0 comment

Resilience isn’t exactly a household term. The word itself is malleable, and tends to be used as a catch-all term—physical resilience, mental resilience, workplace resilience. The City of Atlanta, along with The Rockefeller Foundation, thinks it applies perfectly to cities. Atlanta was selected, along with 99 other cities, to participate in the 100 Resilient Cities initiative. Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation, 100 Resilient Cities is a three-phase process to help identify areas of strife—chosen by citizens themselves—and develop a Resilience Strategy to proactively address those issues. So what is resilience,…

Community English Avenue

How to Build a Park

April 29, 2017 adminAtlanta, Community, English Avenue, neighborhood, West Side0 comment

How to Build a Park Author: Jesse Phillips Author bio: Jesse is a resident of English Avenue, member of EANA and owner of NeuYear.net. Parks and greenspaces are a wonderful addition to any neighborhood, as they give neighbors a public place to play, gather, relax and enjoy nature. The Westside could use more beautiful public spaces; but, where do parks come from? How do they get built? I spoke with Stephen Causby of New Life Covenant Church who has been working on building the Mother Mattie Freeland Park in…

Culture

This is a love story.

April 29, 2017 adminCulture, family, literature, love, relationships0 comment

By Eva Dickerson, a student majoring in International Studies and Economics at Spelman College. Eva is also a student organizer, leader and community activist. The first part starts 20 years ago on a Friday. A baby is born screaming, with her eyes open. Since that day, my mom has never stopped telling me: “the nurse laughed, she said you looked like a little old lady. ‘Her eyes are wide! She’s been here before.’” The second part starts with you. I’ve learned that believing in someone, is to trust them enough…

Ashview Heights Spring Fling

April 29, 2017 admin0 comment

Ashview Heights Spring Fling – April 29, 2017 from 12pm to 4pm The event you do not want to miss! Ashview Heights is having its first annual Spring Fling at Dean Rusk Park April 29, 2017. There will be activities and useful information for all ages. Please bring as many youth from the neighborhood with you as possible! The Atlanta Fire Department will have a cool fire engine truck on site for kids to not only see but tour. The Boys Scouts of America will be forming a pack in…

Community

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…