Historic Westside News

Developing the Beloved Community from Within Legacy Keepers

July 20, 2017 adminAfrican American community, Atlanta, Belovedn community, Community, Historic Westside, Historic Westside News, Legacy0 comment

By Makeda Johnson, Managing Editor Hagar Civilization Missionary Community Development Corporation Historic Westside News wishes to honor the Legacy Keepers. Residents and stakeholders whom are actively focused on building The Beloved Community from within. It is our desire to highlight these community champions and their efforts and share stories of the many assets that are within our residents, stakeholders and community organizations whose dedication has empowered them to make a way out of no way, often with limited resources they serve and empower their neighbors. Among them is…

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…

Ashview Heights Castleberry Hills Community Community Organizations English Avenue Uncategorized Vine City Washington Park

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.…

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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…

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…

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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…

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…

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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…

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Ashview Heights Community Call to Action

January 31, 2017February 14, 2017 adminCommunity, Community Association, neighborhood0 comment

What would you like to see for Ashview Heights in 2017? Kids playing in the front yard, adults hanging out on the front porches and dogs running freely in their own park…… ALL of that is possible in Ashview Heights when there’s a sense of community. It starts with a simple “Hello” as you pass by or an invitation to a neighbor to walk along with you or a stop to chat or becoming a member of the Ashview Heights Community Association and by attend our monthly meetings. Membership is…