Historic Westside News

Historic Westside News Call for Submissions

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 adminAtlanta, Community, community organization, Culture, Historic Westside, Historic Westside News, history, neighborhood, News, Vine City, Washington Park, West End0 comment

Historic Westside News The “Total Submission” checklist New skills for our writers and editors! Historic Westside News (HWN) covers news and events to ensure the connectivity of Atlanta’s westside communities and create a space for uncensored community voices. We focus on bringing the news to the community online daily and publish a print version bi-monthly. HWN is delivered door to door and available in many newsstands in the area or online. Are you interested in writing for us? Email Us Your Submission! The 8-point checklist: Write story (may supply suggested…

Business & Finance Community Vine City

CEOs Come Together to Show Commitment to Westside

February 22, 2018 Colette HaywoodAtlanta, Chic -Fil- A, Community, Historic Westside, Vine City0 comment

On Wednesday, January 17, a group of nearly 30 CEOs and civic leaders came together on Atlanta’s Westside to discuss how they can help restore and uplift the historic community. The setting? Chick-fil-A’s new restaurant on the corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard in Vine City. As Chick-fil-A’s first Westside location, the structure signals both a continued revitalization of the corridor as well as an outward expression of Chick-fil-A’s ongoing commitment to the children and families in the surrounding neighborhoods. Chick-fil-A at Vine City has already provided 90 jobs, with 70 percent of those going…

Invest Atlanta Westside Housing Fair Saturday July 22, 2017

July 20, 2017 adminashview heights, Atlanta, Castleberry Hills, Community, community organization, down payment assistance, English Avenue, Historic Westside, home ownership, Vine City, Washington Park, West End0 comment

Community Community Organizations

Hagar Celebration Resiliency

July 20, 2017 adminAfrican American female real estate developer, Atlanta, Bronner Brothers, Community, English Avenue, Hagar CTM, Historic Westside, nonprofit community development corporation, Real Estate, Vine City0 comment

By Akailah Ali Vice President HAGAR CIVILIZATION TRAINING MISSIONARY, INC Atlanta, GA, June 14, 2017: Hagar Civilization Training Missionary, Inc., (Hagar CTM) a nonprofit community development corporation, is strategically situated in Vine City and English Avenue communities, in the heart of Atlanta’s historic civil rights movement and at the epicenter of African Americans former economic greatness. HAGAR CTM functions under the expert leadership, guidance, and management of Sister Precious Muhammad, as she is so fondly called by residents, business professionals, elected officials, and neighborhood stakeholders. Sister Precious is an African…