A $4.1 million project to turn English Avenue’s iconic and fraught “Yellow Store” into a “community hub” is under construction, as the Westside Future Fund leads the revitalization of the depopulated and disinvested English Avenue neighborhood. It is a major project on a key property in the Westside Land Use Framework Plan, the fund’s guiding […]
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Building up, Not pushing out: how OaksATL is revitalizing English Avenue
By: Gabi Hart In Atlanta, new development often comes with a cost: neighborhoods change, prices rise and longtime residents get pushed out. But in English Avenue, a community just west of downtown, OaksATL is transforming that narrative. This summer, my co-intern Asia and I took a tour of the neighborhood with Rue Gunter, OaksATL’s director […]
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Blank Foundation makes record $22.4 million in grants to Atlanta’s Westside
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation announced Sept. 21 that it is deepening its investment in Atlanta’s Westside.
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After over a decade of grassroots efforts, Atlanta’s Mattie Freeland Park opens
A once-vacant lot nestled in the English Avenue neighborhood now has a new life as a City of Atlanta park.
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Saving historic St. Mark church will spark revitalization of English Avenue community
In the heart of the historic English Avenue neighborhood in Atlanta’s Westside, there stands a monumental stone shell of a building – St Mark AME church.
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More affordable houses, apartments bound for Atlanta’s Westside
Hundreds of new homes priced as affordable are headed for Atlanta’s Westside by way of a couple new projects supported by Invest Atlanta, the city’s economic development arm.
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New owner, new plan emerges for 18-acre English Avenue site
“I’d like to see more concrete and equitable ways how you’re going to directly benefit English Avenue … “
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New modular construction bringing affordable housing to the Westside
If you happened to come across a house floating through the air on Atlanta’s Westside this morning, worry not; that’s just part of a new affordable housing push by developer Place Properties.
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English Avenue’s long-stalled Herndon Square project to (finally) break ground in January
At long last, a much-awaited housing project is on track to launch construction in English Avenue in the near future.
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Westside Future Fund buys key ‘yellow store’ property
The Westside Future Fund has a acquired the “yellow store” – a key piece of property in the English Avenue community.The announcement was made by John Ahmann, president and CEO of the Westside Future Fund, on Friday at the end of the Transform Westside Summit meeting at the Gathering Spot.“The Westside Future Fund
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Second round of voting starts for Westside city council seat; candidates meet in forum
Atlanta’s going to get a freshman city council member from the Westside’s district 3, in a special election runoff. Some of the votes will depend on what people think of candidates who have — and who haven’t — been in office.
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The Super Bowl is finally over but another side of Atlanta hid in plain sight
The Super Bowl is over…finally.
Most of the remnants of the ‘Big Game’ are gone from downtown but many of the problems that were here before kickoff still remain.
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The Home Team documentary examines west side promises ahead of Super Bowl
A new Atlanta film focuses on English Avenue and Vine City residents impacted by Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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Atlanta west side special election scheduled; city hall activist to run
Atlanta’s west side district 3 will send a new representative to City Council in a March special election. Matthew Cardinale is making a run for it.
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Column: More help for the Westside, new entrepreneurship leader at Georgia State
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 10, 2018
A grassroots partnership launched a year-long campaign Aug. 7 to revitalize a Westside business district in the heart of English Avenue.
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Building Strong Foundations for the Westside’s Next Generation
Intro by John Ahmann: Thanks to Justin Carr, Director of Partnerships, Westside Future Fund (WFF), for this week’s column. In the spirt of “the more we, the more I can get done,” “We” have no more urgent call to action than ensuring access to highly quality, affordable early learning (birth to age 5) for families […]
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It Takes a Village to Make a Park
By John Ahmann, Westside Future Fund’s president and CEO Under the leadership of Executive Director Michael Halicki, Park Pride has demonstrated the power of “we” in first leading to develop the Proctor Creek North Avenue Watershed Basin: A Green Infrastructure Vision and then helping to bring that vision to life with the recent ground breaking […]
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Atlanta City Council approves Westside project with lower density and more affordable housing
The Atlanta City Council unanimously approved plans on Monday for the Echo Street Communities development in English Avenue, one of the first large-scale developments in the area that has triggered strong alarm among many residents concerned about gentrification on the Westside.
The affordable housing plans for the project, which also includes thousands of square feet in office space and retail, match the city’s guidelines, with 35 potential additional affordable units in the works.
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English Avenue residents concerned about proposed Brock development
For more than two years, residents of the Westside hashed out a land-use vision for their community with nationally-renowned planners.
Their vision – the Westside Land Use Framework Plan – was adopted by the Atlanta City Council in December giving residents and neighborhood advocates some comfort that their community was going to be developed in a way that would enhance the area yet not overwhelm it.
