The new movement to spotlight Atlanta’s underrepresented history took another step forward on Oct. 21. A marker to Lugenia Burns Hope (1871-1947), a community organizer and social reformer whose national and local work for African Americans prefigured the Civil Rights Movement, was unveiled in Washington Park. The marker is part of a nationwide program called National Votes […]
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Harnessing Arts and Culture for Responsible Placemaking in Historic Neighborhoods
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO of Westside Future Fund. Thank you to Dorian McDuffie for this week’s column. Dorian is the Public Art Project Manager at the Atlanta City Studio, an office of the Department of City Planning for the City of Atlanta. I’ve had the opportunity to work with Dorian. She is […]
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What do Hank Aaron, Ivan Allen and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., share with the Westside? Scouting.
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund Our guest columnist this week is Tracy Techau, Scout Executive/CEO of the Atlanta Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. Last month, we were fortunate to host Tracy along with a panel of Scout leaders and community partners as the featured presenters for the September 6th […]
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Making the Westside a community of choice
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO of Westside Future Fund Our guest columnist this week is Leonard Adams, Jr., Founder & CEO of Quest Community Development Organization, Inc. As the founder of Quest, Leonard leaned into developing affordable supportive housing in Vine City over 19 years ago. I am grateful to Leonard Adams because […]
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YMCA Leadership & Learning Center is Focused on Creating and Delivering Innovative Research-based Programming to Westside Residents
Introduction by John Ahmann, President and CEO of Westside Future Fund This week’s guest columnist is Lauren Koontz, President & CEO of the Metro Atlanta YMCA. Her column is about an incredible new asset in Vine City, the YMCA’s new Leadership and Learning Center. In explaining the role of the Westside Future Fund (WFF), I […]
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Our kids are “At-Promise” for a better future. I know, because I am one of them
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO of Westside Future Fund This week’s guest columnist is Lakeisha Walker, assistant director of youth programs for the Atlanta Police Foundation. I was honored to hear Lakeisha’s personal testimonial as part of her speaking on a panel led by the Atlanta Police Foundation team at the July 19th […]
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Urban Agriculture in the Westside: Growing Community Resilience and Healing
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO of Westside Future Fund This week’s guest column is by Kim Karris, executive director of the Food Well Alliance. Thanks to the philanthropy of the James M. Cox Foundation, the Food Well Alliance was founded under the leadership of its current and inaugural chair, Bill Bolling. Kim was […]
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Atlanta University Center and Data Science: The Right Place at The Right Time
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund Our guest columnist this week is Todd Greene, executive director of the Atlanta University Center Consortium Inc. (AUC), the world’s oldest and largest contiguous association of historically Black colleges and universities. In his column, Todd expands on the critical importance of equipping students with data […]
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Helping Men Who Struggle with Life Controlling Issues Gain Spiritual Growth and Total Healing
Intro by John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund This week’s column is written by John Barrow, Founder of A Better Way Ministries. I met John via his attendance at the Transform Westside Summits. John has a powerful personal story of redemption and service. You can read about it in his book: A Better […]
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Truly Living Well is Growing Food, People and Community
Intro by John Ahmann: Our guest columnist this week is Carol Hunter, Executive Director of Truly Living Well (TLW). I am grateful to Carol for sharing with us Truly Living Well’s impact and the organization’s innovative programs and activities in agricultural training, nutrition, education and job creation – all of which are mission-aligned with the […]
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YWCA’s 36th Annual Salute to Women of Achievement
Intro by John Ahmann Recently, I had the honor of joining the YWCA of Greater Atlanta’ Salute to Women of Achievement, the annual event celebrating women leaders throughout Georgia whose professional and civic lives embody the organization’s mission to eliminate racism and empower women. I am grateful to this great organization, and the leadership of […]
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Atlanta City Council District 3 Candidate Q&A
By John Ahmann, Executive Director, Westside Future Fund The Transform Westside Summit is the Westside Future Fund’s flagship community engagement meeting and has met bi-weekly (1st and 3rd Friday morning of each month) since October 2015. Our audience includes a diverse group of stakeholders, which is one aspect that makes these meetings unique. This past Friday, the […]
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Grove Park Foundation’s Executive Director Talks About the Importance of Resident-Centered Community Engagement
Note from John Ahmann, President and CEO, Westside Future Fund Our last column was posted on December 10th, 2018 by Kathy Colbenson, President & CEO of Chris 180, on Building Community Through Partnership. We took a break from our weekly columns to celebrate the holidays, the New Year and the Super Bowl, wonderfully hosted by […]
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When communities like Downtown and the Westside thrive, Atlanta thrives.
Intro by John Ahmann Thanks to AJ Robinson, President of Central Atlanta Progress (CAP), for this week’s column. Founded in 1941, CAP is a member-based not-for-profit advocating on behalf of a vibrant Downtown Atlanta. As the leader of CAP, AJ has been a long-time advocate of greater connectivity between Downtown economic vibrancy and the historic […]
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A First Step Toward a Mixed-Income Community
Intro by John Ahmann, Westside Future Fund: Thanks to the Jaren Abedania, the Westside Future Fund’s (WFF) Vice President of Real Estate, for this week’s column. In my October 2, 2018 column, Two Years of Westside Future Fund, I spoke to our commitment to increase the supply of high-quality affordable rental housing and in this […]
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The Power of Service to Heal
Intro by John Ahmann, Westside Future Fund: Thanks to Michael Lucas, Deputy Director, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (AVLF), for this weeks’ Historic Westside column. In the spirit of the “more we the more I can get done,” AVLF has built a community-based collaborative model to provide top tier pro-bono legal services to Westside residents facing […]
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Creating Sustainable Change, and a Beloved Community, on Atlanta’s Westside
Column By Rodney Bullard Intro by John Ahmann, Executive Director of Westside Future Fund “Thanks to Rodney Bullard, Vice President of Community Affairs for Chick-fil-A, Inc. and Executive Director of the Chick-fil-A Foundation, for this week’s column. In the spirt of “the more we, the more I can do,” the Chick-fil-A Foundation has been a […]
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Building Momentum at Hollis Innovation Academy
We consider some of our greatest partners in this work to be the prominent Atlanta leaders who serve on the Westside Future Fund board, like Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, the author of this week’s piece. Dr. Tatum, like many of our board members, not only brings her professional expertise, but her keen awareness of the […]
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About Westside Future Fund
The Westside Future Fund is a not-for-profit organization of Atlanta community leaders who believe in the future of the Westside and are committed to helping the area revitalize and grow. Why the Westside? Westside Future Fund was established in December 2014 out of the vision and leadership of former Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed. Recognizing the […]
