Self-Help Credit Union opens its first Georgia branch in Atlanta’s West End community to help serve residents and businesses in underserved areas.
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Goodwill of North Georgia celebrates renovations at West End location
Fifty years after opening its doors for the first time, the store has now reemerged with a revamped look and feel.
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ULI Atlanta: Inspiring best practices for land use and development
By Guest Columnist HEATHER HUBBLE, ULI Atlanta Advisory Board
Shaping the Future of the Built Environment for Transformative Impact in Communities Worldwide. This is the mission of the Urban Land Institute, a global nonprofit education and research organization, founded in 1936, with a strong local chapter.
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In debate on saving a historic West End house, everyone can agree there’s gotta be a better way
By John Ruch Last month, I told you about 731 Lawton St., a 120-year-old house in the West End Historic District that’s on the verge of collapse after years of neglect. I wondered if a preservation process with more collaboration and fewer crackdowns might be a better way of saving the many such buildings around […]
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More collaborations, fewer crackdowns, might be future of Atlanta’s historic preservation
Unique buildings can fall to a common fate: demolition by neglect
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A conversation with Rebecca Serna of the Atlanta Bike Coalition
On Sunday, Sept. 29, the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition brings its massively popular event – Atlanta Streets Alive – to the Southwest and Southside of Atlanta.
To get a better feel of what Atlanta Streets Alive is, check out last year’s event which shut down 3.1 miles of Peachtree Street from Downtown at Ellis Street to the Colony Square building on 14th Street in Midtown Atlanta.
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Nipsey Hussle, new developers Ryan Gravel, Donray Von and transforming The Mall West End
By King Williams “When we speak of place-making, we assume that the place being made was devoid of life, culture and context. Place-making indicates that nothing exists. It is inherently colonialist. Place-keeping uplifts an area’s culture, provides resources and enriches.” – Miranda Kyle, Atlanta Beltline Arts and Culture Program Manager On the afternoon of Sunday, […]
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18 best, worst and most important trends in 2018 (Part 1)
By King Williams The following is a compilation of the 18 best, worst, and most important trends and developments emanating from within and throughout metro Atlanta and the state of Georgia for 2018. This list was compiled by me with input from people within SaportaReport and beyond. The list comes from a combination of hard […]
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MARTA stations can become true community centers
By King Williams Recently it was announced that MARTA, in partnership with Soccer in the Streets would be expanding its popular soccer program to 10 additional MARTA transit stations. Soccer in the Streets with support from Atlanta United Football Club, hopes to expand the program into a city-wide youth soccer league for kids in the […]
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Nike’s backing of Colin Kaepernick a welcome return of corporate activism
By King Williams Corporate activism isn’t new, we just haven’t seen it in a while Nike recently announced that Colin Kaepernick, the controversial former quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, as its brand ambassador for the 30th anniversary of its iconic “Just Do It” campaign. The announcement prompted vehement praise and vehement protest beyond anything […]
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READY FOR MORE? MARTA WANTS TO KNOW
MARTA Riders Encouraged to Provide Feedback on Proposed More MARTA Atlanta Projects More MARTA Atlanta, a partnership between MARTA and the City of Atlanta, is blitzing the city to make a final push to engage and hear from MARTA riders regarding the More MARTA Atlanta proposed project list. On Wednesday, Aug. 22 from 2 – 6 […]
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Candidate Q and A: Fulton County Commission District 4
Voters in a big chunk of Atlanta from Old Fourth Ward to Adams Park to Bolton will get for a new Fulton County commissioner in this year’s election. Commission hopefuls are talking about a lot of things including topics literally close to home: gentrification and property taxes.
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Atlanta City Council Candidate Q and A: District 4
The race for Atlanta City Council District 4 has attracted more candidates than any other contest in the city. Nine folks want to represent an area that runs from Oakland City through Ashview Heights, Atlanta University Center and Downtown.
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Photo Pick: APS to Cut Down Historic Trees on BeltLine’s West End Trail by Caleb Racicot
More information from Ryan Cagle: The removal of the trees is said to be required by APS to make way for a new athletic field at Brown Middle School. However, several neighborhood residents are attempting to untangle the layers of bureaucracy and put a stop to this unnecessary destruction. Here’s what we know: The arborist […]
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A final frontier in Atlanta: West End could grow new homes, shops, while sheltering current residents
West End may be an ideal candidate for redevelopment in this unusual era of the economy.
The newly released study of West End by Georgia Tech students sees opportunities in situations that would have been clear threats to redevelopment before the great recession. The report suggests that West End is ripe for new investments in retail and residential.
These ventures could both stabilize and benefit from the redevelopment of a stretch of Northside Drive, an historic industrial corridor that begins at the tip of Buckhead, passes Atlantic Station and the future Falcons stadium, and ends in the vicinity of West End and Fort McPherson.
