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Housing is Health
Community members and business leaders gathered at the June 21 Transform Westside Summit centered around the topic “Housing is Health.” The Summit emphasized the interconnection between housing...
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Emory receives $5 million grant to improve geriatric care and education
Emory University has been awarded a $5 million cooperative agreement by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to enhance geriatric care and education for health care workers in...
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Atlanta Housing Nears $2M Fundraising Milestone for Sustainability Initiatives
Atlanta Housing (AH), in partnership with Southface Energy Institute (Southface), one of the country’s leading nonprofits in sustainability, nears a key target of its 5-Year Strategic Plan with the...
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Finding Home on the Westside: The Story of Nedra Louis
In the latest installment of our Finding Home on the Westside series, meet Nedra Louis. Nedra has been a resident of the Westside her entire life, living on Ashby Terrace for 20 years. Several years...
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Reaping the Rewards of Plant Rescue
By Nikki Belmonte Most of us have heard of an animal rescue, but have you ever heard of a plant rescue? Picture this: A tract of land slated for the next local development project is infiltrated by a...
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Westside Future Fund Celebrates Spelman College Professor Purchasing A Home...
Westside Future Fund (WFF) is proud to celebrate another member of our community finding a home on the Westside. Last month, Dr. Alix Pierre purchased a home in the English Avenue neighborhood. As a...
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JHB American Aspiration Tour Invitation
On behalf of Mayor Andre Dickens and John Hope Bryant, we invite you to join us on this Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 11:00 am in the City Hall Atrium for a discussion between Mayor Dickens and Operation...
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Reinvestment Fund and the USDA Invest $3 Million to Enhance Healthy Food...
The Atlanta Food Access Investment Initiative among 16 Grantees Nationwide In April 2024, Reinvestment Fund awarded $40,336,270 in grant funding for the Local and Regional Healthy Food Financing...
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Celebrating Jan Love’s tenure as dean at Emory’s Candler School of Theology
When Jan Love, the Mary Lee Hardin Willard Dean of Candler School of Theology, recalls her first big challenge as dean, you might guess she would point to some of the “firsts” she navigated in coming...
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‘Would You like to Round Up to Support …?’ Cause Marketing: A Win-Win...
By David Jernigan, CEO & President, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Imagine yourself at your neighborhood department store, shopping for a few essentials. You find a couple of great deals...
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Closing the homeownership gap in metro Atlanta
Ever wonder why homeownership seems increasingly unattainable in metro Atlanta? Once reason is that over the past five years in Georgia, home sales prices have increased by 57% while wages have only...
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Atlanta Housing Board Approves $105 Million In Affordable Housing and Resources
To address Atlanta’s critical affordable housing needs, the Atlanta Housing (AH) Board of Commissioners approved key resolutions to finance and construct 1,039 new housing units, of which 903 will be...
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Georgia Legislators to Host DEI Hearings
One of the hot topics on today’s political landscape is the concept of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, commonly referred to as DEI, an umbrella term for programs and initiatives designed to create...
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The Stories Behind the 2024 Early Childhood Checkup
Last year, GEEARS launched the Annual Early Childhood Checkup, a quick, digestible reference to help policymakers, community leaders, and others measure statewide progress on key early childhood...
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Promoting Health and Togetherness: The Atlanta Beltline Partnership’s Free...
By Tamia Goodman, Associate Director of Engage Programs In the heart of Atlanta, a movement is growing. It’s not just about getting fit; it’s about families coming together, communities bonding, and...
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Grammy-winning producer Jermaine Dupri leads lineup of 40+ creative thinkers...
Renowned rapper, producer and record executive Jermaine Dupri will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural Ideas Festival Emory, a celebration of creative minds set to take place Sept. 20-22 on Emory...
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The Fire Pit Effect: How RETAIN Schools are Inspiring Teachers to Stay
By Leslie Hazle Bussey, Ph.D. There are two ways to think about teacher retention. One, as the word “retain” implies, is to accept as natural and unchangeable that teachers will want to leave, while...
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To Create Healthy Communities, Public Health and Business Must Work Together
By Judy Monroe, MD Today our nation and world face incredible health challenges—costly infectious and chronic diseases and large-scale emergencies. These challenges take lives and negatively impact...
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Black Philanthropy Month: Doing our part
By Kimberly Spear, director of donor engagement, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Growing up, I remember seeing my parents faithfully tithe 10% of their earnings to the church, volunteer at...
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Transit and parks go hand-in-hand — See your city in new ways
The MARTA bus has allowed Eli to unlock a new relationship with commuting. (Photo by Park Pride.) By Eli Dickerson, Director of Education I have a secret to tell. I’ve lived in Atlanta since 2005 and,...
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