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Join us next Friday, July 17 for the Transform Westside Summit, "From Investment to Impact: What the Mayor's NRI Means for the Westside." This month, we'll welcome featured guest Courtney English, Chief of Staff for the City of Atlanta, for a conversation about the Mayor's Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative and what this historic commitment means for neighbors across the historic Westside. We'll explore how big-picture investment becomes real, on-the-ground impact for the residents and families who call this community home. Come ready to listen, ask questions, and help shape the priorities that move our community forward. The Transform Westside Summit is always free and open to the public, and all are welcome to take part in the conversation. 👉 Save your seat at the link in our bio!

The groundbreaking of 280 James P. Brawley is a major milestone for @westsidefuturefund. It marks the organization's first ground-up, new-construction project in Vine City, the last neighborhood Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called home with his family. The $6.7 million development is supported by the James M. Cox Foundation (@coxenterprises) and the Tull Charitable Foundation, with $1 million in supporting investment from the Westside Tax Allocation District. Additional funding is provided through the WFF Impact Fund, Westside Future Fund's corporate-funded vehicle for catalyzing affordable housing and neighborhood-serving development across the historic Westside. Together, this braided funding demonstrates how public tools and private, philanthropic capital can work in concert to support restoration without displacement in historic neighborhoods like Vine City and English Avenue. Every partner in this project has invested in the same conviction that guides Westside Future Fund's work: a neighborhood's restoration should be measured by how many of its longtime residents remain to benefit from it. Read the full announcement at the link in our bio!

Still thinking about joining us? There’s time — but September 26 is coming quickly! Come on your own or bring your favorite people. Either way, you’ll be part of a community coming together to celebrate the history of Atlanta’s historic Westside and invest in its future. 🚲 Ride the 10-mile bike loop 🏃🏾 Run or walk the chip-timed 5K 🚶🏾‍♀️ Explore on the Heritage Walking Tour Make your plans today to Ride for the Westside 👉 Head to westsidefuturefund.org to register. Presented by Chick-fil-A.

@westsidefuturefund, joined by City of Atlanta Mayor @andreforatlanta, Councilman @byronamos, city leaders, community partners, and residents, broke ground yesterday on 280 James P. Brawley — an 18-unit multifamily development marking the organization’s first ground-up, new-construction project in the Vine City neighborhood. Built on land that has sat blighted and vacant for years, the multistory development will deliver 18 new high-quality, affordable homes serving legacy families with live, work, and learn connections to the historic Westside community through Westside Future Fund’s signature Home on the Westside program. The project reflects WFF’s commitment to restoration without displacement, converting underused land into permanently affordable housing that allows legacy residents to remain and new neighbors with ties to the community to put down lasting roots. Read the full announcement at the link in our bio!

Hear it from Aretta Baldon herself. In Forever I Love Atlanta: Westside Story, photographer and storyteller Aretta Baldon turns her lens on the people, places, and history that make Atlanta's Westside home — memory, resilience, and belonging, told through images, oral histories, and interactive installations. Watch Aretta share the story behind the exhibit. 🎥 The gallery is OPEN Saturdays until July 22, but the spirit of its works lives on forever in this community. Stop by The Martin at 960 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Atlanta, GA 30314 and immerse yourself in the heart of Atlanta. Powered by @westsidefuturefund and the City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs.

Atlanta’s historic Westside was in motion this weekend! Hundreds of neighbors, friends, volunteers, sponsors, and community partners came together at 970 Jefferson for the fifth annual Ride for the Westside. On foot and on two wheels, they covered the historic streets of English Avenue, Vine City, and beyond, celebrating the people and places that make this community special. Thank you to everyone who came out and joined us. Stay tuned for more moments from Ride for the Westside. Presented by Chick-fil-A.

Congratulations to Brandon Teal, one of the newest homeowners through @westsidefuturefund's Home on the Westside program. Brandon leads programming at both the YMCA at @morehouseschoolofmedicine and the YMCA at Good Sam, housed inside the Good Samaritan Health Center right here in English Avenue. Last week, he closed on a three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath home just blocks from the community he serves every day. Brandon's story reflects exactly what Home on the Westside was built to do: create real pathways to homeownership for the neighbors who are invested in the future of the historic Westside. Now he'll live in the neighborhood he shows up for every day. Welcome home on the Westside, Brandon! Learn more about Home on the Westside at www.homeonthewestside.com

A first home. Help with rent when it’s needed most. The tools to build lasting financial security. Thanks to a $1 million investment from the Huntington National Bank Community Foundation, more Westside families will have the support they need to stay and thrive in the neighborhoods they call home. The gift will expand our down payment assistance, rental assistance, anti-displacement tax fund, and financial literacy programs, advancing our mission of restoration without displacement on Atlanta’s historic Westside. We’re grateful to Huntington National Bank, Randy Schultz, and Erin Hurley for standing with Westside residents.

Join us Friday, October 16 for the Transform Westside Summit, “Restoration Without Displacement: Leadership, Investment & Atlanta’s Future.” This month, we’ll hear from Kathy Waller, Executive Director of the Atlanta Committee for Progress, in conversation with John Ahmann, President and CEO of Westside Future Fund. We’ll talk about what it takes to restore a historic community while keeping it home for the people who have always lived there, and the role Atlanta’s civic and business leaders play. The Transform Westside Summit is always free and open to the public, and all are welcome to take part in the conversation. 👉 Save your seat at the link in our bio.

Congratulations to Charlotte Haywood-Watkins, one of the newest homeowners through Westside Future Fund's Home on the Westside program. Last week Charlotte closed on a three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath home on English Avenue — the result of nearly three years of preparation. She entered the Home on the Westside pipeline in 2022 and spent that time steadily building her savings until she was ready to buy. She also joins family already rooted here. Her mother, Colette Haywood, purchased her own home through the program in 2024, and her father Leonard Watkins serves as chair of NPU-L. Charlotte's story is exactly what Home on the Westside was built to do: open a real path to homeownership for people ready to put down roots in the historic Westside — and make sure they can stay and build here. Welcome home on the Westside, Charlotte! Learn more about Home on the Westside at www.homeonthewestside.com

Welcome home, Charles! English Avenue resident Charles Cannon just became an English Avenue homeowner. Charles loves this community, and through Home on the Westside, he’ll keep living in and serving the neighborhood he calls home. Charles prepared for this day through WFF’s Homebuyer Education Workshop with Financial Coach Mercedes Settles. Down payment assistance from Westside Future Fund and our partners at Invest Atlanta and Atlanta Housing helped make it happen. That’s what Home on the Westside is built to do: make sure the people who love the historic Westside can stay and build here. Read Charles’s story on our Stories of Impact blog at the link in our bio!

There's something powerful about a room full of people who share a powerful belief: that together we can restore Atlanta's historic Westside to a community Dr. King would be proud to call home. That's the Transform Westside Summit. It's where residents, partners, business leaders, and community champions come together to connect, hear what's happening across the Westside, and keep building momentum for the place we love. Whether you've been part of this work for years or you're just finding out about it, there's a seat for you at the table. Come see what community looks like in action. ➡️ Follow @westsidefuturefund for Summit dates, program updates, and ways to get involved. We'll be together again next Friday, July 17 — program dropping tomorrow!

For Broderick Thompson-Smith, home means showing up. He calls his front porch an oasis. He added curtains and a television, and he likes being able to sit outside and talk with the neighbors who look out for one another. “We hold each other down,” he says. That sense of community is part of what makes his home on Atlanta’s historic Westside special to him. A founder, a mentor, and a Home on the Westside homeowner, his passion is his community. Take a moment to listen to Broderick's story and why he's Westside Proud. Learn more on our Stories of Impact blog at the link in our bio.

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