Check out the news and announcements from our Westside partners and friends.

EVENT: The Unity Collective Presents “The Race” Half Marathon Weekend

• When: October 12-14, 2018
• About The Unity Collective: A collaboration of running community leaders, vendors, and supporters united to host a road race that supports black owned businesses, runs through historically black neighborhoods, makes a positive impact with charity and service, and garners massive national support from the African-American running community.
• To support The Unity Collective’s project, click here.

NEWS: Ch. 2 WSB-TV and The Truth for Public Land Announce Stephen Causby as Atlanta’s 2017 Cox Conserves Hero (Yahoo Finance)

NEWS: City adopts land-use vision for Westside communities (Atlanta Business Chronicle)

NEWS: Mayor Kasim Reed Announces Bank on America Initiative (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

NEWS: Powering Down: Mayor Kasim Reed says goodbye to the only job he’s wanted since he was 13 (Atlanta)

NEWS: New blow dry hair salon a welcome addition to Atlanta’s Westside (Rolling Out)

NEWS: City’s New iVillage a Transit-Oriented Development for Budding Entrepreneurs (Atlanta Daily World)

NEWS: Atlanta’s Infrastructure Isn’t Ready For Its Coming Population Boom (Bisnow Atlanta)

NEWS: 2017 Hall of Fame Legacy Award: Bill Taggart (Atlanta Tribune)

NEWS: Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed Launches City’s Bigbelly Recycling Program (Waste 360)

NEWS: Struggle With Blocked Atlanta Crossing Reveals Power Of Railroads (WABE)