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

EVENT: Westside Volunteer Corps “Day of Service” – Saturday, August 26 (9 a.m. – 2 p.m.)

EVENT: At-Promise Youth Center Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony – Tuesday, Aug. 1 (4 p.m.)

EVENT: 3rd Annual Safe at Home Game at Georgia Tech’s Russ Chandler Baseball Stadium – Saturday, August 19

EVENT: Return To Community Farmer’s Market & Fair – Saturday, August 19 (10 a.m. – 2 p.m.)

NEWS: Westside Future Fund Announces Partnership with Atlanta Public Schools

• Delta and Westside Future Fund partnering with Atlanta’s public schools (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
• APS receives $16.4M Grant To Encourage STEM Education (WABE 90.1)
• Coke, SunTrust commit $2M for additional staff in Atlanta classrooms (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
• Delta and Westside Future Fund partnering with Atlanta’s public schools (Saporta Report)
• $16M Donation to STEM School (WGCL – CBS 46)

NEWS: How many aluminum cans does it take to build a house? (myAJC)

NEWS: Mercedes-Benz & Partners Playing for Keeps on Westside (Saporta Report)

NEWS: Opinion: Beltline’s dedicated to increasing affordable housing units (myAJC)

NEWS: New youth center opening to address crime (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

NEWS: Atlanta’s Efforts To Clean Up Proctor Creek (WABE 90.1)

NEWS: Reed to ATL homeowners: Don’t sell cheap to ‘predatory purchasers’ (myAJC)

NEWS: Grants Bring More Sports To Westside Atlanta Children (WABE 90.1)

NEWS: How the Atlanta Beltline’s Westside Trail looks right now (Curbed Atlanta)

NEWS: Westside Atlanta communities will get two new parks next year, boosting green space, livability (Curbed Atlanta)

NEWS: Growing Community and Feeding the Revolution on an Atlanta Urban Farm (Civil Eats)

EVENT: Return To Community Farmer’s Market & Fair – Saturday, July 15 (10 a.m. – 2 p.m.)

EVENT: Invest Atlanta’s Westside Housing Fair – Saturday, July 22 (10 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)