Westview Summer Solstice Celebration 2014 Photos

June 21, 2014

The 7th annual Westview Summer Solstice Celebration took place on Muse Street, adjacent to the Atlanta BeltLine, and featured a grill-off competition between southwest Atlanta neighborhoods and businesses, vendors, music, and a celebration of life service for the late community activist John Perdew.

Eleven grillers battled it out for the title of “Best Pork” and “Best Chicken.” The neighborhoods that were represented included Adair Park, Beecher-Donnelly, Capitol View, Mechanicsville, two West End entries, and five Westview entries. The title of “Best Pork” went to the Adair Park neighborhood, and the title for “Best Chicken” went to last-minute write-in contestant 1600 from the Westview neighborhood.

Unfortunately 2014 marked the first year the festival would experience rain in its seven year course. While the crowds diminished during the rain, those that stayed seemed to have just of a good time as any year, and all participants expressed excitement for next year’s festivities.

Thank you to all the visitors who came out to enjoy the event, the sponsors that helped make the event possible, the grillers that battled it out for the best food, the vendors who sold a diversity of items, and last, but not least, the crew that put the event together! See you next year!

To view photos of the Westview Summer Solstice Celebration view the photo gallery below (click “continue reading”) or visit the Westview Facebook page.

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BeltLine Bike Tour Photos

June 14, 2014

On Saturday, June 14, 2014, the Atlanta BeltLine hosted the Atlanta BeltLine Annual Bicycle Tour. A full 27-mile loop and a half 16-mile loop were available; Westview received the honor of being a drive-through neighborhood for both tour options. In an effort to put the community’s best foot forward members of the Westview Community Organization came out to greet the visitors…and do some guerrilla advertising for the following weekend’s Westview Summer Solstice Celebration festival.

To view photos of the Atlanta BeltLine Annual Bicycle Tour view the photo gallery below (click “continue reading”) or visit the Westview Facebook page.

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Westview Summer Solstice Celebration

April 21, 2014

The annual Westview Summer Solstice Celebration will take place on Saturday, June 21, 2014 starting at 2:00pm along Muse Street. For more information please visit the Westview Summer Solstice Celebration page.

Westview BeltLine Art Featured on GSU Website

December 5, 2013

Georgia State University did a feature on their website about “Georgia State Artists Display Work Across Atlanta.” Hadley Breckenridge, an alumna of GSU, is one of the former students featured by the university for her artwork. Hadley participated in the Art on the BeltLine project three years in a row, all three of which can be found along Westview’s portion of the Atlanta BeltLine!

In 2011 her first piece, titled Enterchange, was painted along a retaining wall along Muse Street facing the Atlanta BeltLine. In 2012 she painted The Highball Artist on the Lucile Avenue bridge. In 2013 she revisited Enterchange by enlarging it to the remaining span of the retaining wall, as well as on the Muse Street facing wall.

To see Hadley Breckenridge and neighbors in action visit to the Westview Facebook page.

Westview Summer Solstice Celebration 2013 Photos

June 23, 2013

On Saturday, June 22, 2013 Westview held its sixth annual Westview Summer Solstice Celebration. The event once again took place along Muse Street in the northwestern part of the Westview neighborhood, adjacent to the Atlanta BeltLine corridor.

Once again seven grillers battled it out for the title of “Best Chicken/Ribs of Southwest Atlanta” – Beecher-Donnelly, Capitol View, West End Neighborhood Association Residents, West End LGBT Alliance, Kisha representing Westview, and Scott representing Westview. Voters decided the titles for the “Best of 2013” would go to:

Best Pork of Southwest Atlanta – Capitol View
Best Chicken of Southwest Atlanta – West End Neighborhood Association Residents

To view photos of the Westview Summer Solstice Celebration please visit our Westview Facebook page.

Westview Summer Solstice Celebration 2013

June 17, 2013

What better way to spend the height of summer than at the Westview Summer Solstice Celebration! Come hang out for an afternoon full of fun activities for the whole family and support our little neighborhood!

Information about the day’s events:

Location, Time, Date – Where will the event take place?
Food – What is there to eat and how can I join the grill-off?
Music – What should I expect to hear?
Art/Vendor Market – What can I buy and how do I sign up for the artist market?
Games – How about some games for the kids?
Sponsors – Who is helping to make this event happen?
Donations – Can I donate money towards this event?
Photos – Check out photos from prior years!

Location, Time, Date

Join the Westview Community Organization for an afternoon of food, music, art, and entertainment on Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 from 2:00pm to 8:00pm along Muse Street (next to the BeltLine path) as part of Westview’s Summer Solstice Celebration!

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Grill-Off: Taste of Southwest Atlanta

Are you ready to sample a taste of southwest Atlanta? On the day of the event purchase your "passport" and taste what our grill masters have created! The “passport” will allow you to sample the different foods (chicken and pork) plus a drink for $7. In prior years there was so much food most people were too full to taste everything – what a deal! Once you have tasted all the different categories submit your vote for “the best of…”.

2013 Grill-Off Participants

2012 Grill-Off Winners

Best Pork 2012: Claiborne White and Jaime Nash representing Beecher-Donnelly

Best Chicken 2012: Carl Nes and Scott Shepherd representing West End

2011 Grill-Off Winners

Best Pork 2011: Carl Nes and John Pavlin representing West End

Best Chicken 2011: Larry Carter representing Ashview Heights

Contestants: Are you the master of the grill? Come out and prove it in the Westview Grill-Off! Entries in the Grill-Off are $25, but we will supply you with the food to cook! Individuals, organizations, and restaurants are all allowed to participate – please fill out our grill-off form. $100 worth of prizes to the winners of the contest!

Music

Bring your lawn chairs or picnic blanket and enjoy the music while munching on the various grill-off goodies.

Art/Vendor Market

Between eating and relaxing browse our artist/vendor market!

Vendors: If you are interested in participating in our artist/vendor market please fill out our vendor form. The application fee is only $25 until Monday, June 17th, 2013 and $40 thereafter! We’ll supply you with a 10×10 space. You bring the tent, table, and other displays. Space is limited, so don’t wait!

Games

Come bring the kids! We’ll have field day type games to keep the kiddos entertained. Think tug-of-war, sack races, hula hoops, and more!

Sponsors/Partners

The Westview Summer Solstice Celebration could not happen without your generosity – please consider joining our list of sponsors!

Interested in sponsoring the 2013 Westview Summer Solstice Celebration? Please email us at info@westviewatlanta.com for sponsorship opportunities or submit a donation via PayPal below!

Donations

We can’t make this event happen without donations from you! In addition to buying a grill-off passport on the day of the event you can help support the Westview Summer Solstice Celebration by making a donation. Small or large – we appreciate it all!

Photos

Curious what prior year’s were all about? Check out our Facebook album’s from 2012, 2011, and 2010!

Westview Summer Solstice Celebration 2012

Westview Summer Solstice Celebration 2011

Westview Summer Solstice Celebration 2010

Westview Summer Solstice Celebration on Muse Street

June 26, 2012

On Saturday, June 23, 2012 Westview held its fifth annual neighborhood festival – the Westview Summer Solstice Celebration. While it has shifted from its roots (read about the festival history in the May/June 2012 issue of the ‘Westview Neighbor’ newsletter) it has remained a community-oriented occasion, geared to bring neighbors and friends together for a fun social event.

Seven grillers battled it out for the title of “Best Chicken/Ribs of Southwest Atlanta” – Claiborne and Jaime representing Beecher-Donnelly, Christopher representing Morehouse College, Alvin representing Project GRAD, Carl and Scott representing West End, Sister DeBorah representing West End, Kisha representing Westview, and Scott representing Westview. Voters decided the titles of the “Best of 2012” go to:

Best Chicken of Southwest Atlanta – Carl and Scott representing West End
Best Ribs of Southwest Atlanta – Claiborne and Jaime representing Beecher-Donnelly

While the grill-off was in full swing vendors lined Muse Street to sell everything from portrait painting and cedar flower planters to rum cakes and King of Pop popsicles. In the meanwhile music was projecting the sounds of singer/songwriter Juliana Finch and DJ Enoch down the street and kids were playing sack races, painting with chalk, and creating bird feeders.

To view photos of the Westview Summer Solstice Celebration please visit our Westview Facebook page.

Muse Street Clean-Up

May 30, 2012

Time: 10:00am
Location: Muse Street/Stokes Ave Park
Details: Join the Westview Community Organization on Saturday, June 16th at 10:00am to clean up Muse Street in anticipation of the following weekend’s Summer Solstice Celebration.

At around 10:30am we’ll send some people over to the Stokes Avenue Park (1556 Stokes Ave) where we need to finish building the fence, spread mulch, install edging around the front bed, build a raised bed, and install the new Stokes Ave Park sign.

It’s advisable to bring gloves, water, and sunscreen to protect yourself, and rakes and shovles to help with the projects. Thanks!

BeltLine Tree Planting Volunteers

March 20, 2008

Hi all, We finally set a date for the 1st tree planting in the Atlanta Beltline Arboretum. The volunteer tree planting will be April 5th at 9am. We will meet at the new Rose Circle Park Plaza. Please have all volunteers sign up with me greg@treesatlanta.org. We need help getting this info to as many neighbors as possible. We hope also to tag the young trees to be preserved in the schools wooded triangle. Path will be clearing some of the underbrush at the schools request, but we would like to preserve many of the healthy young tree and have them focus on weedy and exotic invasive species only.

Please pass the information on to all those who would like to help, but make sure they sign up before hand. I would like to limit the total volunteers to 75. Any more than that they will not get to plant.

We will also be mulching Muse Street and Rose Circle Park’s trees on April 19th we will be meeting separately at both locations. People can also sign up to help with these projects.

Thanks
Greg

Greg Levine
Program Director
Trees Atlanta
225 Chester Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30316
404-681-4903