Westview Centennial Celebration

June 14, 2010

Date:
Saturday, June 26th

Location:
KIPP STRIVE Academy
1444 Lucile Ave SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
www.kippstrive.org

Schedule:
9:30am – 10:30am: Atlanta BeltLine 5K
10:30am – 11:00am: Ribbon-cutting
11:00am – 11:30am: Ceremonies
11:30am – 4:00pm: Grill-off, music, games, and artist/vendor market

What:
The Westview neighborhood is excited to be celebrating its centennial!

100 years ago William J. Davis purchased the Westwood Park property from the Ontario Land Company for $100,000. He renamed the property “West End Park”, and hired Solon Zachery Ruff, the civil engineer and landscape expert responsible for Ansley Park, to lay out the plans for his new residence park neighborhood. The lots were auctioned off, and neighbors built beautiful Craftsman bungalows along the wide streets.

Today Westview is a vibrant (and still affordable) in-town neighborhood only five minutes from downtown and seven minutes from Midtown! Come spend a day with us and get to know one of Atlanta’s last hidden gems.

The Atlanta BeltLine is sponsoring a free 5K run/walk in conjunction with the grand opening of phase two of the Westview/West End Trail. Immediately following the 5k will be a neighborhood celebration, featuring a grill-off, music, games, and an artist market!

Things to Bring:
Picnic blankets, camping chairs, an appetite, $5 for the grill-off, sunscreen, cold water, smiles.

Read More:
www.westviewatlanta.com/centennial

Master Planning Workshop

May 17, 2010

The Westview Community Organization’s Development Committee has been working on a big project for about a year – a master plan for the neighborhood. Neighborhood plans are developed to determine the physical, social, and economic growth and development needs of a neighborhood and help the city allocate money for improvements. As many parts of the city already have plans, Westview neighbors determined it was time to follow suit. The plan the Westview Community Organization puts together will ultimately be brought in front of City Council with the goal of getting adopted into Atlanta’s Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP).

One step required to have the plan officially recognized by the City of Atlanta is to have a public master planning session. Approximately 1,400 postcards were sent out to property owners in the weeks leading up to the May 15, 2010 master planning session to inform them of the upcoming event. A lot of planning was required leading up to the public event. Members of the Development Committee surveyed every street of the neighborhood, noting the conditions of streets, sidewalks, houses, and locations of street signs, telephone poles, trees, and other important aspects required to establish a thorough plan of the neighborhood. This would create the foundation required for the public input.

On the morning of May 15th residents were encouraged to participate in a walk through the neighborhood to re-familiarize themselves with the different areas of the community. At noon the official meeting started with a presentation about the neighborhood. Residents then split into three different planning groups – commercial, BeltLine and greenspaces, and walkability and connectivity.

Following the master planning session the Development Committee will compile the collected information and input to further develop the plan for Westview’s future.

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Community Garden

May 10, 2010

Property owner Mr. Mitchell has graciously provided an empty plot of land near the intersection of South Gordon Street and Ralph David Abernathy Blvd to the Westview Community Organization for use as a community garden. A group of neighbors tilled the land and set up plots in preparation for their garden. People interested in participating in the WCO community garden should email

info@westviewatlanta.com.

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“Go West” Photography

January 4, 2010

Photography from the December 12th “Go West” celebration.

“Go West” Publicity

December 11, 2009

Westview’s collaboration with West End for the “Go West” holiday celebration is drawing great press for the neighborhoods! Read some of the articles:

Don’t know all the details? Check out the “Go West” page to read about times and locations!

Operation Neighborhood Take Back

December 6, 2009

At a mere 38°F Westview neighbors braved the weather to do door-to-door canvassing for “Operation Neighborhood Take Back” on Saturday, December 5th. The event was sponsored by the Zone 4 Community Prosecutor in conjunction with Zone 4 Police and neighborhoods to provide public safety information to residents.

Go West Celebration

November 25, 2009

“Go West” this holiday season! Westview and West End have teamed up to bring you a day of celebration and activities on Saturday, December 12th.

November 7th Clean-Up

November 5, 2009

Hi friends and neighbors,

We are fast approaching our fall clean-up in Westview. This clean-up has become a full scale community effort with Westview Community Organization, WEND Beautification Committee, West End Coalition, and KIPP STRIVE Academy all working to organize this event! Thank you to everyone who has helped thus far. So with so many individuals from outside our neighborhood helping to clean-up our streets, we have to be sure to show up Saturday to help out!

Here is how and when to help:

When: November 7, 9:00am – 12:00pm
Where: KIPP STRIVE Academy, 1444 Lucile Avenue

How to Help:

Donate bottles of water for lunch afterwards – really needed!
Volunteer to cut a lawn of a vacant house – really needed!
Drive a pick-up truck (for heavy trash) – really needed!
Bring rakes, dust pans, and leaf bags – really needed!
Tell your neighbors (print flyer)
Bring heavy duty gloves
Bring clippers to trim lawns of vacant houses
Donate trash bags and/or gloves
Help setup lunch at the school; no clean-up required :-)

Streets as part of this clean-up:

Lucile
Muse
Altoona
Mathewson
Inman
Enota
Sells
Greenwhich
Wellington

Thanks, and see you Saturday!
Ayana – agabriel1908@yahoo.com
Westview Community Organization Events Chair

Fall Clean-Up/Beautification

October 14, 2009

The weather is turning cold, the leaves are changing colors, and it is time for Westview’s next neighborhood event!

On November 7, we will be having the first of four neighborhood clean-up and beautification days. I am so excited to announce that we will be hosting this clean-up in conjunction with KIPP STRIVE Academy, the new charter school located in the J.C. Harris building on Lucile Ave. This will be KIPP STRIVE’s first Saturday community service day with approximately 95 students and 20 adults participating! After the clean-up, we will be having a lunch for all participants.

As in the past, we need neighbors to come together to make this day a success. There are a variety of ways you can help. Please check out our “How You Can Help” list below, and contact me by next Monday (October 19th) to let me know your interest.

Ayana 404-345-3209

How You Can Help

1) Street Captains – We are focusing on quadrant 1 of westview which includes all streets below. We need at least one volunteer from each street to make a list of all work you would like to happen on the day of the clean-up. For example, your street may have a vacant house whose lawn needs to be trimmed, or a dumping area where tires need to be picked up. You will be responsible for collecting that information, and helping to get neighbors on your street to participate in the clean-up. Thanks for those neighbors who have already volunteered!

Lucile – ?
Muse – ?
Altoona – Mr. Gambrell
Matthewson – ?
Inman – ?
Enota Place – ?
Sells Ave – ?
Wellington – Shawnika and Kel
Laurel – ?

2) Phone Tree – Many of our neighboors are not on email. We need 2-3 neighboors who can be responsible for calling these neighboors so they may stay informed of this event.

3) Volunteers – Since KIPP STRIVE will be providing ~ 120 volunteers, we need to have as many neighbors helping as possible! We need persons who can haul heavy trash in pick-ups, volunteer to mow lawns of vacant homes, and of course, people to pick up trash. We also need people who can help setup and serve food at the lunch.

WCO Officer Recognition

October 6, 2009

At the October 5th Westview Community Organization meeting outgoing President John Davis was presented with an award by the new Executive Committee for his “commitment of time and inspiration” during his 2007 – 2009 term.

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