Featured Volunteer: Chad

Featured Volunteer: Chad

April 22, 2014

Chad purchased his home in Westview in 2009. Since moving to the neighborhood he has been an active volunteer engaged in numerous projects including (but not limited to) working on the neighborhood’s National Register application, coordinating with Trees Atlanta to plant over 300 trees in the neighborhood, repairing and installing signage throughout the neighborhood and helping out with community clean-ups.

Chad’s home is a 1925 Craftsman Bungalow with Tudor Revival detailing. He works as an architectural historian with the Georgia Department of Transportation, and the historic housing stock of Westview is what drew him to the neighborhood. Before living in Westview Chad owned a home in East Atlanta, and he finds similarities between the two neighborhoods – great historic houses, proximity to a neighborhood commercial village, and the same geographic orientation to the city.

A few fun facts about Chad:

Favorite Color: Orange
Favorite Band: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Favorite Movie: Superman
Favorite Book: Dear Theo: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
Favorite Place in the World (other than Westview): Bolinas Beach, California
Favorite Food: Chocolate Chip Waffles at Waffle House

Atlanta Streets Alive

Atlanta Streets Alive Photography

April 21, 2014

Atlanta Streets Alive came to southwest Atlanta on Sunday, April 20, 2014, and the Westview Community Organization set up a space for hula hooping, gymnastics, and hot dogs to entertain passerby’s.

Atlanta Streets Alive temporarily closed the streets to automobile traffic with the goal to enable residents to use them for bicycling, walking, dancing, playing and fun ways to explore the community streets in a safer, healthier, more livable way. Over 16,000 people came out to participate in taking over the streets for a few hours!

To view photos of Westview at the Atlanta Streets Alive event check out the photo gallery below or visit the Westview Facebook page.

Westwood Avenue

March Membership Drive Winners

April 8, 2014

Thanks to all those who paid their Westview Community Organization dues during the March Membership Drive. The most dues were collected in the section of the neighborhood that includes South Gordon, Westwood, Rogers, Willard, Manson and Akridge – congratulations, you have won a block party! (Although everyone is welcome to attend.) Please stay tuned for details about the block party.

None the less, it is never too late to join and support the Westview Community Organization! It’s easy to pay dues online with PayPal. Annual dues are only $20 and support ongoing projects, including:

  • Westview Summer Solstice Celebration – Summer festival with a grill-off, music, artist market, and fun games for the kids.
  • Third Thursday Pizza Night – Mingle with neighbors, new and old, every third Thursday of the month while munching on pizza at Westview Pizza Café.
  • National Night Out – “America’s Night Out Against Crime”
  • South Gordon Community Garden – Join neighbors on Saturdays from 10am-2pm to tend to vegetables and fruit.
  • Landscaping & Beautification – Maintaining the landscaped traffic islands throughout the neighborhood and other beautification projects.
  • Stokes Avenue Pocket Park – Upkeep and socializing at the community pocket park.
  • Historical Research – Ongoing historical research about the Westview neighborhood.
  • Youth Programs – Sponsor of Southwest Atlanta Youth Empowerment Camp and other youth activities.
  • Newsletter – Printing and delivery to keep neighbors informed.

BeltLine Westside Trail at Lucile Avenue

Westside BeltLine Trail Land Acquisition

March 24, 2014

Last week Creative Loafing wrote an article about Invest Atlanta, the City of Atlanta’s economic development arm, voting to purchase the Westside Trail land from the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) for $1.64 million. The Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail comprises of former railroad land that goes from Washington Park to Adair Park (including Westview!). The board’s vote to acquire the land puts the $43 million Atlanta BeltLine trail project one step closer to starting construction in the fall of 2014.

The Westside Trail is not to be confused with the existing West End/Westview spur trail going from the Westview Cemetery to Rose Circle Park, which was a project spearheaded in cooperation with the PATH Foundation. The new Westside Trail will be located inside the former train corridor and will include construction of a flat cemented path, lighting and surveillance cameras for security, benches for resting, and landscaping.

Exciting big development for Westview in 2014!

Read the Creative Loafing article: City agrees to purchase old State Farmers Market, southwest Beltline trail land from GDOT

Learn more about the Atlanta BeltLine: http://beltline.org

Westview Community Garden Chicken Coop

Chicken Coop

March 22, 2014

On Saturday, March 22, 2014, neighbors met at the Westview Community Garden on South Gordon Street to weed some garden beds, but more excitingly to put together a chicken coop acquired thanks to a donation by Random Acts. Children and adults worked together to put everything together. Next step – chickens!

Overall the community garden is looking at a promising year with three households starting seeds for the garden, the nearly completed garden shed that will double for a rain catchment purposes, and surrounding businesses eager to use spare vegetables grown in the garden. Volunteers are always welcome to help keep up the garden; community members meet up nearly every Saturday morning to work on the garden.

To view photos of the gardening day check out the photo gallery below or visit the Westview Facebook page.

March Westview Pizza Cafe Gathering

Westview Pizza Night March 2014 Photos

March 20, 2014

The Westview Community Organization’s third monthly “Third Thursday Westview Pizza Night” at Westview Pizza Café proved to be another success. Neighbors got together and enjoyed each others company in a non-meeting environment while supporting a local business owned by actual Westview residents!

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

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Westview Fire Station 17

Fox 5 Features Westview’s Fire Station 17

March 19, 2014

Westview’s Fire Station 17 was featured in a commercial on Fox 5 for Good Day Atlanta. We already knew they were awesome, but now the whole metro Atlanta area knows too!

Westview Cemetery

Westview Cemetery Guided Tours

March 10, 2014

Thanks to the Atlanta Preservation Center’s annual Phoenix Flies Celebration event people will be able to enjoy guides tours of the Westview Cemetery during a few days in March.

Preserving the past and serving the future since 1884, Westview Cemetery’s self-guided, small-group and bicycle tours offer ample opportunities to explore the final resting place of many important Atlantans, as well as visit sites such as the Battle of Ezra Church and the beautiful Mausoleum and Abbey Chapel.

TOUR DATES AND TIMES

Monday, March 17 @ 10:00am, 11:00am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm – Guided Tour
Tuesday, March 18 @ 10:00am, 11:00am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm – Guided Tour
Wednesday, March 19 @ 10:00am, 11:00am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm – Guided Tour
Thursday, March 20 @ 10:00am, 11:00am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm – Guided Tour
Friday, March 21 @ 10:00am, 11:00am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm – Guided Tour
Saturday, March 22 @ 10:00am, 11:00am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm – Guided Tour

Wednesday, March 19 @ 12:00pm – Bike Tour

RESERVATIONS

Please email cjulian@westviewcemetery.com for reservations.

Volunteers cleaning up the garden

March Community Garden Work Day Photos

March 1, 2014

On Saturday, March 1, 2014, neighbors and volunteers from outside the community came together to work on the South Gordon Community Garden.

Thanks to a Love Your Block grant Westview neighbors were able to fund a shed for the community garden. Neighborhood architects put together a fancy design and fellow neighbors handy with tools built the shed during the garden workday.

In the meanwhile the Atlanta Community Food Bank organized a group from the First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury, North Carolina, to come clean up the community garden and prepare it for the upcoming spring growing season.

To view photos of the garden work day view the photo gallery below (click “continue reading”) and to tag yourself in photos please visit our Westview Facebook page.

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Westview Summer Solstice Celebration Festival

2014 Dues Drive

February 25, 2014

The Westview Community Organization is having it’s annual dues drive to raise money for projects this year. The dues have been reduced to $20 per household. Even if you don’t attend meetings your donation would be greatly appreciated as it goes to support community sponsored projects, events, etc. You can pay online via PayPal, so it’s really quick and easy. The goal is to have a minimum of 50 paid members this year, so please ask your neighbors that aren’t online to help out. Thanks in advance!

About Westview Community Organization Activities

Your Westview Community Organization Executive Committee and neighbors are actively involved in maintaining the neighborhood garden, sponsoring clean up days, representing the neighborhood at NPU-T meetings and having a voice at city hall. Your membership in the Westview Community Organization helps sponsor ongoing community efforts including:

Westview Community Organization members can pay annual dues in person (cash or check) at meetings or online (credit card). The annual fee per household is $20.00.

You can also mail your check payable to “Westview Community Organization” to:
Westview Community Organization
1540 Rogers Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30310

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