Stories tagged "West End"
Community Notebook: When the paper still landed on the porch

In this reflection, Brent Brewer writes about an old op-ed that highlights the way print design once elevated community reporting into a shared civic conversation.

Community Notebook: The storyteller who redefined the Wren’s Nest

A new memorial tree honors Akbar Imhotep, the storyteller who brought about a turning point in the Wren’s Nest’s history.

Community Notebook: Rain dance for a dead arts scene

Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.

Community Notebook: You can find us outside

Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.

Community Notebook: Rose Circle Park gets street crossing signage

Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.

Community Notebook: West End Mall construction update

Redevelopment at the West End Mall is underway, after several previous redevelopment plans stalled over the last five years.

West End elementary school faces possible closure

In the recently released APS Facilities Plan, historic West End schools are preserved, but M.A. Jones Elementary is at risk.

Community Notebook: Flooding continues on Atlanta’s Westside communities

Environmental groups and community advocates are raising concerns that these repeated flooding events are not only a safety hazard but also a public health and environmental justice issue.

It doesn’t take long, if you start right

As the community engagement process for an APS-owned development drew to a close last year, some community members did not think the final proposal was the best option for the neighborhood. So they charted a different path forward.

A photo of a mural along the street.
Community Notebook: West End: Lights out for opening of arts center

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Community Notebook: Soul food at Augie’s Cafe

Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.

Community Notebook: To park or not to park is the wrong question

Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.

Community Notebook: June 4, 2025

Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.

A man plays a musical instrument in a venue. The walls are filled with artwork.
“It looks like some of this old beauty’s got to go.”

After years as a gathering spot for music and community, Gallery 992 will close this weekend.

Community Notebook: April 21, 2025

Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.

Community Notebook: March 14, 2025

Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.

Community Notebook: February 17, 2025

Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.

Community Notebook: February 7, 2025

Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.

A new historical marker honors a Morehouse student who was lynched

Dennis Hubert’s story was a fading memory, before a community of dozens of Atlantans resurrected it

The West End Mall: New Developers Arrive on Scene

A third developer takes a stab at reinventing the historic community centerpiece — with promises made, residents wait and watch expectantly

Meeting Notes: Eyes on Fort Mac

Five ways residents want Forest Park to grow—and how the city is actually spending their money

5 Questions for the Atlanta Runoff Election Candidates

See how the November 30 runoff election candidates for Mayor, District 3, and District 4 responded to questions from west side Atlanta community members.

The water boy’s hustle

City officials deemed water sales along highway exits a nuisance and a threat. But for one West End teenager, the hustle is a way to make money and to stay out of jail.

Young boy sits in front of computer
West End’s school daze

How students, parents and staff are grappling with a new learning reality

West End Mall’s uncertain future

As COVID-19 threatens plans for the neighborhood’s Black commercial center, businesses hang in the balance

Growing pains

The future for Black farmers in West End and beyond looks just as unstable as the present

Editor’s Note

A note from our West End Issue editor, Gavin Godfrey