Atlanta renovates 271 affordable housing units in the East Lake area
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens joined developers on Monday to celebrate one of Georgia’s largest affordable housing renovations, in the city’s East Lake community in DeKalb…
More affordable housing options coming to East Lake
Amanda Rhein, the executive director of the Atlanta Land Trust, Inc., and Catherine Woodling, the deputy executive director of the East Lake Foundation, discuss a new land donation aimed at creating more affordable housing in the East Lake community.
Start:ME Entrepreneurs Build Stronger Communities in 2022
High-tech entrepreneurs may be the darlings of the business press, but the backbone of the U.S. economy is small, local businesses that meet the needs…
Drew Charter School students unveil ‘Black Lives Matter: Stronger Together’ mural
Students from Drew Charter School unveiled their “Black Lives Matter: Stronger Together,” mural during a dedication ceremony on Saturday, March 5.
TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCES CREATION OF HOPE SHOT SCHOLARSHIP
The TOUR Championship today announced the creation of the HOPE Shot Scholarship as part of a record $3.7 million charitable donation that was generated from the 2021 tournament that saw Patrick Cantlay claim his first FedExCup title at East Lake Golf Club.
Built with a Purpose
Mixed-income housing is addressing housing shortages throughout the state while revitalizing communities.
Atlanta charter school starts leadership program with $1.1 million gift
Atlanta’s oldest charter school will launch a student leadership and service program, made possible by a $1.1 million donation.
East Lake Foundation receives $1.1 million donation for leadership program at Drew Charter
The East Lake Foundation has received a $1.1 million donation to launch a new leadership program at Drew Charter School. The program will be called…
From Firebombs to Parks: An East Lake Atlanta Woman’s Lifelong Fight
Riding the bus from a public housing development to the richest neighborhood in Atlanta changed Shannon Heath Longino’s life. Longino was just two weeks old when she moved with her grandmother to East Lake Meadows, a newly built public housing community at the easternmost edge of Atlanta.
Women Changing the Game: Jakari Harris
Biomedical Engineering PhD student and a former member of the First Tee of Metro Atlanta Jakari Harris joins Golf Central to discuss the role that golf has had in shaping her future.
Atlanta high school graduation rates increase for class of 2021
Atlanta Public Schools’ four-year graduation rate reached 83.1% for the class of 2021. That’s an increase from the year before, when it was 80.3%. Drew Charter School had the second highest graduation rate in Atlanta Public Schools (99%), close behind Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy.
Nonprofit recipients of tournament funds look to the future
Despite challenges stemming from the coronavirus pandemic including an absence of paying spectators, last year’s PGA TOUR Championship event at East Lake Golf Club raised a record-breaking $3.56 million for four local nonprofit organizations: East Lake Foundation; Grove Park Foundation; Purpose Built Schools Atlanta; and First Tee Metro Atlanta. Prospects are good for another record-breaking outcome for the same quartet of local beneficiaries when The TOUR Championship returns to East Lake Golf Cub Sept. 2-5.
