Author Archives: Upper Westside CID

On Saturday, November 5, come join us in the weeds! We’re co-hosting a cleanup to remove invasive plants along the Woodall Rail Trail (purple line ...

Have you ever heard of tactical urbanism? Tactical urbanism (aka guerrilla urbanism, pop-up urbanism, D.I.Y. urbanism, urban acupuncture) is the act of designing and implementing ...

Transportation improvements are a major part of Mayor Dickens’s agenda. He’s asking Atlanta residents to help him secure the funding needed to upgrade our infrastructure ...

For the first time in 25 years, one of the highest points in the city of Atlanta will be open to the public, thanks to ...

For the last few months, we’ve been focused on informing you about projects that we’ve completed. But work on the Upper Westside is never done; ...

Last year, COVID canceled our plans to celebrate Park(ing) Day again, but this year we’re back! For the uninitiated, Park(ing) Day has been celebrated nationwide ...

Earlier this month, Atlanta BeltLine and PATH Foundation held a virtual meeting to update the public on their Northwest Trail Planning Study (you can watch ...

Mayoral Candidates Discuss the Future of Atlanta and the Upper Westside Mayoral candidates Antonio Brown, Andre Dickens, Sharon Gay, Felicia Moore and Kasim Reed each ...

Thanks to advocacy by our CID and Blandtown neighbors, the City of Atlanta funded the clearing out of undergrowth at Ellsworth Industrial and Elaine Avenue. ...

We’re excited to share the details of several grants we’ve recently been awarded and the Upper Westside projects they’ll be funding! First is a Neighborhood ...

Perhaps you’ve seen coverage of Gregor Turk’s Blandtown banners in the AJC, Saporta Report, or WABE. With the support of the Upper Westside Improvement District ...

Now that the sun is out and the weather is warmer, we’d like to formally introduce the Howell Junction pocket park! Starting as an idea ...