Community Corner
Love Your Block Around East Atlanta and Let It Shine
A new round of the 'Love Your Block' program is underway, but the deadline to enter to receive up to $1,000 in funds to support beautification projects has almost passed.
Want to start that community garden you've been dreaming of? Or paint that mural and plant that tree? Maybe build that bench or clean that blighted lot?
In 2011, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed launched the 'Love Your Block' initiative and challenged city residents to develop and execute their own neighborhood beautification projects.
In the last year and a half, the Love Your Block Program has supported 53 neighborhood groups across the city and in every council district. See the I AM Atlanta website or below for a comprehensive list of grantees.
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Any neighborhood group can receive up to $1,000 in funds to support their beautification projects. But applications are due by Wednesday, May 15 by midnight. All non-profits, community groups, residents, and previous grantees are eligible to apply. All projects must follow regular city approval processes.
Completed applications can be sent to loveyourblock@atlantaga.gov.
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Applications are available at www.IAMATLANTA.org.
2013, Round 1 Love Your Block Grantees.
- Adair Park Today
- Ashview Heights Community Garden (WeCycle Atlanta)
- Beecher Hills Foundation Inc.
- Ben Hill Community Association
- Booker T. Washington Community Association
- Central Atlanta Neighbors Inc (Fourth Ward West)
- Chosewood Park Neighborhood Association
- Coleman Street Beautification Block Captains - NPU-V
- Collier Hills Civic Association
- Diabetes Community Action Coalition of Fulton County (DCAC)
- Friends of Atwood Community Gardens & Urban Farm
- Friends of Loring Heights Park
- Grant Park Conservancy
- Graymont Drive Beautification Club
- Kirkwood Neighbors' Organization
- Midtown Neighbors’ Association
- NPU-Q Atlanta
- NPU-V Atlanta
- Old 4th Ward and Sweet Auburn Neighborhood Association
- Organized Neighbors of Summerhill
- Peachtree Walk Condominium Association
- Peoplestown Neighborhood Association / Friends of Peoplestown Parks
- Poncey-Highland Neighborhood Association
- Red, Bike, and Green-Atlanta
- REDEEM - Mother Clyde Memorial West End Garden
- Wildwood Civic Association
2012 Love Your Block grantees.
- Ashview Heights Association
- Beecher Donnelly Community Association
- Boy Scout Troup 74
- Brentwood Neighborhood Association
- Brookwood Civic Association
- Cabbagetown Development Improvement Corporation
- Chosewood Park Community Development Corp
- East Atlanta Community Association
- English Avenue Neighborhood Association
- Eta Lambda Chapter of APA (AUC area)
- Friends of Iverson Park
- Home Park Community Association
- Lindbergh / LaVista Corridor
- Loring Heights Neighborhood Association
- NPU-H
- Old Fourth Ward & Sweet Auburn District
- Organized Neighbors of Summerhill
- Paradise Missionary Baptist Church
- Peoplestown Neighborhood Association
- Piedmont Heights Civic Association
- Vine City Civic Association
- Walking Through the Vine Ministry
- West End Business Education and Development Center
- Westview Community Organization
- Westwood with a Vision
- Wheat Street Towers
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