Year of Boulevard Revitalization Push Continues in 2013
Councilman Kwanza Hall promises new initiatives, partnerships to continue revitalization efforts along the troubled Boulevard corridor.
Pledging to continue the momentum started last year under his Year of Boulevard initiative, Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall launched the 2013 edition of the program. The initiative aims to revitalize the Boulevard corridor, particularly the stretch that includes the Bedford Pines Apartments off Winton Terrace. If the Martin Luther King Historic District is the heart of the Old Fourth Ward, then Boulevard is its spine, Hall told Patch in a wide-ranging interview on the Boulevard focus. "The spine is Boulevard and we've got to do some things, some chiropractic work on that spine to get it right," said Hall, who also represents the Virginia-Highland area. The Boulevard efforts last year included tackling public safety, unemployment and …
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Abby Martin
10:10 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013
Mr. Hall, Please add to your efforts an afterschool art-dance-enrichment program at the J.D. Sims Center. My son participated in the Mayor & Office of Cultural Affairs' ArtSchool progam last summer for high-school aged students. It was remarkable!! Tis center runs an afterschool program for elementary-aged students. Interestingly, the afterschool bus runs from Centennial Place Elementary School … more ›