After our super successful fundraiser a few Saturdays ago (read about it here), we went out the next day to give back to Atlanta right away! We took the first steps to set up the Atwood Community Garden for a group of kids this summer who will be learning how to run an urban farm as a business. For more info, check out their website over...
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A couple of weekends ago, Revive Atlanta partnered with Cypress Street Pint & Plate for a spring fundraiser. We had a great turnout, and we raised gobs more moolah for reviving Atlanta than we even predicted! Thank you so much, Cypress, for your generosity and for your commitment to our community. Thanks DJ Bang (aka Stephen) for spicin’ up the scene with your awesome beats. And last, but certainly not least, thank you to everyone...
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At the end of September, Josie and Bryan met with a local church in the Midtown neighborhood to discuss our ideas of building a community garden on their property. Check out the sweet drawings Josie put together to beef up the proposal. I think they did the trick because the church gave us the unofficial...
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Revive Atlanta has submitted an application for the $500 Pay It Forward grant through the Georgia Tech Student Foundation. The funds would be the first income toward a Midtown Community Garden on the corner of 4th & Peachtree Street! Keep your fingers, toes, and anything else crossed for us to win the money! Pay It Forward from Revive Atlanta on...
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Last Saturday, Revive Atlanta put on the Fall Festival in A.D. Williams Park. We planted the fall crops, jammed to DJ Bang‘s beats, painted garden signs, ate some deliciously fresh food made by John Edenfield with local veggies donated by Moore Farms, shot some hoops, kicked around the soccer ball, and threw together a kickball game. Thanks to everyone who made this event such a...
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A group of us headed back to A.D. Williams park today to clear out some of the brush and open up the field. In just three hours, we managed to pull out so much of the under-growth and invasives that you can now see the garden from the basketball court! The photos don’t do it justice. Check it out in...
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