East Lake Foundation - Community Redevelopment

Atlanta, Georgia Community Redevelopment - A National Model for Community Redevelopment - East Lake has been recognized by the Urban Land Institute as a national model for community redevelopment. The new East Lake includes: The Villages of East Lake, a mixed-income apartment community with half market-rate and half government-subsidized apartment homes and on-site resident programs managed by Mercy Housing; Charles R. Drew Charter School, the city of Atlanta’s first public charter school, which is managed by Edison Schools, Inc., now serving grades K-8 and offering a comprehensive curriculum and before and after school programs emphasizing high achievement and character development; the East Lake Family YMCA located adjacent to the school; the Sheltering Arms Early Education and Family Center for children from birth to kindergarten; and the Charlie Yates Golf Course, a public, mid-length, 18-hole golf course, that is the home of The First Tee?of East Lake, a year-round golf and mentoring program for area youth. Net proceeds from the Charlie Yates Golf Course, the East Lake Golf Club and the PGA Tour’s season-ending TOUR Championship held at East Lake Golf Club every year benefit East Lake community programs. TOUR Championship tickets are available online. As beautiful as the buildings are, it’s what happening inside them that is making all the difference. With adult residents taking advantage of career development, job and life skills training and financial literacy classes and East Lake youth being offered strong educational support from pre-school to high school, the East Lake community is thriving.

05/04/05 - Dr. Charles Knapp Named Board Chair of East Lake Community Foundation

ATLANTA (May 4, 2005) – Dr. Charles Knapp, president emeritus of the University of Georgia, has been named chairman of the board of directors of Atlanta’s East Lake Foundation.

Founded in 1995 on the belief that everyone deserves a chance to succeed, the East Lake offers Atlanta’s East Lake residents opportunities to build a better future through education for children and adults, excellent affordable housing, job readiness and connections with the broader community. By bringing in expert public and private partners and resources, the Foundation created a thriving neighborhood with facilities and programs that attract people of all ages and incomes seeking a sense of community.

“We are delighted that Dr. Knapp has agreed to chair our board of dedicated business and community leaders,” said Carol R. Naughton, executive director of the East Lake Foundation. “The East Lake community will benefit from Dr. Knapp’s leadership and expertise in education, fundraising and community building.”

Dr. Knapp serves on the East Lake Foundation’s board of directors with board vice chairman Ray M. Robinson, president of the East Lake Golf Club; Hugh M. Chapman, retired chairman of NationsBank South (now Bank of America) and chairman emeritus of the Foundation’s board; Thomas G. Cousins, chairman of the board, Cousins Properties; Dr. James Don Edwards, retired J.M. Tull professor of accounting for Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia; John R. Frazer, executive vice president, SunTrust Private Wealth Management, Memphis; Lillian Cousins Giornelli, executive director, CF Foundation; and Clyde C. Tuggle, senior vice president, worldwide public affairs and communications for The Coca-Cola Company.

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