The impact of the TOUR Championship will leave behind a legacy not just in East Lake but in other neighborhoods that are being served by the Purpose Built Communities model.
SOURCE: WABE 90.1
In the News
Drew Charter senior learns life lessons from golf
The PGA Tour Championship begins Thursday at East Lake. It’s the final event for the FedEx Cup and the $10-million-dollar bonus. An Atlanta high school student and golf player will be the one to kick things off Thursday.
SOURCE: Fox 5 News
Big Boi will headline PGA Tour Championship kickoff event
Big Boi will headline this year’s Tee Up ATL kickoff for the PGA Tour Championship. Tickets, including a drink, are $15 and can be purchased at www.teeupatl.com. All proceeds from ticket sales and the mural auction will benefit the East Lake Foundation and Purpose Built Communities.
SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution
Nonprofit takes over Atlanta high school turnaround
In the latest push of a pioneering attempt to revive failing schools, Atlanta Public Schools turned over Carver High School to outsiders who restructured it and hired new teachers. APS handed over Carver operations this year to the nonprofit Purpose Built Schools Atlanta, a spin-off of the well-regarded Drew Charter School.
SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution
2019 PGA Tour Championship date at East Lake set
The PGA Tour Championship in Atlanta, moves to August in 2019. The golf season’s final tournament will be played Aug. 19-25, 2019, at the East Lake Golf Club’s manicured grass. The move is part of the tour’s revamped 46-tournament schedule for next season, announced Tuesday.
SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution
Atlanta Housing votes for East Lake refinance, renovations
Applause and some shouts of joy answered a unanimous vote of the board of Atlanta’s housing authority on Wednesday afternoon — it came from Villages of East Lake residents and supporters who’ve been lobbying for a deal to finance neighborhood renovations.
SOURCE: Saporta Report
College Enrollment and Persistence 2017
The graph shows that 82% of this year’s graduates from Drew Charter School enrolled in college, which is the highest rate in APS.
SOURCE: APS Insights
How a failing Atlanta school cut its student turnover rate by nearly half
When Nicole Evans Jones became principal at Thomasville Heights Elementary School two years ago, she inherited a crisis. The Atlanta school, at times, has been the worst performing elementary school in all of Georgia – and one of its poorest.
SOURCE: CBS News
Emory’s Start:ME business accelerator program partners with 49 businesses in underserved communities
Start:ME, a free, intensive 14-week accelerator program for small businesses in underserved metro Atlanta communities, has selected 49 entrepreneurs for the 2018 program.
SOURCE: Atlanta Loop
East Lake Cup raises big bucks for East Lake Foundation
The East Lake Cup collegiate match play championship helped raise $498,750 for the East Lake Foundation on behalf of Golf Channel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (presenting sponsor) and associate sponsor CSX.
SOURCE: Atlanta Business Chronicle