By Leonard Pitts, Jr. Syndicated Columnist ATLANTA — Hell was a housing project. East Lake Meadows was built of bricks and ringed by barbed wire and called Little Vietnam because … Continue Reading →
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Children Learn Life Lessons from the Game of Golf
From the Atlanta Business Chronicle By Anya Martin Two years ago, 9-year-old Benjamin Thomas got to caddie for Davis Love III in the “Caddie for a Day” program held annually … Continue Reading →
Renovation Brings Area Up to Par
Atlanta Journal-Constitution By David A. Markiewicz When Theresa Cartwright left East Lake in the mid-1980s, moving out of her parents’ home after college, it seemed unlikely she would consider a … Continue Reading →
East Lake Golf Club: A Fall from Grace and Great Revival
By John Kim PGA.com Coordinating Producer ATLANTA — Upon the conclusion of THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola, there will be two stories celebrated on the 18th green. One will … Continue Reading →
Charter School’s First Class Bound for Graduation
From the Atlanta Business Chronicle By Jan Costello While the PGA Tour stars are competing for top honors at The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola, a sweeping victory is unfolding … Continue Reading →
What Ever Happened to … Eva Davis: A Different Battle for Tireless Fighter
Fought for mixed-income housing at East Lake development By S.A. Reid The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Eva Davis sometimes sits on the porch of her duplex apartment and looks out with amazement … Continue Reading →
Bank Puts Children on Path to Saving
Peralte C. Paul The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Every Monday, about a dozen students at the Charles R. Drew Charter School in Atlanta’s East Lake neighborhood get together to talk dollars and … Continue Reading →
Tour Championship: A Model Course to Copy
East Lake’s success inspires New Orleans idea Michelle Hiskey Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (GA) Among the devastation Hurricane Katrina left behind in New Orleans were the civic pieces needed for a … Continue Reading →
Spotlight Shines on East Lake Foursome
By Michelle Hiskey From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Take a kid from an Atlanta housing project and teach him to play golf well enough to get a scholarship. Can he cut … Continue Reading →