Announcements
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Meet Tiffany Tyson, the new Westside Together Foundation Executive Director
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Tiffany Tyson’s story is deeply tied to Charleston’s West Side. She moved with her mother, Sandra Pope, to a family home on Grant Street in the early 1990s and has remained closely connected to the neighborhood ever since. Sandra, with her deep roots in social services and lifelong commitment to building strong, healthy communities, instilled…
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Be a Part of the Westside Collaborative Holly Jolly Brawley Tree!
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The Westside Collaborative has been gifted a tree for the Holly Jolly Brawley holiday display in downtown Charleston — a big thank-you to Tina Martinez for generously donating it on behalf of the West Side! (All the trees for this year’s event were claimed in less than an hour, so we are very lucky and grateful for…
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Grant Opportunities from Greater Kanawha
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Check out these grant opportunities from the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation. Deadlines are all this October 2025, so apply now! Narrative Change Collaborative The “Changing the Narrative: Youth and Belonging” grant program will support organizations and the creatives who work with them in documenting and amplifying stories about young people and their experiences and understanding…
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What’s New?
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Middle School Mentors 20 young adults from the Midian Leadership Project and Step by Step, Inc. (most of whom are West Siders) spent a week this past school year at West Side Middle School giving support to students and extra support for staff and teachers. The work led to a Congressional Earmark request for $200,000…
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Westside Together in Action!
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In addition to their own initiatives, Westside Collaborative partners are working together on projects to support Westside residents including: The Midian & Step by Step Project 20 young adults from the Midian Leadership Project and Step by Step, Inc. (most of whom are Westsiders) spent a week this past school year at Westside Middle School providing…
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Thanks for sharing your voice, Westside!
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Thank you to the more than 600 households from all over the West Side that made their voice heard via the Westside Community Outreach efforts. Outreach Outcomes Outcomes Summary:Click Here! Full Outcomes:Click Here! What will be done with the information you provided? Real Results Resident input is guiding West Side partners to do a better…
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Plans to improve Charleston’s West Side move forward
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by Rachel Urbanski | July 6, 2021 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Charleston City Council met Monday night and voted to approve a master plan that seeks to improve the lives of people who live and work on Charleston’s West Side. Charleston Neighborhood Planner John Butterworth said this plan is a little different than other plans…
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McGee Foundation & City Partner to Create West Side Plan
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by City of Charleston Staff | July 6, 2021 The McGee Foundation, a charity based in Charleston, has committed $250,000 for the creation of a master plan to improve the lives of all people living and working on the West Side of Charleston. The donation was made in late 2020 to The Greater Kanawha Valley…