July 2025 WEND General Body Mtg Minutes

GENERAL BODY MEETING MINUTES

West End Neighborhood Development Inc. 

Tuesday, July 1st, 2025, 7:00 PM 

Virtual Meeting

 

2025 Officers

Marquise “Tony” McNeal, President – president@atlantawestend.com
John Mitchell, 1st Vice President – firstvp@atlantawestend.com
Kimberly Carlisle, 2nd Vice President – secondvp@atlantawestend.com
Troy Farina, Treasurer – treasurer@atlantawestend.com
Dave Mardis, Secretary – secretary@atlantawestend.com
Melba T. Furlow, Recording Secretary recordingsecretary@atlantawestend.com
Kim Scott, Past President – kimscottmanagement@gmail.com
Terry Ross, Parliamentarian – t-ross01@hotmail.com

 

INTRODUCTION (Tony McNeal, President)  

CALL TO ORDER 7:03 PM

• Welcome
• Motion to adopt July Agenda properly seconded and approved. (Nicole Jenkins & Brooks Payne)
  Favor: 22  Oppose: 18    Abstain: 4
• Motion to approve June 2025 properly seconded and approved. (Brooks Payne & Dave M)
  Favor: 16   Oppose: 1    Abstain: 3

CITY REPRESENTATIVES & ELECTED OFFICIALS  

• District 4 Councilmember Jason Dozier’s Office. DeMicha Luster – Director of Community Engagement. Office: 404-290-2174 Email: DLuster@atlantaga.gov. To reach Councilmember Dozier: 678-330-6047
  • ATL DOT was out at the I-20 intersection today, repairing the signals today. DPW was also out doing pickup doing delittering under the bridge and near the exit. They are still working on getting GDOT to get more involved. Also working with Intown Cares and Partners for Home to address the needs of the folks there – they are visiting weekly.
  • Question regarding new placement of temp APD Precinct either in old GA PWR building or Dollar Tree.

PRESENTATIONS

• Marcus Harvey – John Hargrove
  • The event has been going on for the past 15 years. These past 5 years, the program has been at the Shrine of the Black Madonna. Per Mr. Hargrove, it is in a spirit similar to that of events like Malcolm X Day and Juneteenth.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT 7:20 PM

• Last month we had our Community Picnic. 
• Next month will be on National Night Out – August 5th. Board is recommending that we move WEND GB meeting time to 5:30 and that we be as efficient as possible
• TOH – 230 folks welcomed to the neighborhood. A final financial report next month.
• 16th Annual Candlelight Concert under the stars, feat.Kindred the Family Soul. Event is on Sept 27th. 

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 7:25 PM

• $2467 Starting Balance
• $6835.60 –  June Ending Balance

COMMITTEE REPORTS 7:30 PM

• Environmental Health & Beautification – Kristen Koehnemann
  (Does not have a standing meeting, but if you’d like to join, email WENDbeautification@gmail.com)
  • • Still working with DWM for improvements to West End Park. Anyone who’s interested in helping draft the plans, they’d love to have you.
  • Friends of the Parks Groups
    • Howell Park fixture installations set for early fall
    • Rainbow road mural led by K. Verdelotti
    • Env Signage – Led by Ben 2024 Park Pride Grant
• Membership – Brooks Payne
  (Meets the last Thursday of the month at Strangers in Paradise at Lee+White. If you’d like to join, reach out to Brooks via slack.
  • • Was exciting to see people during tour of homes. 15% off at Portrait, 10% at Strangers in Paradise on Wednesdays, 10% at Vine+Olive, and 10% at Cultured South

• Preservation & Urban Design – Caleb Racicot
  (Meets the first and third Wednesdays at 6:30 PM, as needed. If you’d like to join, email WENDPreservation@gmail.com)

• • 1029 Oak St – Home where they’ve installed a wooden retaining wall. They’ll be seeking a variance
  • 558 W. End Place- Rear addition and 2nd story addition.
  • Next meeting is two weeks from tomorrow.
• Transportation – Matt Hawkins
  (Meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM, as needed. If you’d like to join, email WENDTransportation@gmail.com)
  • New Chair Matt Hawkins introduced himself
• Zoning Committee – Larry Frazer – 7:33
  (Meets the last Monday of the month at 7:00pm. If you’d like to join, email WENDZLUCE@gmail.com)
  • Committee Chair spoke with Mr. Hargrove, and he moves that the General Body supports Garvey Day 2025. Setup will start at 6AM and be done around 8PM.
    • Motion to approve Garvey Day from the floor. Mr. Frazer motioning as GB member to support the Marcus Garvey Festival. Motion seconded by Dave Mardis.
    • Question – Who should community orgs reach out to if they’d like to table at the event? Answer: John Hargrove, 678-631-9404. john.c.hargrove@gmail.com
      Favor: 18   Oppose: 1   Abstain: 1 

WRAP-UP & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The city will be taking comments through on Atlanta 2.0
• NPU-T meets July 9th. The meeting is hybrid. 929 Lee St. Ste A220 on 2nd floor.
• BRP/Prusik applied for the demo permit last week. They’ll be putting a fence around their mall. It’ll take 3months to remove asbestos. They’re in the process of signing two leases, one of which is a grocer who has not been announced yet. They will come in September to give a detailed presentation.
• Paid parking at Lee+White will start on September 1st. After 2 hours, you’ll pay $5 for 5 hours.

ADJOURN 7:48 PM

Draft Minutes Completed on 7/8/25 by DM