Category: Events

On the cold morning of January 7, the Urban Ag Class finished moving a total of about 70 yards of mulch at the Clarkston Community Center. A huge word of thanks goes out to all the class members who really worked hard to move that mulch! This was a part of the next stage of…

The Wellness on Wheels van made a stop at the Avalon Apartments in Clarkston on Saturday, December 10.  Thirty six children and adults were served.  Adults received flu shots and children received immunizations as well as hearing, vision, and dental screenings and flu medicine. There were some tears but overall the children were brave. Approximately…

In November and December, the urban agriculture class met and continued to make a lot of progress. Part of the day is in the classroom and the rest of the day is in front of the Clarkston Community Center as we apply what we are learning. So…. what is going on?  Well, right now, we are…

In June, 2011, the Clarkston Development Foundation (CDF) hosted a conversation at the Clarkston Community Center. At that meeting, we shared information about CDF initiatives in Clarkston in 4 main areas: <>Early Learning <>Health Services <>Family Advocacy <>Urban Agriculture Afterwards, small groups discussed a shared vision of what Clarkston could look like in the future.  You…

At the invitation of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Grassroots Grantmakers, the Clarkston Development Foundation (CDF) joined in a two-day national convening of community network building practitioners who, through their own work in their own communities, are serving as inventors of this new practice and, in some cases, new organizations. In…

On October 27, 2011 from 10am-12pm, Clarkston Development Foundation lead a tour of the site of the Clarkston Community Center Food Forest. This is a one of the kind landscape installation in the Atlanta metro area. It is a mixed orchard designed for beauty and to produce lots of food with little maintenance, for many years to…

Clarkston Development Fondation is excited to announce a DIY Perennial Agriculture Course starting October 8th. This course will be eight sessions, covering process to practice. We are partnering with the Clarkston Community Center as the venue for this course that seeks to begin to empower the participants to start the process of turning their yards into…

For Hands on Atlanta day on September 10th from 8:30-1pm, Clarkston Development Foundation will be coordinating Phase 2 of an Installation at the Clarkston Community Center Urban Orchard. This is a collaboration between the Clarkston Community Center and Hands on Atlanta to build upon the work begun in April 30th, 2011 with the Comcast Cares day.…

On July 29 and 30, 2011, three of CDF’s staff participated in the first Kingian Nonviolent Training event held at the Clarkston Community Center. Over the course of the two days, a group of over 50 people received some foundational training on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s methodology of nonviolent conflict reconciliation.   The Clarkston Community Center…

At World Refugee Day at the Clarkston Community Center, CDF launched a plant recognition project with the aim of assembling an experiential list of edible plants according to country of origin. We are gathering information on residents of Clarkstons’ knowledge and experience of perennial, food producing plants in both this country and in other countries. We…