Category: Events
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MLK Service Day
Make It A Day On, Not A Day Off! Show your commitment to making the world a better place to live by joining in one of the variety of projects happening in and around Clarkston.
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2014 VilCap Cohort Selected
Congratulations to the 15 entrepreneurs who have been selected to participate in the 2014 VilCap: Start Clarkston.
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Clarkston Festival Committee Receives Neighborhood Fund Grant
The Clarkston Festival Committee received a 6-month grant for $9000 from the Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta’s Neighborhood Fund. The Clarkston Festival, which will be held April 26, 2014,
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CDF Partners to Host Vision and Voice Family Leadership Institute
CDF is pleased to partner with the Clarkston First Baptist Church to host United Way’s Vision and Voice Family Leadership Institute (FLI) in Clarkston, Georgia. The goal of the Family Leadership Institute is to build the skills and capacity of parents
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Clarkston Business Accelerator Program Subject of New Documentary
The New Entrepreneur: Odyssey for a Dream will make its television premiere on December 25 on PBA 30. The documentary explores the lives of a handful of Clarkston, GA, residents who apply for a program that provides three loans of $10,000 each to start a new business. In a diverse town like Clarkston, where over…
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15 Participants Explore Real-Life, Academic Experiences in Community Development
The pulse of a community involves numerous people working together in synchronicity. This working together involves many intricate systems that are part of the whole, but such systems often follow their own mysterious cadence. On November 18, a group of 15 people embarked upon a 5 day journey
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Community Academy: A True Collaboration
Next week, over 25 people will come together for the first Tools for Whole Communities: Understanding the Big Picture for Lasting Change. The course, held in cooperation with the University of Missouri, is a true collaboration.
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Breaking Bread: Communities Connecting With One Another
Imagine a place where the food plentiful & where your favorite fruits are never out of season? Imagine fruits like bananas, mangos, lemons, oranges, and pomegranates always in abundance. What if I told you this place is not here in the United States, but in another country?
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Over 50 People Help with Mural Project
“I am so excited there is going to be public art in Clarkston,” one resident commented as he and his 6 year old daughter painted browns and deep reds.