July 7, 2026

Residents of the West Boulevard corridor are anxious for change. The area that saw neighborhoods like Reid Park open in 1935, Barringer Woods in 1955 and Pinecrest in the 1960s has not seen the retail and services investment common in other corridors. The last large grocery departed more than 30 years ago. For decades, eastside and southside resident mostly knew the West Boulevard corridor as the way to get to the airport.

But a new vision is being built, according to presenters this morning. It’s to be a vision defined by residents of the neighborhoods adjoining the corridor. And with city support, bank grants and 10 years of building neighborhood activism for change, the West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition the West & Wilkinson Merchant Association and other groups are pressing for redevelopment that better serves the needs of nearby residents.

Within 18 months or so, the Three Sisters Market, a co-op grocery and community meeting space may be open. The library is getting anew home. And teens are growing vegetables and pricing their products for sale and meeting their neighbors through the Seeds for Change program.

Presenters, shown above, were Seeds for Change students Amber Glover and Anyllah Maldanado, Coalition Executive Director Dr. Elliott Royal, Board Chair Brenda Campbell, Three Sisters General Manager Janiqua Jackson and Rasheda Sanders, chair of the new West & Wilkinson Merchant Association.

Erik Spanberg’s report on the co-op market is behind the Business Journal’s paywall here.

 

Collected below are some items about the West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition and initiatives in the corridor.

PDF version is here.