MissionTo provide assistance to the elderly and youth throughout the community, encourage the preservation of community values, promote good citizenship and encourage participation in the affairs and issues of the community.
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Clothes Drive - Groveway members reached out to help others with clothing, mask, hand sanitizer, laundry detergent and other items recently. Standing proud on the grounds of Grove Way Community Center where it began 76 years ago. Thank you to all that made donations to bless others. Our next free clothes boutique will be in our office parking lot (89 Grove Way, Roswell, GA) Saturday, April 10 @ 9:30 am. Facemasks and social distancing will be enforced. We hope to see you there! Tell/bring a friend. See the pictures on our events page. |
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Show Support for Roswell Projects to Receive Federal Funding
The Roswell community has the opportunity to provide their support for two City of Roswell projects that may be eligible to receive direct funding from the federal government through the Community Project Funding Initiative. By visiting an online public portal by April 18, members of the public can voice their support for two projects submitted by Roswell’s Recreation, Parks, Historic and Cultural Affairs Department: · The Ace Sand Streambank and Floodplain Restoration project promotes riverbank restoration, protects the flood plain and creates river-oriented recreation opportunities for residents and visitors. |
· The Doc’s Cafe Renovation project will restore a historic structure that played a significant role in Roswell’s history. This project will create an expanded interpretation and educational opportunity for the city, in addition to preserving a building that represents Roswell’s community heritage.
Public support of these projects will be a significant factor in their being chosen for federal funding. Members of the public should take the following steps to vote for the projects:
Visit the Community Project Funding Portal on Congresswoman Lucy McBath’s site at mcbath.house.gov/community-project-funding-public-portal by Sunday, April 18, 2021.
· Each project will require a separate submission.
· Reference “City of Roswell’s Recreation, Parks, Historic and Cultural Affairs” as the name of the Community Project Applicant.
· Reference the project title in your submission(s): “Ace Sand Streambank and Floodplain Restoration” and “Doc’s Café Renovation”
MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS
The Ace Sand project is a major component of the City’s River Parks Master Plan. If granted, federal funds would be allocated to complete Riverbank Protection, Floodplain Restoration, a Fitness Trail Loop, and the Children’s Educational Stormwater Garden at the site. The project also includes a future green, carbon-neutral community building, although funding for the building is not included in this federal funding request. For more information about the Ace Sand project, visit www.RoswellRiverParks.com.
Doc’s Café is the earliest known African American–owned commercial business in Roswell, and it was a long-standing gathering spot for social life within the community throughout the 20th century. The City of Roswell elected to relocate and stabilize this historic structure due to anticipated impacts from a transportation project. In collaboration with Roswell’s Groveway Community, the City’s goal is to repurpose the building as a public center for small gathering use and lateral park green space with the aim of bringing inclusion into the broader Roswell Historic District and awareness of the Doc’s Café story. The requested federal funds would address the relocation of the building to the designated site, preservation of the building, and site development of a small lateral park, as well as interpretive exhibit elements and the creation of program opportunities to support local heritage tourism opportunities that speak directly to African American history within Roswell.
Public support of these projects will be a significant factor in their being chosen for federal funding. Members of the public should take the following steps to vote for the projects:
Visit the Community Project Funding Portal on Congresswoman Lucy McBath’s site at mcbath.house.gov/community-project-funding-public-portal by Sunday, April 18, 2021.
· Each project will require a separate submission.
· Reference “City of Roswell’s Recreation, Parks, Historic and Cultural Affairs” as the name of the Community Project Applicant.
· Reference the project title in your submission(s): “Ace Sand Streambank and Floodplain Restoration” and “Doc’s Café Renovation”
MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS
The Ace Sand project is a major component of the City’s River Parks Master Plan. If granted, federal funds would be allocated to complete Riverbank Protection, Floodplain Restoration, a Fitness Trail Loop, and the Children’s Educational Stormwater Garden at the site. The project also includes a future green, carbon-neutral community building, although funding for the building is not included in this federal funding request. For more information about the Ace Sand project, visit www.RoswellRiverParks.com.
Doc’s Café is the earliest known African American–owned commercial business in Roswell, and it was a long-standing gathering spot for social life within the community throughout the 20th century. The City of Roswell elected to relocate and stabilize this historic structure due to anticipated impacts from a transportation project. In collaboration with Roswell’s Groveway Community, the City’s goal is to repurpose the building as a public center for small gathering use and lateral park green space with the aim of bringing inclusion into the broader Roswell Historic District and awareness of the Doc’s Café story. The requested federal funds would address the relocation of the building to the designated site, preservation of the building, and site development of a small lateral park, as well as interpretive exhibit elements and the creation of program opportunities to support local heritage tourism opportunities that speak directly to African American history within Roswell.
Covid-19 - During this pandemic time, Groveway Community Group is still working to help those in need in the community. We are still available by way of email, telephone, and social media. We want to assure you that we have not forgotten about our community and our mission statement "If I can help somebody." Please feel free to contact us, and follow us on Facebook for the latest updates we have. Testing has opened to all Georgians whether symptomatic or not: Fulton County Testing Sites - Cobb County Testing Sites.
Monthly Meeting - We have will have our virtual monthly meeting Saturday, May 1, 2021 @ 10am. If you would like to attend, please contact us for details: grovewaycommunitygroup@gmail.com
Groveway Community Group, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, has been a voice in the community since 1943. (Mayor Jerry Woods declared Groveway the oldest non-profit organization in Roswell.) Groveway Community Group advocates on the behalf of community members in order to ensure their appropriate representation and to advance resident involvement in community matters directly affecting them Groveway encourages all citizens to get involved in community activities and affairs so YOU can have a voice.