South Atlanta gas station to be reborn as housing, retail hub

Driving the news: Focused Community Strategies, the community development nonprofit that built the historic neighborhood's Carver Market, announced it recently secured a construction loan to build Brownsville Pointe.

Zoom in: The project will include 18 apartments, 12 of which will be reserved for people living on lower incomes, and nearly 1,800 square feet of ground-floor commercial space where a "local entrepreneur" could build a startup.

Catch up quick: Originally called Brownsville, the South Atlanta neighborhood was one of the city's most prosperous predominantly Black communities and the first home of Clark College and Gammon Theological Seminary.

• During the 1906 Atlanta race massacre, Brownsville residents defended themselves against white mobs who attacked the community. One police officer was killed during the violence.