About us…

Shortly after Lauren Pelissier, owner and operator of 42West, moved to Atlanta from Los Angeles, our country was hurled into what became one of the worst health crises, COVID-19. During this time when the event industry came to a screeching halt, Lauren decided she would get to work on designing and creating an event venue that would be ready for people to share experiences, once COVID came to an end. She quietly and carefully began redesigning a worn down westside warehouse. All it needed was a little TLC and a vision! Right before our eyes, a highly styled and vibrant event space was born! With three decades of entertainment & celebrity focused event experience, Lauren knew exactly what Atlanta needed! 42West Entertainment Groups’ event venue has emerged as Atlanta’s most sought after exclusive hot spots. With exquisite elements, events are highlighted by a high-end, exclusive, and creative event environment. Welcome to 42West Entertainment Group!

Our mission

Lauren has a long journey of giving back to the community. Lauren has steeped her heart and soul into the underserved populations of inner cities from coast to coast! Her non-profit journey is what led her to create what is perhaps he most special element of 42West Entertainment Group. Lauren decided the only way she could whole heartedly put her efforts into an event space was to ensure it had a very large give-back platform. As a result 42West will be donated to non-profits, in metro Atlanta area at *no cost to non-profits. Additionally, prime dates and times will be offered, unlike other event venues who tend to provide small discounts only on undesirable days/times of the week. Non-profits will be selected based on certain criteria that can be discussed with the 42West sales team. Please fill out the contact form under the “INQUIRE” tab to contact 42West about your non-profit event.

Lauren Pelissier, Founder of S’more Smiles, https://www.smoresmiles.org

Lauren Pelissier, a Southern California native now living her best life in Decatur, GA, was your average, reticent 6-year-old first-time camper. She was unsure about leaving the comforts of her parents and didn’t know what to expect from a day at camp. That day turned into weeks, and weeks turned into summers and summers turned into a lifelong calling dedicated to the sheer joys of summer camp, the nuts and bolts of event planning and a stalwart commitment to philanthropy. If it were up to her, Lauren would have been a professional camp counselor, but when her parents insisted she “get a real job,” Lauren split her time between a flourishing event planning career, and operating a summer camp for underprivileged children. For nearly 20 years, Lauren brought smiles, supplies, sleeping bags and the stars to disadvantaged kids, first as the Program Director and then as the Camp Director. Lauren’s altruistic heartstrings continued to tug. She consulted and connected various non-profit organizations representing children with disabilities and underrepresented challenges with camp experiences and camp venues. Now married with an 13-year-old son, Lauren decided it was time to start her very own non-profit, to bestow her love of camp upon her love of children. Thus, S’more Smiles was born! Lauren brings her luminous spirit and her beaming heart to everything she does. And nothing makes her happier than gathering sunshine indoors, to children who spend their days within hospital walls, bringing S’more smiles to S’more kids.

*No Cost: No “space rental fee”. Clients are required to pay for event staff, security, valet parking, and cleaning fees.