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The long-awaited quality of life plan being worked on by dozens of West Side residents for more than a year was unveiled Saturday at the third and final community summit. About 150 people, including 37th Ward Ald.
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Veterans, active military personnel, Austin residents and local government leaders celebrated last week the ground breaking of the Veterans' Peace Garden that will be dedicated to those who've served in the armed forces. Coordinated by the South Austin Neighborhood Association and funded by 29th Ward Ald.
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For the 44th consecutive year, Third Unitarian Church and its Austin scholarship committee has awarded scholarships to high school graduates in Austin, bringing the total students honored to more than 500 since 1974. Choosing from about 40 eligible applicants, the scholarship committee selected 20 students to each receive a $1,000 scholarship.
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Cleanslate, a social enterprise of Chicago’s Cara nonprofit, will contribute more than $300,000 over the next three years in the 29th Ward to beautify the area through its ward-by-ward initiative ― creating about 60 jobs in the process. The initiative, funded by six sponsor families, will employ individuals to improve city areas with work like litter abatement, landscaping, graffiti removal and more.
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In certain parts of Africa, the average walking distance to a water source is just shy of four miles. That's why Tim Hoekstra leads Austin residents in World Vision’s Global 6k for clean water every year; he wants clean water to be more accessible to a greater number of African families.
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Fewer Austin schools will see funding cuts next year compared to this year. Six of Austin's 17 schools will see cuts ranging from -.17 percent to -6.5 percent, while the remaining 11 schools will see increases ranging from .06 percent to 3.97 percent.
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Openings on 12 of Austin's 17 Local School Councils remain after last month's elections. Official results from the elections, held April 17 and 18 at each school, aren't expected until next month.
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Speaking at a meeting of the Austin African American Business Networking Association Friday, Brandon Johnson wanted to make clear that he understands the importance of helping small businesses in Austin. “The fight for public accommodations is the fight for our existence,” said Johnson, who recently won the Democratic nomination for the 1st District Cook County Board seat,
“We all know that the life and vitality of a community is really based on the small businesses that function there.
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Our partners at the Austin Weekly News are reporting that another street in Austin could be named after an African-American historical figure. State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford filed a resolution April 20 in the Illinois House that would designate a section of North Avenue from Central Avenue to Cicero Avenue as the "Harriet Tubman Memorial Avenue."
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Volunteers of Austin’s "good neighbor campaign" did not let the cold, rainy weather Friday, April 27 put a damper on their effort to stop gun violence in their community. The campaign hosted the second of several planned pop-up barbeques that will be held this summer in partnership with the Westside Health Authority and the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago.
