micro-lending
Female entrepreneurs meet in Austin to discuss challenges, strategies
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The event, hosted earlier this month by Small Business Majority and Accion, shared resources designed to help women and minority-owned businesses.
Austin Coming Together
Community summit seeks feedback from Austin residents
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Austin Coming Together invited community members to vote on initiatives for a quality-of-life plan being devised for the West Side neighborhood.
Austin Neighborhood Choir
West Side children’s choir to perform Wednesday at Austin Town Hall
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Launched in 2016, the choir includes students aged 9 to 14 and is looking to expand. Tickets to tonight’s performance are free, though donations are welcome.
election
Congressman Davis endorses Kennedy for governor
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Other West Side officials, including Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin, are also backing Kennedy, who is seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination in the March 2018 primary.
Business
Applications open for Neighborhood Opportunity Fund grants
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Five Austin businesses received awards in the first round of funding earlier this year. The deadline to apply for the next round is Dec. 22, 2017.
arts education
Austin resident portrays Malcolm X in “Six Stories Up in Haunted Chicago”
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Di Reed co-wrote the scenes performed in the play, which ends this weekend, with a student actor. The play features both both disabled and able-bodied actors. Performances end this weekend.
Vision Zero Chicago
Pedestrian safety top concern in Austin
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Vision Zero Chicago recently held a meeting at Austin Town Hall to solicit feedback from West Side residents on how to make the roads safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.
chance the rapper
Austin high school to receive $100,000 from Chance the Rapper
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Michele Clark Academic Magnet Prep High School will receive the grant over three years from SocialWorks, Chance the Rapper’s education non-profit.