Taste of Chicago
Award-winning West Side BBQ eatery chosen for this year’s Taste of Chicago
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Ben’s Bar-Be-Cue, located at 5931 W. North Ave., may be the first Austin restaurant to be part of the annual food festival, which runs from July 5-9.
mentoring
Austin mentoring group receives award for helping West Side youth get to and through college
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College Mentoring Experience received the gold star award for its quality services and impact in the community from Mentor Illinois.
News
29th Ward residents offer ideas on neighborhood projects to be funded
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Ald. Chris Taliaferro is collecting ideas about how to spend $500,000 of $1.3 million allocated to the ward in “menu money.”
Ald. Chris Taliaferro
Austin celebrates garden that honors two residents who fought for the community
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Police officers, community groups and others worked on the Ed Bailey-Leola Spann community garden, which is sponsored by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s West Side Community Justice Center.
violence
Commissioner Boykin: “We need to take our community back, and it begins with parenting”
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Last weekend’s town hall stressed the importance of parents in reducing crime and violence on Chicago’s West Side.
blues
West Siders look to turn blues heritage into tourist attraction
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Rather than focusing on Chicago’s Downtown, city officials should look for ways to promote the blues in Austin, North Lawndale and Garfield Park, some local residents say.
chess
Austin group uses chess to educate youth, reduce crime
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Teens and older people, too, have been meeting every Saturday morning at the Northwest Austin Council to play the board game – and learn important life lessons.
Strides for Peace
Race against gun violence to be held in Grant Park June 1
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Hundreds of participants are expected to walk, run or otherwise take part in the fourth annual event being held on the eve of National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Austin
Deadline approaching for Austin businesses to get funding under new city program
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Malcolm Crawford, head of the Austin African American Business Networking Association, urges business owners operating along the “Soul City Corridor” on Chicago Avenue to apply for the grants because they’re located in a retail thrive zone.
News
Austin woman still searching for missing fiance
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She was among dozens of Chicago area families and friends who participated in the Cook County Medical Examiner’s first annual missing persons day May 20th.