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But 28th Ward Ald. Jason Ervin upset some West Siders when he said at a recent community meeting that it’s up to CPS to determine whether to accept one of two bids that have been submitted for the William King Elementary building. One bid is for single-family homes and the other for “school use.”
The Austin school is down to just 150, causing some to fear it will be shuttered. CPS shut down four Austin elementary schools in 2013, including one right across the street from Douglass.
CPS is still trying to attract developers to re-purpose buildings shut in 2013.
The production will be performed for the first time at the suburban high school March 17-20.
Solutions to unemployment, gun violence, poverty spark intense debate at town hall convened by Congressman Danny Davis.
Affordable Care Act supporters take aim at “Repeal and Repair” effort by Trump and congressional Republicans.
Tired of seeing beer cans and empty bottles in the neighborhood, the South Austin Neighborhood Association wants the statute broadened to prohibit the sale of liquor within 100 feet of parks and playgrounds.
The proposal targeting Chicago’s West and South sides was changed to cover all of the city’s communities, which Commissioner Richard Boykin and others said was a mistake.
The Cook County commissioner plans to introduce the legislation Feb. 8th.
The media needs to do a better job of showing Austin in its true light, and residents should use social media to tell their own stories, say Dwayne Truss and Terry Redmond.