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Austin car wash gets loan through small business development fund

By North Side Community Federal Credit Union | July 25, 2011

The Chicago Treasurer has partnered with six lending institutions to offer money through the newly created Small Business Development Fund.

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Fundraiser held today for Juneteenth festival

By AustinTalks | July 22, 2011

Help retire the debt for this year’s festival and raise money for next year. If you can’t make it today, your help is still needed.

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Jobs available at CPS

By AustinTalks | July 20, 2011

The deadline to apply to be a parent advocate or school clerk assistant is July 27.

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Chicago teens return from lobbying in Washington

By AustinTalks | July 20, 2011

They joined youth from other major U.S. cities in advocating for legislation to reduce violence and improve education.

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South Austin Coalition urges mayor to meet with ComEd

By Elce Redmond | July 15, 2011

The social action group is upset about local residents facing the loss of their utilities because they’ve fallen behind in paying.

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Play by Austin resident performed

By Jon Graef | July 12, 2011

Sweet Potato Pie depicts both the bitter and the sweet of raising a family in poverty.

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Groups unite to deal with impact of foreclosure

By AustinTalks | July 10, 2011

The task force, organized by state Rep. La Shawn Ford, will help coordinate assistance for distressed homeowners.

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Free treats and a magic show this Saturday

By AustinTalks | July 7, 2011

Stop by Jarbor’s, 5845 W. Chicago Ave., for free treats and a magic show.

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The Learning Center receives grant

By AustinTalks | July 5, 2011

The Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest awarded $2,000 to the group, which offers free education to North Lawndale and Little Village residents.

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Join unity chain tonight along Madison Avenue

By AustinTalks | June 29, 2011

The 15th and 11th Police Districts host their 2nd annual 100 blocks/100 churches grand finale from 6 to 7. The unity chain comes at the end of a month of prayer and speaking out against violence on the West Side.

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  • Expungement, record sealing event helps West Siders get jobs after leaving prison

    Austin resident Anthony Jefferson has been working over the past six years to expunge his criminal record. With help from the Monroe Foundation, he's moving toward the clean slate he wants to achieve to secure employment.

  • Get free groceries, other help from these Austin groups

    On a recent Thursday, volunteers from What About Us Charitable Enterprises spent the morning filling dozens of grocery bags with fresh food and staples that soon filled the arms of West Side residents in need. Dorin “Pastor Mac” McIntyre, executive director and co-founder of What About Us Charitable Enterprises and pastor of Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church, is one of many helping Austin residents struggling with food insecurity.

  • 29th Ward residents invited to holiday events on Tuesday

  • 29th Ward residents invited to propose how to spend $450,000

    Austin residents are invited to participate in this year's participatory budgeting cycle. The annual process lets ward residents ages 14 and up decide how to spend a portion of the aldermanic menu money.

  • Forty Acres Fresh Market marks important moment this week in bringing store to Austin

    Austin moves one step closer this week to getting a new grocery store with the groundbreaking of Forty Acres Fresh Market in the heart of the Soul City Corridor. Another effort to expand food offerings on the West Side continues with the Austin Community Food Co-op, which held a virtual info session last week on its efforts to bring a grocery store to the area.

  • Healing in nature workshop set for Saturday

    The Westside Cultural Alliance continues its "See, Feel and Heal" nature series Saturday at Garfield Park Nature Area, 100 N. Central Park with a workshop on making memory boxes. The workshop sessions focus on art and nature as vehicles of healing through art therapy, which provides wholistic healing for the body, mind and spirit.

  • Illinois residents can apply for help with paying gas, electric bills

    Applications are now open for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for qualified residential customers who are over the age of 60, have a disability or have children under the age of 6 to receive financial assistance to pay their energy bills. LIHEAP is a federally funded bill payment assistance program that helps low- and fixed-income families pay their utility during the winter heating season.

  • West Siders turn out for chili cook off in Austin’s Soul City

    Over a dozen local chefs competed in the second annual "It’s Getting Chili in Soul City" event on Saturday. A team of five who make up the Austin African American Business Networking Association board – Malcolm Crawford, Shirley Fields, Sharmine Rickett, Ronald Smith and Marshawn Felton – created the chili contest last year.

  • Chicago Marathon runner raises money for West Side girls

    Over the last 20 years, Ashley Graham has run 56 marathons - including the Chicago Marathon five times. Several of those marathons she raised money for charity - and this year was no different.

  • Stop by Austin farmers market this week

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