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Help spruce up the neighborhood this month

By AustinTalks | May 13, 2011

Join the Central Austin Neighborhood Association as it plants flowers this month, and volunteers are being sought for a spring clean-up tomorrow.

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28th Ward residents invited to party

By AustinTalks | May 11, 2011

Ald. Jason Ervin and his predecessor, retired Ald. Ed Smith, are hosting the free event Saturday night.

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Community banking coalition to receive award

By AustinTalks | May 10, 2011

The group will be honored by the Woodstock Institute at a conference being held Thursday in Downtown Chicago.

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Complaint process reinstated for citizens upset with banks

By AustinTalks | May 9, 2011

Learn more about action taken by the state treasurer, which was first reported by Raynard Villa Hall in his Bronzecomm e-newsletter.

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Help Austin Town Hall win a makeover

By AustinTalks | May 4, 2011

Five out of 10 community buildings nationwide will each get $50,000 in renovations.

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Officers celebrated at local event

By AustinTalks | May 4, 2011

More than 60 officers participated in the 1st annual day of appreciation for Chicago Police Department’s 15th District.

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Celebrate the 15th District all day Friday

By AustinTalks | April 28, 2011

A free continental breakfast will be served at 5811 W. Chicago Ave. from 7 a.m. to noon. There will be free ice cream from 12 to 6 p.m. at 5845 W. Chicago Ave.

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Go out and play

By Cody McSellers-McCray | April 26, 2011

Engage youth in sports and active play.

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Exelon teams with Frederick Douglass students to work on community garden

By Exelon Corp. | April 14, 2011

Students and company employees spread mulch, planted shrubs and built park benches.

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Easter egg hunt set for Moore Park

By AustinTalks | April 8, 2011

Kids ages 5 to 10 can participate in the free event April 15 from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

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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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