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Lead found in hundreds of Austin children

By AustinTalks | May 5, 2015

The Chicago Tribune reports the brain-damaging substance continues to plague the West Side’s youngest residents.

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Emergency town hall meeting draws big crowd

By T.J. Kremer III | May 4, 2015

West Side residents and elected officials gathered Saturday to discuss combating gun violence.

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City officials, local leaders talk economic development

By T.J. Kremer III | April 29, 2015

West Side business owners are pushing Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration to invest in Austin.

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Michele Clark students building talent through science, technology

By Terry Dean | April 28, 2015

About two dozen students participate in an after-school program; teachers hope to get more involved

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Elected official wants deputies to help police West Side

By AustinTalks | April 24, 2015

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin says Austin has been neglected by the city and plans a May 2nd community meeting to discuss the violence.

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Bike-sharing program bypasses West Side – again

By AustinTalks | April 22, 2015

Austin still doesn’t have a Divvy station, and that’s not right, says Ald-elect Chris Taliaferro.

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West Side students compete to have art displayed at U.S. Capitol

By Cara Ball | April 21, 2015

There were 57 participants in the 34th annual competition.

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Summit offers solutions for criminal justice reform

By T.J. Kremer III | April 20, 2015

State Rep. La Shawn Ford organized the event, which brought together ex-offenders, officials, lawyers and concerned citizens.

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Outgoing alderman named to mayor’s transition team

By AustinTalks | April 16, 2015

Ald. Deborah Graham, who lost her 29th Ward seat in the April 7th runoff, is one of about a dozen people serving on the special committee.

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Austin’s new alderman offers thoughts on the future

By AustinTalks | April 14, 2015

Our partners at the Austin Weekly News interviewed Chris Taliaferro, who will represent the 29th Ward starting next month.

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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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