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Urban farming coming to Austin

By John Knowles | November 3, 2014

The PCC Family Health Center broke ground last week at a vacant 8,000-square-foot lot that will start producing fruits and vegetables next year.

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Church holds workshop to fight domestic violence

By T.J. Kremer III | October 30, 2014

Every day, the Chicago Police Department receives 20 to 40 reports of domestic violence from the West Side’s 11th and 15th Districts.

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New project has Austin school growing green

By T.J. Kremer III | October 28, 2014

The Space to Grow initiative at George Leland Elementary creates outdoor space that benefits West Siders’ health and the environment.

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Early voting for Nov. 4 election starts today

By AustinTalks | October 20, 2014

Chicago residents may cast their ballots the next few weeks in one of 51 sites.

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Silence no longer an option, Austin ministers say

By T.J. Kremer III | October 15, 2014

Members of the Leaders Network want more economic investment on the West Side.

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Coalition determined to get elected school board

By T.J. Kremer III | October 14, 2014

More than 50 people gathered Monday outside McNair Elementary to announce a campaign to get the issue on the February ballot.

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Divvy coming to Austin in 2015

By Cara Ball | October 12, 2014

Chicago’s 1-year-old bike-sharing program will be expanding to the West Side.

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Young activist seeking 28th Ward seat

By Austin Weekly News | October 10, 2014

Marseil Jackson, 26, joins teacher Tammie Vinson in challenging Ald. Jason Ervin in the February 2015 election.

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Alderman caught up in controversy over violence prevention program

By AustinTalks | October 10, 2014

The Chicago Sun-Times reported this week that aides to Gov. Pat Quinn worried that grants made to groups with ties to 29th Ward Ald. Deborah Graham would become a political issue.

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Annie Bell Fragrances nets $1,000 in 2 hours of black economic empowerment rally

By Austin Weekly News | October 8, 2014

It’s the third such event sponsored by the Austin African American Business Networking Association.

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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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