mentoring
Austin mentoring group receives award for helping West Side youth get to and through college
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College Mentoring Experience received the gold star award for its quality services and impact in the community from Mentor Illinois.
health care campus
Westside NAACP wants Emmet project put on hold
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The civil rights group says agreements must be reached before the development moves forward. Ald. Chris Taliaferro remains supportive of the plan to convert the closed school into a health care campus but agrees more details need to be worked out.
mental health
Twitter town hall focuses on mental illness, gun violence
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Commissioner Richard Boykin and Cook County Sheriff Dart organized the June 19th discussion.
News
29th Ward residents offer ideas on neighborhood projects to be funded
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Ald. Chris Taliaferro is collecting ideas about how to spend $500,000 of $1.3 million allocated to the ward in “menu money.”
News
Proposed health care campus for Emmet site opposed by some residents
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The bid process for the CPS property that has sit vacant for four years sparked intense criticism at a community meeting last week.
Ald. Chris Taliaferro
Austin celebrates garden that honors two residents who fought for the community
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Police officers, community groups and others worked on the Ed Bailey-Leola Spann community garden, which is sponsored by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s West Side Community Justice Center.
violence
Commissioner Boykin: “We need to take our community back, and it begins with parenting”
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Last weekend’s town hall stressed the importance of parents in reducing crime and violence on Chicago’s West Side.
blues
West Siders look to turn blues heritage into tourist attraction
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Rather than focusing on Chicago’s Downtown, city officials should look for ways to promote the blues in Austin, North Lawndale and Garfield Park, some local residents say.
education
Douglass HS, community step up efforts to recruit students
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Residents, school officials and local lawmakers are working to meet goal set by CPS to enroll at least 100 freshmen for the upcoming school year
Opinion
So far, the Emmet School repurposing is a failure of leadership
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Longtime Austin resident sounds the alarm about how officials are deciding what to do with the school, which has been vacant since 2013 when it was closed.