Community
Austin residents invited to take part in quality-of-life plan
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Over the next several days, Austin Coming Together and LISC Chicago will be holding the last set of community meetings in a year-long process to develop the improvement plan.
Community
Share your thoughts about ‘Gang Girl’
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Austin Coming Together will host a free screening of the award-winning documentary at 5:30 p.m. April 13, followed by a discussion. It will be held in the Austin community hub at 5049 W. Harrison.
education
Residents continue to brainstorm plan to improve education
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Participants discussed at this week’s meeting about how to get more local teens to attend Austin high schools rather than leave the neighborhood.
Austin
West Siders keep focused on quality-of-life plan to improve Austin
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Dozens of residents and other stakeholders have been meeting monthly to come up with a detailed action plan to improve the city’s most-populated neighborhood. The process is being led by Austin Coming Together and LISC Chicago.
Community
Residents invited to work on quality-of-life plan for Austin
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The seven working groups will meet from Feb. 26 through March 7 at Austin Coming Together’s offices at 5049 W. Harrison. The working groups are: public safety, youth, housing, civil engagement, education, economic development and community narrative.
Austin Coming Together
West Siders narrow ideas they want to pursue to improve Austin
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Dozens of people working on a five-year, quality-of-life plan met last week to determine next steps. Austin Coming Together is leading efforts to produce the plan, which is expected to be unveiled this summer.
Austin Coming Together
Community summit seeks feedback from Austin residents
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Austin Coming Together invited community members to vote on initiatives for a quality-of-life plan being devised for the West Side neighborhood.
Opinion
There’s no need for a new high school in Austin
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The focus should be on showing West Side residents that students can receive an equitable and well-resourced education at Austin’s existing high schools, writes resident Dwayne Truss.
Community
Share your concerns about housing in Austin
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The issue will be discussed from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at 5049 W. Harrison. The discussion is part of ongoing efforts to write a quality of life plan for the community, led by Austin Coming Together and LISC Chicago.
Austin
Dozens of residents, civic leaders meet to come up with plan for better Austin
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About 200 people participated last weekend in the first of three community summits organized by Austin Coming Together and LISC Chicago.