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Let’s take back our streets

By James Deanes | November 18, 2011

James Deanes asks why young people are allowed to loiter and urges residents to take a stand against it.

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Austin residents attend education conference

By Ashlee Rezin | November 17, 2011

The event, sponsored by the Better Government Association and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, featured several workshops for parents.

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Austin homeowners can apply for home-improvement grants

By Ellyn Fortino | November 16, 2011

The deadline is 5 p.m. Dec. 9, and applications are available at Neighborhood Housing Services locations or one of the three Austin ward offices.

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Austin: Weigh in on new school action guidelines

By Patrick Smith | November 15, 2011

Members of the public have until 5 p.m. Nov. 21 to express their opinions about CPS’ new criteria.

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Austin school celebrates career day

By Ashlee Rezin | November 14, 2011

Students at Catalyst Circle Rock Charter School heard success stories from more than 10 business leaders.

Community

Academy of Scholastic Achievement awarded grant

By AustinTalks | November 12, 2011

The Austin non-profit, public alternative high school received $2,000 from Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest.

Community

Fundraiser to benefit Austin school

By AustinTalks | November 12, 2011

Next week’s event, at Christ the King Jesuit College Prep, will feature a basketball game and dance hosted by Resurrection alumni who attended school on the same campus.

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Sankofa invites Austin residents to love their natural hair

By Vee L. Harrison | November 10, 2011

Saturday’s event will include panel discussions, presentations and vendors selling haircare and beauty items.

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Austin residents receive utility bill assistance

By Ashlee Rezin | November 9, 2011

Low-income households can apply for help at the South Austin Community Coalition or any CEDA location throughout the city.

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Town hall meeting: Let’s get teens working

By Chloe Riley | November 8, 2011

The event, hosted by Columbia College Chicago, addressed the decline in employment opportunities for young people.

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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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