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Hundreds of ex-prisoners seek help in Austin

By Wendy Wohlfeill | July 27, 2011

People come to the West Side for a second chance. Find out who’s helping them and see some of the challenges they face.

Opinion

Community groups pledge to monitor Chicago’s second Walmart

By Elce Redmond | July 26, 2011

The coalition Chicago Neighborhoods First says it wants the retail giant to follow through on promises made as it opens stores beyond Austin.

News

Aldermen’s campaign cash flows out of Austin

By Sarah Ostman | July 15, 2011

Elected officials say they try to make purchases within their wards. See how your aldermen spent his/her money.

News

TIF program designed to benefit struggling neighborhoods does little to help Chicago’s most-populated community

By Ellyn Fortino | July 13, 2011

Just one Austin project- the Coca-Cola distribution facility at1401 N. Cicero Ave. – has been completed over the last decade.

Community

Groups unite to deal with impact of foreclosure

By AustinTalks | July 10, 2011

The task force, organized by state Rep. La Shawn Ford, will help coordinate assistance for distressed homeowners.

News

Hundreds stand in unity on Madison

By Mario Lekovic | July 5, 2011

This year’s 100 Blocks & 100 Churches ended a month of prayer with a unity chain as West Side residents continue their fight against violence.

Opinion

Local resident wants journalists to do a better job of writing about the West Side

By Anna Friedman Herlihy | June 30, 2011

Anna Friedman Herlihy objects to the way Chicago Tribune reporters compared Englewood to Austin. Find out what else she has to say.

Community

Join unity chain tonight along Madison Avenue

By AustinTalks | June 29, 2011

The 15th and 11th Police Districts host their 2nd annual 100 blocks/100 churches grand finale from 6 to 7. The unity chain comes at the end of a month of prayer and speaking out against violence on the West Side.

News

Juvenile justice system is failing West Side kids, advocates say

By Sarah Ostman | June 28, 2011

There are alternatives to simply sending troubled teens to jail, says the Illinois Juvenile Justice Initiative.

Community

Worried about losing your home or wanting to help others facing eviction?

By AustinTalks | June 23, 2011

Join the Austin Chapter of the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign on Saturday on its foreclosure canvass.

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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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