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Every Wednesday in February, the Mid-America Club will be spotlighting a business leader from Chicago’s West or South Side. Malcolm Crawford, executive director of the Austin African American Business Networking Association, will be speaking Feb. 9th.
Fifteen Austin businesses have been awarded grant money by the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund since 2017.
Serethea Reid, founder of the Central Austin Neighborhood Association, writes about unanswered requests to the 29th Ward alderman to install a sign many believe would deter crime in the community.
You can drop off non-perishable food items and toiletries at local businesses for two pantries that serve the West Side.
The coalition Chicago Neighborhoods First says it wants the retail giant to follow through on promises made as it opens stores beyond Austin.