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Columbus Park to receive more than $1 million in state-funded improvements

By Ellyn Fortino | July 2, 2012

Austin will receive the greatest share of $12 million in state grants being spent on 39 parks and three land conservation projects across Illinois.

News

West Side free public pools open

By Ellyn Fortino | June 19, 2012

The Chicago Park District locations have schedules – some changing daily – posted from June 25 to Aug. 5.

Community

Assistance is available to pay for Chicago Park District’s summer programs

By AustinTalks | May 28, 2012

Eligible students must apply by the June 11 deadline.

Community

Westside Musical Festival presents free summer concert series beginning next month in Austin

By AustinTalks | May 23, 2012

The three-part event, running from June to August at Columbus, Douglas and Garfield parks, will feature local acts, gospel choirs and artists Musiq Soulchild and Syleena Johnson.

Community

Day camp registration begins April 9

By AustinTalks | March 31, 2012

The Chicago Park District program now requires interested individuals to create an account, and early registration is recommended.

Community

Start 2012 with a week of free exercise

By AustinTalks | January 1, 2012

Work out at no charge at the Chicago Park District’s 71 fitness centers.

News

Santa Claus comes to Austin

By Ellyn Fortino | December 12, 2011

Kids 12 and under received stockings and gifts at Loretto Hospital’s 21st annual event.

Community

Proposed budget includes hike in golf fees at Columbus Park

By AustinTalks | November 29, 2011

The price hikes outlined in the 2012 budget would pay for a family discount program, more summer youth camps and waived fees for active duty military.

Community

La Follette Park to get new track, football and soccer fields

By AustinTalks | June 26, 2011

Nearly $2 million, donated by a consortium of public-private donors and a matching grant from the Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation, will pay for the artificial turf.

Community

Help Austin Town Hall win a makeover

By AustinTalks | May 4, 2011

Five out of 10 community buildings nationwide will each get $50,000 in renovations.

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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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