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Another West Sider running for mayor

By AustinTalks | May 15, 2014

Longtime police officer Frederick Collins is challenging Rahm Emanuel in the February 2015 municipal election.

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Head of Austin Chamber running for mayor

By Jessica Wenck | April 30, 2014

Thirty-year-old Amara Enyia is challenging Rahm Emanuel in a campaign she hopes puts the focus on uniting neighborhoods across the city.

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Chicago media shine spotlight on Austin homicides

By AustinTalks | April 17, 2014

The deaths of 20-year-old Tiara Groves and 57-year-old Maurice Harris are two of several examined.

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Minimum wage hike could impact many in Austin

By Danielle M. Dwyer | March 3, 2014

The Illinois Senate will hold a hearing March 5 to consider legislation that would increase the hourly pay from $8.25 to $10 by July 1, 2016.

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New charter school approved for Austin

By Christa Smith | January 29, 2014

Some residents object to CPS giving its conditional approval less than a year after four public schools closed in the neighborhood.

Community

Apply now for help in fixing your house

By AustinTalks | December 30, 2013

Open enrollment for the city’s roof and porch repair program begins 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2.

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Tribune continues its focus on Austin with story about pastor

By AustinTalks | October 21, 2013

City, state and federal agencies have spent millions of dollars on projects in which West Side minister John Abercrombie played a leading role, yet the results have been mixed, the paper reports.

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Austin left out of Chicago’s bike-sharing program

By AustinTalks | September 18, 2013

Just two of the 400 stations planned by Divvy will be located on the West Side.

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Too few grocery stores cause for concern

By Katie Kather | September 17, 2013

In the wake of the news that Whole Foods will open in Englewood, some West Side residents wonder when more full-service grocers will come to Austin.

Business

Produce market sees growth in third year

By Katie Kather | August 8, 2013

Fresh food is available every Friday through the end of August.

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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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