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29th Ward

Ald. Chris Taliaferro holding community meeting tonight

By AustinTalks | May 18, 2016

All 29th Ward residents are invited to Rutherford Sayre Park, 6871 W. Belden, at 6 p.m. May 18th to discuss neighborhood developments and learn about upcoming events.

News

Crime, jobs are top issues in the 29th Ward, says Ald. Chris Taliaferro

By Austin Weekly News | February 3, 2016

n his first state of the ward address, the alderman said cooperation between residents, community groups, police officers and elected officers is critical to addressing the problems facing the West Side.

29th Ward

Ald. Chris Taliaferro to deliver his first state of the ward address

By AustinTalks | January 26, 2016

29th Ward residents are invited to attend the event 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27th at Amundsen Park, 6200 W. Bloomingdale Ave.

Community

Local residents invited to Christmas party

By AustinTalks | December 18, 2015

Congressman Danny Davis, Ald. Chris Taliaferro, Commissioner Richard Boykin and Sankofa Safe Child Initiative are hosting the Dec. 21 event at Columbus Park Field House.

Community

29th Ward residents invited to weigh in on capital spending

By AustinTalks | December 2, 2015

The first of Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s two meetings about participatory budgeting will be 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3.

Community

Job seekers invited to free event Thursday

By AustinTalks | November 17, 2015

Ald. Chris Taliaferro is sponsoring the Nov. 19th job fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Columbus Park Refectory.

News

Austin aldermen split on new city budget

By Terry Dean | October 29, 2015

Jason Ervin and Chris Taliaferro rejected the spending plan, while Emma Mitts and Michael Scott supported it.

News

Longtime Austin resident honored with street sign

By Terry Dean | October 27, 2015

The corner of Congress Parkway and Leamington Avenue is now know as Lillian Drummond Parkway in honor of the 94-year-old social justice activist.

Community

Ald. Chris Taliaferro to hold budget meeting

By AustinTalks | October 15, 2015

29th Ward residents are invited to the Oct. 20 event, which will be held at the Columbus Park Refectory.

News

West Side aldermen join call to oust police chief

By AustinTalks | October 7, 2015

The Chicago City Council’s Black Caucus wants Mayor Rahm Emanuel to fire Superintendent Garry McCarthy.

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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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