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29th Ward residents invited to community meeting, BBQ

By AustinTalks | September 22, 2016

Ald. Chris Taliaferro is hosting tonight’s event at Rutherford Sayre Park, 6871 W. Belden Ave.

garden

More community gardens cropping up in Austin

By AustinTalks | September 1, 2016

Vacant lots on three West Side streets have been selected for transformation as part of a block club competition sponsored by Austin Coming Together and LISC Chicago.

15th District Police

Liquor stores, gas stations put on notice to rid their areas of criminal activity

By Terry Dean | August 31, 2016

15th District Commander Dwayne Betts has been meeting with local businesses and community groups to make Austin safer.

BUILD

All are invited to summer bash this Friday

By AustinTalks | August 25, 2016

Event begins at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 26th with a peace march. There will be carnival games, a live DJ, food and more at BUILD’s headquarters, 5100 W. Harrison.

Community

Monthly faith-based community meeting this Friday

By AustinTalks | August 24, 2016

The event, organized by Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 26th at the Austin library. The West Side Ministers Coalition is hosting.

Community

Back-to-school community health fair this weekend

By AustinTalks | August 14, 2016

Free screenings and educational resources will be available at the free event, held at BUILD’s headquarters. It begins with registration at 9 a.m. Aug. 20th and ends that day at 4 p.m.

youth boxing

Family-owned West Side business launching youth boxing program

By Terry Dean | July 27, 2016

The Ahmeds hope to be have an Austin location, next to their liquor store in the 5900 block of West Division, up and running by November.

15th district

Local businesses invited to this month’s 15th District meeting

By AustinTalks | July 26, 2016

Share information, discuss community concerns and build relations with the police 8:30 a.m. July 27 at MacArthur’s.

Austin

Free dance party July 21st

By AustinTalks | July 20, 2016

Join BUILD, 5100 W. Harrison, for salsa and steppin’. Bring your lawn chairs and a picnic dinner, and enjoy the music.

gun violence

Town hall on violence draws hundreds, sparks solutions

By Terry Dean | July 12, 2016

Audience members, who included several elected officials, lamented the police shootings last week in Louisiana, Minnesota and Texas.

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News

  • 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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