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Strategic plan to improve the community discussed tonight

By T.J. Kremer III | August 27, 2015

Austin Coming Together will hold a town hall meeting Aug. 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Austin Town Hall.

Opinion

It’s time to stop listening and start hearing

By Genola Duncan | August 9, 2015

Austin resident Genola Duncan wants to know why a longtime CAPs facilitator was forced to step aside.

Community

Don’t miss “National Night Out” Aug. 4

By AustinTalks | August 2, 2015

The Chicago Police Department will be hosting events Tuesday night across the West Side, including at Moore Park and the 25th District HQ.

Community

Birth center to host women’s night out series

By AustinTalks | July 24, 2015

The first event will be held Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Berwyn.

Community

Community day at the movies

By AustinTalks | July 23, 2015

Join the Chicago Westside branch of the NAACP from 12 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the ICE Theatres, 3300 W. Roosevelt Road.

Community

Community cook out this Saturday in Levin Park

By AustinTalks | July 23, 2015

West Side residents are invited to the free event from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the 5400 block of West Ferdinand.

Community

Community parade, health fair set for Saturday

By AustinTalks | July 23, 2015

Registration begins at 8 a.m. July 25 for the 27th annual event.

News

Austin residents kept out a of top cop’s “listening tour” meeting

By T.J. Kremer III | July 22, 2015

Some question Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy’s commitment to openness and transparency after the July 15 gathering at Mars Hill Baptist Church.

News

Austin celebrates one-year anniversary of Mandela Road designation

By Terry Dean | July 20, 2015

More than 100 attended the July 18 street party outside Westside Health Authority’s offices.

Community

Celebrate Nelson Mandela’s birthday Saturday

By AustinTalks | July 15, 2015

There will be music, dancing, food and more at Chicago and Cicero avenues starting at 10 a.m. July 18.

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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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