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Spotlight put on Austin Village

By AustinTalks | July 1, 2014

The Chicago Tribune featured the West Side area on its front page Sunday.

News

Leland School gets new outdoor space

By Keyanna Johnson | June 26, 2014

It’s one of four citywide that’s a Space to Grow pilot project, sponsored by Openlands and the Healthy Schools Campaign.

Community

PCC Austin sells fruits, vegetables on Fridays this summer

By Jinnie Hoggarth | June 24, 2014

It’s one of several farmers markets that have started on the West Side.

News

Community advocates want to see new life in closed schools

By Jessica Wenck | June 20, 2014

Four Austin buildings remain empty as CPS decides what to do.

Opinion

Is politricks killing our community?

By Renna Thomas | June 17, 2014

West Sider Renna Thomas wants fellow residents to demand more of elected officials.

News

Long-time minister leaving historic Austin church

By Katie Kather | June 16, 2014

Members hope its community involvement will continue to grow as Rev. Brian Covell’s tenure ends. Jennifer Nordstrom will take over in August.

Opinion

A goodbye to James Deanes

By Dwayne Truss | June 12, 2014

West Sider Dwayne Truss remembers his mentor and civic father.

Community

Free community fair Saturday

By AustinTalks | June 11, 2014

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. (Tau Gamma Omega chapter) is putting on the six-hour event, which will include presentations, prizes and health screenings.

News

Trash has got to go, say residents, church members

By Keyanna Johnson | June 4, 2014

Residents like Terry and Lee Redmond as well as the Central Austin Neighborhood Association and New Life Community Church work on beautifying the West Side.

Opinion

Shots fired

By Terry Redmond | May 30, 2014

There’s yet another shooting in Austin, and one resident says enough is enough.

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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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