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West Side students compete to have art displayed at U.S. Capitol

By Cara Ball | April 21, 2015

There were 57 participants in the 34th annual competition.

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Young people to compete in public speaking

By AustinTalks | March 17, 2015

The fifth annual competition will be held 6 to 8 p.m. March 19 at BUILD Inc., 5100 W. Harrison St.

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Metalworking changes course of West Side student’s life

By AustinTalks | June 11, 2013

Austin Polytechnical Academy student’s success helps to dispel the misperceptions about manufacturing jobs.

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Residents, architects gather to discuss Austin’s redevelopment

By Reema Amin | December 24, 2012

At the Sweet Homes Chicago creative workshop Dec. 15, attendees learned about and critiqued the contests’ top entries, which propose ways to create a more self-sufficient community.

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Art student creates Sweet Homes Chicago design competition poster

By Ellyn Fortino | April 9, 2012

The Illinois Institute of Art junior’s creation depicts communities working together to address foreclosure for the program that focuses on Austin as a model for change.

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Design competition to combat Austin’s high foreclosure rate kicks off

By Ellyn Fortino | March 8, 2012

The Sweet Homes Chicago project is accepting applications through Aug.15 from designers interested in developing plans.

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Austin youth participate in Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam

By Darryl Holliday | February 28, 2012

The event, with teens from all over the city, runs through the second week of March, with Austin’s West Side Warriors competing again Friday at the Chicago Cultural Center.

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Austin Safety Net Works basketball kicks off new season

By AustinTalks | January 27, 2012

The workshop series focuses on building skills, having fun and enforcing healthy habits.

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Austin siblings solve business puzzle

By Bonni McKeown | August 1, 2011

The brother-sister duo, part of a five-member team, placed second in a national contest.

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Austin dance group to compete in Las Vegas if it can raise enough money

By Jon Graef | July 11, 2011

The troupe has to raise $4,000 in less than two weeks to participate in the 10th annual Hip-Hop International Dance Competition.

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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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