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Assistance is available to pay for Chicago Park District’s summer programs

By AustinTalks | May 28, 2012

Eligible students must apply by the June 11 deadline.

Community

Ald. Ervin announces small business grant program expansion on the West Side

By AustinTalks | March 27, 2012

The 28th Ward alderman will hold a town hall meeting Wednesday at 9 a.m.

News

Austin homeowners can apply for home-improvement grants

By Ellyn Fortino | November 16, 2011

The deadline is 5 p.m. Dec. 9, and applications are available at Neighborhood Housing Services locations or one of the three Austin ward offices.

Community

Academy of Scholastic Achievement awarded grant

By AustinTalks | November 12, 2011

The Austin non-profit, public alternative high school received $2,000 from Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest.

Community

Austin group wins $500,000 federal grant

By AustinTalks | August 11, 2011

Circle Family HealthCare Network (Circle) will use the money to open clinics at John Marshall High School and Proviso West High School.

News

Senior citizen, city at odds over leaky bathroom

By Sarah Ostman | August 3, 2011

South Austin Coalition Community Council will hold a press conference today over the dispute involving a longtime Austin resident and Chicago’s Department of Housing and Economic Development.

Community

The Learning Center receives grant

By AustinTalks | July 5, 2011

The Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest awarded $2,000 to the group, which offers free education to North Lawndale and Little Village residents.

News

First of four state-funded anti-violence programs to begin soon

By Sarah Ostman | March 29, 2011

Meetings are being held this week for applicants interested in working for Mentoring Plus Jobs.

Community

Senior-friendly tech center comes to West Side

By Bethel New Life | February 2, 2011

A federal grant is funding a program at Bethel New Life for the elderly to learn how to use the Internet. You can still sign up for the classes.

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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