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Rep. Ford pushes overdose prevention sites for Chicago

By Austin Weekly News | August 4, 2023

Medical experts, advocates and community outreach groups support the move.

Community

Check out Austin Eats’ list of events for July

By AustinTalks | June 30, 2023

There are opportunities to volunteer, shop, get free food and more for the next month in Austin.

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Farmers market at Austin Town Hall kicks off

By Janaya Banks | June 14, 2023

Stop by the farmers market at 5610 W. Lake St. on Thursday afternoons. Three other farmers markets also are open this summer on the West Side.

Community

Stop by first farmers market of 2023 on Thursday in Austin

By AustinTalks | June 6, 2023

On June 8th, the Austin Town Hall City Market at 5610 W. Lake will open for the season. The market will operate every Thursday from 1 to 6 p.m. through the end of October.

Community

Don’t miss this week’s health and career fair

By AustinTalks | May 31, 2023

The free event will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. June 3 at By The Hand Club for Kids, 415 N. Laramie Ave. Network with Black professionals, learn about careers, sign up for a gym membership and more.

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CPS launches waffles at breakfast for Austin HS students

By Michelle Meyer | May 24, 2023

Michele Clark High School is the first to provide waffles as a new breakfast item at CPS. The school will be renovating one of its cafeterias over the summer to create a food court experience.

Community

Community launch party on Saturday

By AustinTalks | May 5, 2023

Celebrate the opening of Thresholds Health office in Austin on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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As many as 700,000 Illinoisans at risk of losing Medicaid coverage this year

By Michelle Meyer | April 23, 2023

Medicaid enrollees will need to resubmit eligibility to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to maintain coverage.

Community

Free food to be distributed Saturday

By AustinTalks | April 21, 2023

Distribution will take place at 11 a.m. April 22 at Michele Clark High School, 5101 W. Harrison St.

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New Lurie Children’s Hospital hub in Austin seeks community input on services, design

By Michelle Meyer | April 18, 2023

Between 5,000 to 7,000 people are expected to be served each year at the new facility. The hospital is working with Stone Community Development Corp.

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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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