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Austin residents participated in the third annual On the Table

By Suzanne McBride | May 12, 2016

More than 40 West Siders gathered May 10th to discuss crime, jobs, litter and recreation as part of The Chicago Community Trust’s third annual event.

Community

Hoops and jobs for West Side youth

By AustinTalks | March 16, 2016

Local elected officials will host a job readiness workshop, then play a basketball game with participants at the March 19 event held at Austin’s former YMCA, 501 N. Central Ave.

Community

Financial empowerment, economic resource fair set for March 5 on the West Side

By AustinTalks | February 25, 2016

The Austin African American Business Networking Association and the Chicago Treasurer Kurt Summers are hosting the event at Sankofa Cultural Arts Center, 5820 W. Chicago Ave.

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Crime, jobs are top issues in the 29th Ward, says Ald. Chris Taliaferro

By Austin Weekly News | February 3, 2016

n his first state of the ward address, the alderman said cooperation between residents, community groups, police officers and elected officers is critical to addressing the problems facing the West Side.

After School Matters

CPS students can sign up now for next After School Matters session

By AustinTalks | January 19, 2016

More than 300 programs at 70 locations across the city will be offered beginning Feb. 22.

Ald. Chris Taliaferro

Getting the most out of West Side TIFs

By Terry Dean | January 4, 2016

Activists, some elected officials continue to push for the taxpayer funds to be used to improve Austin.

Community

Second chance resource fair Friday

By AustinTalks | October 1, 2015

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin is hosting the free event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 2 at Another Chance Assembly Church, 5138 W. Division St.

Community

Cheer on the runners and walkers in Saturday’s Austin 5K

By AustinTalks | September 24, 2015

A coalition of organizations are hosting the inaugural event, which is raising money for job training opportunities and entrepreneurship experiences for young people.

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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.

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Uber launches initiative to create more jobs in Austin

By Cara Ball | July 26, 2015

The company, which competes with taxis, hopes to hire 10,000 drivers living in Chicago’s West and South underserved neighborhoods.

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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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