Community
Sign up today for city’s shared-cost sidewalk program
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The application period is just one day – from 6 p.m. Jan. 7 through 5:59 a.m. Jan. 8. For more information, call 311 or go to www.311.chicago.gov.
Business
West Side residents help set guidelines for businesses at City Hall meeting
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Alleging that three businesses along the same strip of Madison Street in Austin neighborhood allow an environment of loitering, drug dealing, gambling and public indecency, community members met last week with city officials and the business owners to create a plan to resolve the issues.
budget
29th Ward residents, cast your votes now for 2018 community projects
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Voting runs through Nov. 20th on five neighborhood projects on the list to be funded out of Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s $1.3 million “menu money” budget. This is the second year those living in the ward have been able to take part in “participatory budgeting.”
25th Police District
25th District hosts National Night Out event
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Police, residents came together once again for their annual community block party held in Chicago and other U.S. cities every summer.
Community
Local residents, the police to join forces Tuesday night
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The 25th District invites West Siders to National Night Out from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 1 at 5555 W. Grand Avenue. The annual event promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer, better places to live.
Community
Show your support for making Austin safer
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Put on a red shirt and meet at 6 p.m. June 28 at Laramie and Adam. If you can’t make it this week, there are several other Wednesdays where the community will be gathering as part of 100 blocks/100 churches.
News
29th Ward residents offer ideas on neighborhood projects to be funded
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Ald. Chris Taliaferro is collecting ideas about how to spend $500,000 of $1.3 million allocated to the ward in “menu money.”
Community
Boykin proposes free homes for teachers, police living in ‘endangered communities’
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The Cook County commissioner plans to introduce the legislation Feb. 8th.
Community
Good neighbor campaign to meet Tuesday
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Residents are invited to join neighborhood groups, local churches, elected officials and others working to support West Side youth at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at 5437 W. Division St.
Opinion
Some West Side teens have not explored much beyond their ‘hood
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Al Raby High School student Kenneth Gordon shares his thoughts on visiting Downtown Chicago for the first time.