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Bike-sharing program bypasses West Side – again

By AustinTalks | April 22, 2015

Austin still doesn’t have a Divvy station, and that’s not right, says Ald-elect Chris Taliaferro.

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Another West Side news outlet launches

By Cara Ball | April 9, 2015

The public is invited to learn more about The Westside Source 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 11.

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West Side blues musician portrayed on the big screen

By Cara Ball | March 30, 2015

The story of Larry Taylor’s musical family will be depicted as they struggled to survive in Chicago during the 1960’s and 1970’s.

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Obama library gives West Siders hope

By Terry Dean | March 1, 2015

North Lawndale mother, daughter envision better neighborhood for the future.

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Rally set for Monday to push for Obama library on West Side

By AustinTalks | February 12, 2015

Supporters will gather from 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 16 at United Missionary Baptist Church, 4242 W. Roosevelt Road.

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Plenty of debate, few solutions at town hall

By T.J. Kremer III | January 5, 2015

Community comes together to discuss plans to move forward in 2015

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West Side town hall Jan. 3

By AustinTalks | December 29, 2014

Everyone is invited to the 10 a.m. to noon meeting at Austin Town Hall, 5610 W. Lake St.

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Some push for West Side to be represented on new governor’s team

By Austin Weekly News | November 11, 2014

State Rep. La Shawn Ford calls for Gov.-elect Rauner to included.

Community

Another new business in Austin

By Malcolm Crawford | October 3, 2014

The head of the Austin African American Business Networking Association urges the community to support Annie Bell Fragrances 1 p.m. Oct. 4.

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Local students to see fewer familiar faces this year

By Keyanna Johnson | September 2, 2014

About 65 teachers and staff lost their jobs on the West Side in the latest round of CPS layoffs.

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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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