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Westside Health Authority

News

TIF program designed to benefit struggling neighborhoods does little to help Chicago’s most-populated community

By Ellyn Fortino | July 13, 2011

Just one Austin project- the Coca-Cola distribution facility at1401 N. Cicero Ave. – has been completed over the last decade.

News

Just a handful of private-sector TIF projects approved in Austin over the last decade

By Ellyn Fortino | July 13, 2011

Only one has been completed, and details about some of the others are hazy.

News

Program helps youth stay fit and eat right

By Mario Lekovic | June 24, 2011

Move N’ Crunch, operated by Westside Health Authority and funded by BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois, will continue at several Austin sites over the next school year.

Community

New basketball leagues finishes its first season

By Jonathan Currie | June 6, 2011

Seventy players participated on six teams, organized by Austin Safety Net Works.

Community

Community banking coalition to receive award

By AustinTalks | May 10, 2011

The group will be honored by the Woodstock Institute at a conference being held Thursday in Downtown Chicago.

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.

Opinion

Still not convinced about staying

By John W. Fountain III | March 23, 2011

Readers respond to John W. Fountain’s last column with hope. Tell us what you think.

News

Bank kicks off investment on West Side

By Devin Katayama | March 6, 2011

U.S. Bank and The Coalition to Save Community Banking celebrated Friday reaching agreement over how to continue the work of now-closed Park National.

Community

Little League baseball coming to Austin

By AustinTalks | February 17, 2011

To sign up to play or to volunteer, contact the Westside Health Authority or Austin Safety Net Works.

News

Ald. Graham questioned over anti-violence grants

By Sarah Ostman | February 16, 2011

Five of the alderman’s challengers want some of the money returned because groups with ties to the Chicago City Council member received it.

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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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