A new ordinance would require owners of foreclosed and vacant properties located within a 1,000-yard-radius of a school to hire watchmen to ensure students’ safe…
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Loretto Hospital’s TIF Project has Yielded no Jobs, AustinTalks Finds
Despite a $7.5 million tax subsidy from the city of Chicago, Loretto Hospital hasn’t created any of the permanent jobs it promised when it was awarded the…
Drop Your Dime on Austin Town Hall Park By Friday
The West Side’s Austin Town Hall Park needs the help of the Chicago community to win a much-needed renovation up to $50,000 from Maxwell House.…
Bronzeville Residents Say Their Neighborhood is Safe
When Tyrone Wilson visited his cousins as a child in the South Side neighborhood of Bronzeville, he was not allowed to go outside by himself…
West Side Church Turns Place of Strife into Blooming Garden
By Kelsey Duckett, AustinTalks.org Two years ago it was a foreclosed home with weekly drug deals and constant gang violence. It was boarded up, overgrown…
Understanding the Cycle of Violence in Austin
As gang violence and gun-related deaths continue to occur at an alarming rate in a community on the West Side of Chicago, residents are finding…