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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: West Side Grocery Store shut Down
One of the few grocery stores where Garfield Park residents can buy fresh produce was shut down by the city.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Free WiFi Installed at Douglass Park
Students can get high-speed internet for free at the newly-renamed Douglass Park thanks to recently-installed solar-powered WiFi nodes.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Michele Clark Will Keep School Resource Officers
.The local school council at Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School voted unanimously on July 16 to keep school resource officers on campus.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Loretto, Union Workers Reach Tentative Agreement
SEIU Illinois announced on July 17 that it has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with The Loretto Hospital.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Loretto Workers Threaten To Strike
Essential workers at Loretto Hospital announced July 9 that they would strike if their demands for higher pay and better staffing are not met by the hospital.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Local Officials Debate Police Presence In Schools
Debate about the presence of officers in Chicago Public Schools has ramped up in the Chicago City Council and the Chicago Board of Education within the last several weeks, with an attempt late last month by one Board of Education member to cancel the presence of school resource officers in CPS buildings having narrowly failed and the City Council having shelved a proposed ordinance introduced last month that would take police out of Chicago schools.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Applications Open for $60M In Grants For West Side Businesses
The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) has launched the first round of Business Interruption Grants (BIG).
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: West Side School Bridges E-Learning Digital Divide
For Janina Davis' two kids, school was the only place they had reliable Internet access.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Austin's Walmart, Walgreens Still Closed From Looting
Two weeks after several West Side shopping strips were looted, the stores are slowly opening up, but for national chains that have more resources than smaller businesses, the progress hasn't been the same across the board.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Here's Where To Get Groceries, Clean Up and March On The West Side This Weekend
Residents and neighborhood groups on the West Side will continue to march against police violence, feed their neighbors and rebuild their communities this weekend.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Westside NAACP Calling For Volunteers To Help Clean Up
The Chicago Westside Branch NAACP is seeking volunteers to support its ongoing cleanup efforst on the West Side, NAACP officials said this week.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: As Cannabis Dollars Pour In, Grant Opportunities Open Up
Before recreational cannabis was legalized in Illinois at the start of the year, state lawmakers told residents in predominantly black and brown communities that 25 percent of cannabis tax revenue would go to fund programs designed to address some of the many issues within those communities, particularly those intertwined with the government's War on Drugs policies that have led to high levels of incarceration in the African American and Latinx communities.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: 40+ Chicago Media Outlets Launch Joint Fundraiser
Facing substantial drops in advertising revenue, 43 independent Chicago media outlets have joined forces to raise funds in a monthlong campaign in May and early June.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Loretto To Give Fewer COVID-19 Tests Starting May 11
On May 11, Loretto Hospital began limiting the number of COVID-19 tests it conducts to about 100 per day and reducing hours of operation to 9 a.m. to noon.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Growing Community Media Receives PPP Loan
Pleased to share news today that Growing Community Media, the nonprofit entity that publishes Wednesday Journal and three other community newspapers, has received a loan from the U.S. government
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Austin Nonprofits To Get City Funding For COVID-19 Efforts
Austin is one of three Chicago neighborhoods identified by Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration for an engagement campaign to fight COVID0-19, officials announced April 20.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Austin Food Pantries See Big Demand
Last month, nearly 100 families came to the food pantry at St. Martin de Porres Church to get food, and for some, it was the first time they've sought help in this way.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: More COVID-19 Testing Coming To West Side
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced last Friday a plan to expand testing on Chicago's West and South sides as the deadly coronavirus continues to hit African Americans communities the hardest.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Police Required ID To Access West Side Blocks
Last Tuesday, Chicago Police stationed officers at four West Side crime hotspots, asking people to show ID.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Attorney General Taking Price Gouging Action
The Illinois Attorney General's office has been working with a reduced and mostly remote staff the last 10 days, but it continues to warn against COVID-19-related price gouging, scams and utility shut-offs.