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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: East Garfield Park development looks to secure funding
The developers behind the proposed East Garfield Park design district are looking for local residents to step up and start the process of opening a food co-op in the development – even while some of the issues surrounding land ownership and funding remained unresolved.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Study delves into reasons youths carry guns
A recent study by the Urban Institute, a Washington D.C.-based economic and social policy think tank, paints a vivid picture of why guns are so prevalent among young people on the West and South Sides; indeed, so prevalent that roughly one in three youths in some Chicago neighborhoods has carried a gun at some point in their lives.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Take a walk, get them Benjamins
Oak Park and Forest Park residents may have noticed a woman walking around the two villages in recent week with an exceptionally large smile on her face – more noteworthy, perhaps, is the 40 pounds of electronic equipment strapped to her back.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Your guide to early voting
Early voting for the Nov. 6 general election has started at the Loop Super Site, 175 W. Washington St. and at two locations in Austin.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: CPD officer's memory stills strong with nonprofit
The annual Clifton P. Lewis Foundation Back to School Rally is more than an opportunity for students to get school supplies, it's a way for Tamara Tucker to remember the life of her fiancé, 15th District Officer Clifton Lewis, who died in a 2011 off-duty shooting.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Lawmaker leads protest outside of Stateville
On Oct. 5, state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (8th) and a busload of relatives and neighbors of prison incarcerated individuals visited prison officials at the Stateville Development Center in Joliet to push for more humane conditions and better preparation for prisoners returning to society.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Rally shines light on domestic violence
Around 30 people from north Austin, Galewood and other communities that are part of Chicago Police Department's 25th District marched down Central Avenue on the morning of Oct. 4 to not only bring attention to the issue of domestic violence, but to let those affected by it know that there is help.