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austinweeklynews has been a member of Linktree for 3 years and joined in May 2023. The social media accounts linked to from austinweeklynews are: • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube • Email • X Besides social media accounts, austinweeklynews has populated their site with: • Mars site redevelopment meetings paused as stakeholders rejuggle format - Austin Weekly News • Who should I vote for in 7th district congressional primary? - Austin Weekly News • ‘When the West Side Burned’ sparks community conversation and celebration - Austin Weekly News • Greenhouse, more community gardens coming to North Lawndale - Austin Weekly News • Lillian Drummond, Austin’s ‘mama,’ dies at 104 - Austin Weekly News • Semaphore Café coffee shop opens in East Garfield Park - Austin Weekly News • GCM donates publications to nonprofit news group NEWSWELL - Austin Weekly News • Rev. Acree, Hatch recall Jesse Jackson’s passion for West Side - Austin Weekly News • Developers present proposal for East Garfield Park youth athletics and arts education hub - Austin Weekly News • Mayor Johnson outlines 2026 budget at West Side town hall - Austin Weekly News • Pace pilots Austin Blvd bus extension to Midway airport - Austin Weekly News • 1st firefighter to graduate from Christ the King breaks into acting - Austin Weekly News • Ford beats Conyears-Ervin to win 7th District Democratic primary - Austin Weekly News • One Lawndale Recreation Center gets $10M funding boost - Austin Weekly News • West Side high schools aim to increase Historically Black College and University enrollment - Austin Weekly News • How did Chicago vote for 7th district candidates? - Austin Weekly News • West Suburban Medical Center closes patient care amid payroll ‘crisis’ - Austin Weekly News • No Kings comes to Austin - Austin Weekly News • West Sub CEO aims to reopen by July. Others have doubts - Austin Weekly News • Remembering Brad Cummings: Poetry gives voice to the West Side - Austin Weekly News • West Side organizations bring Dolly Parton’s ‘Imagination Library’ to local families - Austin Weekly News • Austin Chamber of Commerce launches free youth entrepreneur training workshop - Austin Weekly News • PCC Austin Wellness Wing expands free fitness and community health - Austin Weekly News • www.austinweeklynews.com • $5 rounds of youth golf return to Columbus Park - Austin Weekly News • O'Hare and Midway International Airports - Airport Small Business Summit and Job Fair • Wecycle street cleaning - Austin Weekly News • Fraternite Notre Dame pantry loses Food Depository support • New wellness center in Sankofa Village - Austin Weekly News • Artists, residents brainstorm ideas for mural for redeveloped ‘Silver Shovel’ site - Austin Weekly News • To Tell the Truth: The Future of Local Media Tickets, Saturday, May 9 • 1 PM - 2:30 PM | Eventbrite • Jayhawk Journal students learn writing, newsgathering - Wednesday Journal • West Side fights for overdose prevention center - Austin Weekly News • Depository gives out food after ending partnership with Fraternite Notre Dame - Austin Weekly News • A coffee culture grows on the West Side - Austin Weekly News • 25th Police District Council seeks to fill vacancy - Austin Weekly News • Mayor outlines plans for Austin in last year of term - Austin Weekly News • West Side parks backdrop for half marathon race - Austin Weekly News • CommunityCorey wins small grant to tell West Side stories - Austin Weekly News • Derelict Wright home on Central Ave. saved by Austin Coming Together - Austin Weekly News • Block Club, BUILD host workforce event - Austin Weekly News • ‘Diggy’ Morrison’s music started in Garfield Park - Austin Weekly News • West Side gets millions in grant money - Austin Weekly News • Grassroots Community Fridge Project opens second mini food pantry location in Austin - Austin Weekly News • Presence of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in West Side targets literacy gap - Austin Weekly News • St. Angela teacher named Big Shoulders Educator of the Year - Austin Weekly News • E-waste recycling hub opens at BUILD - Austin Weekly News • Karaoke venue to be first of its kind in Austin - Austin Weekly News • Save a Lot abruptly closes West Garfield store - Austin Weekly News • Young West Siders take the mic at Leaders Network event - Austin Weekly News • West Side youth study bats in Columbus Park for Project Exploration - Austin Weekly News • Young West Side musicians perform for, meet Chance the Rapper - Austin Weekly News • West Side back-to-school event offers free supplies, haircuts and food - Austin Weekly News • Lawndale Route 66 Festival celebrates North Lawndale’s place in history - Austin Weekly News • Enriching a community: Meal by meal & (art) piece by piece - Austin Weekly News • After running every Chicago street, Joabe Barbosa extolls Austin - Austin Weekly News • Popular X account says “Charlie Kirk buttons” were distributed at RB. The school says otherwise - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark • Manoj Prasad out at West Sub after selling his stake to landlord Reddy Patlola - Austin Weekly News • New Genesis Assembly of God unveils Chicago landmark plaque - Austin Weekly News • Austin’s ‘good bones’ made Aspire Center’s ‘good bones’ worth preserving - Austin Weekly News • Dilla Thomas leads Austin history tour - Austin Weekly News • 2 years in, Austin Harvest market successfully fosters young entrepreneurs - Austin Weekly News • Austin native teaches new Malcolm X class for health care administrators - Austin Weekly News • Lil Rel Howery brings his West Side roots to comedy fest - Austin Weekly News • Austin’s own, Johnson makes reelection bid official - Austin Weekly News • The human faces behind the West Sub debacle - Austin Weekly News • Take survey to improve local news • How Johnson, local organizations create tangible change in Austin • Quality of life plan launches in Garfield Park — all of Garfield Park - Austin Weekly News • Neighbors weigh in on Douglass Park improvements - Austin Weekly News • Rogers Park shelter, 1st of its kind for homeless men in Chicago, on West Side - Austin Weekly News • The West Side is going to be Funkytown - Austin Weekly News • ‘Pigments!’ enters final days at Garfield Park Conservatory - Austin Weekly News • Legler Regional Library opens food pantry - Austin Weekly News • Third City Studio opens ‘Midnight Blooms’ featuring nine Chicago artists - Austin Weekly News • Subscribe to our weekly newsletter • Taliaferro says city close to a deal on new Galewood library - Austin Weekly News • News • Blue Line Central Avenue station to reopen in three years - Austin Weekly News • Donate • Federal Immigration actions spark community outcry in Chicago - Austin Weekly News • New ComEd discount addresses rising energy costs - Austin Weekly News • Youth programs continue their work as they fight for funding - Austin Weekly News • Top 10 stories of the year in Austin - Austin Weekly News • West Suburban Medical Center owners in legal dispute with Pipeline, a previous owner - Austin Weekly News • He’s making a point about fencing, empowerment - Austin Weekly News • Chef Daddy’s is Austin’s 1st restaurant to accept SNAP through program - Austin Weekly News • Territory NFP receives $250,000 grant to launch Creating Space in Austin - Austin Weekly News • New Sound Cafe opens in Austin - Austin Weekly News • Wreath workshop builds community among students, police • West Side violence ‘interrupters’ work to make neighborhoods safer - Austin Weekly News • CTA brings holiday spirit to Chicago streets - Austin Weekly News • Entertainment Industry Apprenticeship Program trains Chicago apprentices for film and tv careers - Austin Weekly News • Donate and make an impact today • BUILD’s 8th annual art show celebrates young creatives • Equal Hope fights breast cancer disparity on West Side - Austin Weekly News • ACT awards honor leaders in Austin - Austin Weekly News • Pollution worse on West Side, now ordinance stalls in city council - Austin Weekly News • ‘Bingo Hall’ brings Native American stories to the stage in Austin - Austin Weekly News • Grocery co-op coming to Austin - Austin Weekly News • Open Books transforms North Lawndale through literacy and community - Austin Weekly News • Ravinia continues free music programs at West Side schools • Anabel Mendoza is youngest candidate for 7th District Congress • Under cloud of federal cuts, West Side health providers strategize - Austin Weekly News • Kina Collins enters race for Illinois’ 7th Congressional District - Austin Weekly News • Austin’s matriarch, Lillian Drummond, turns 104 - Austin Weekly News • Building the Westside Cultural Archive - Austin Weekly News • Women building 3 new houses in Austin - Austin Weekly News • Rebuilding Loretto - Austin Weekly News • Catalyst Circle Rock principal a finalist for TFA’s Alumni of the Year awards • Austin native receives John Lewis Youth Leadership award • Warming centers open as temperatures plummet early in 2025 • South Austin tenants demand repairs as new owners spike rent • 10 facts about the CTA holiday train • Lawndale Christian Development Corporation celebrates milestones, new projects • City set to launch new crime-reduction program on the West Side • It Takes a Village’s grand opening in Austin • Redemptive Plastics creates opportunities for volunteering and employment • Photos: Austin P.O.W.E.R. 5K • Sankofa Wellness Village holds groundbreaking for new center • Carole Robertson Center holds march to honor namesake • New Nelson Mandela Community Center launches services • The Island’s youth ambassadors learn life skills and ways to help their community • The Chicago Winds is bringing women’s football to the West Side • Austin’s Alma Velez is called ‘The Fixer’ for good reason • LIVE DNC Coverage - Austin Weekly News • Fillmore Linen Service opens, promising 175 West Side jobs • Sign up for our column writing workshop! • Austin Town Hall City Market opens for 2024 season • Austin residents march, calling ‘peace up, guns down’ • Malcolm X College pays for 13 students’ travel to Kenya • West Side organizations launch resource program for parents, babies • Message from gun violence march is clear: ‘No kids die in the Chi’ - Austin Weekly News • Nearly half of ambitious plan to build a better Austin is underway • Melissa Conyears-Ervin hosts local meet-and-greet as primary approaches • Holy Family Ministries reformats career day to better represent Black students • Old Town School of Folk Music expands programming on the West, South Sides • Surviving breast cancer while Black –an Austin woman’s journey • Garfield Park resident Mercedes Pickett shares her homebuying experience • Austin writers feature blues musician Eddie Taylor in new film • Arts center brings healing to the West Side • Visual artist Antonia Ruppert showcase comes to Austin library • U-turn Permitted helps formerly incarcerated people find jobs