The weather is heating up and we can expect the activity in the streets to heat up as well. We insist that Austin residents get the same level of police service as any other community. If there is a shortage of police manpower, no area of Chicago should experience a greater loss than any other.…
Month: March 2011
A More Beautiful Austin, 16 Blocks at a time
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Part of the mission of the Central Austin Neighborhood Association is to unite residents in the effort to transform Austin into a more vibrant and attractive place to live, work, play and raise children. We want to create and support a greater sense of responsibility for creating a better environment for our children. We want…
Scenes from our Spring Cleanup
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CANA conducted a street by street cleanup throughout our 16 blocks. We were joined by neighbors and students from Christ the King High School here in Austin. Many neighbors that were not able to clean the entire neighborhood came out to take care of their blocks.
March 15th Meeting Forecasts Growth for CANA in 2011
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Based upon the turnout and the participation level at our last meeting, we continue to be confident and encouraged about what we can achieve as a community. Our base of support continues to broaden. Our general meetings are only 90 minutes long. They are usually limited to the presentation of strategies that have been formulated…
Volunteers Stand Ready to Help Clean Up Austin
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Great News ! This year continues to show great promise. Our next effort takes place on Saturday, March 19th at 8:30 AM at the corner of Austin and Madison. More Austin stakeholders are joining the effort to beautify Austin. Austin High School As a result of a posting about our event on AustinTalks.org, we were…
CANA Monthly Meeting Tuesday March 15th
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Please join C.A.N.A. on Tuesday, March 15th 2011 from 6:30pm-8pm 301 North Mayfield Avenue Chicago, IL 60644 The Central Austin Neighborhood Association (C.A.N.A.) seeks to bring together members of our community to be advocates for improvement. Our members pool their time, expertise, and resources to accomplish our goals and get…
CANA on WVON’s African Diaspora radio program this past Sunday
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CANA’s president appeared Sunday February 27th on WVON’s”African Diaspora” radio program. She represented a community view on the role of police officers in predominately African American communities. The program explored the way officers interact with our community and especially our youth. There is tremendous room for improvement by all officers, and particularly from African American officers…
CANA Elevates Police Response Time Issue on Fox News
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Your neighbors have once again focused attention on a major issue for many Chicago neighborhoods. We appeared on Fox News again last night. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/investigative/chicago-911-diversion-program-311-police-calls-burglaries-fill-out-reports-online-20110228# The lack of police response to certain types of 911 calls in our neighborhood has contributed to a diminished quality of life in Chicago’s less affluent wards and districts. We are…
