CHICAGO (CBS)-- During Black History Month CBS 2 is proudly highlighting community heroes, like Darnell Shields who didn't have to go far from home to make a difference in Austin. Shields is a ...

Darnell Shields, executive director of Austin Coming Together, is seen at the group’s offices Feb. 26, 2020. The pandemic, however, was the cause for the documentary being made.

The community hub brings new life to the vacant Emmet Elementary School, one of 50 schools closed in 2013 by then-Mayor Rahm ...

In Little Village, Enlace found a gap in health access and fought to bridge it. Austin Coming Together created a vision to attract investment to a West Side neighborhood and give its residents the … ...

Construction is underway for the $40 million workforce development coming to the city’s West Side. Darnell Shields, executive director of Austin Coming Together and one of the partners behind ...

When looking at Austin's homicide rate per 100,000 people, which factors Austin's 98,514 residents into the equation -- more than any other community area in Chicago -- things look drastically ...

Chris Banks, Austin Coming Together’s micro-market recovery program coordinator, said Alt Space also fits into Austin Coming Together’s Quality of Life plan, which was released late last year.

Austin Town Hall is next to the Central Avenue stop on the CTA’s Green Line. | Sun-Times staff photo John O’Neill/Sun-Times file Share A new blueprint to be unveiled Saturday hopes to bring a ...

Step into the rhythm at the 7th Annual Spring Social Dance Party & Fundraiser hosted by Austin Coming Together. The event features raffles, silent auctions, dance lessons, a live DJ, and an open bar.

Of Chicago's 77 community areas, Austin came in 12th for violent crimes per capita in 2017, with 2,096 per 100,000 residents, according to the community's Quality-of-Life Plan, published in 2018.