Check out our Weekly Activities in Austin email that includes reminders about our Austin Eats Movie In The Garden event on 8/6, The Austin Workforce Collaborative's new logo competition, our new Austin Eats July flyer, and the The Austin Town Hall Farmers Market.

🎉 Join us Thursday 8/21, 6–8:30pm for this year's Austin Community Summit where we will be premiering "The Good News" An Austin Forward. Together. Documentary 📍 Kehrein Center for the Arts 🍽️ FREE hors d'oeuvres 🎺 Music 🎤 A Short Panel on what’s next for the AFT Plan

Our July Thrive which includes our City Club of Chicago feature, the announcement of the annual Austin P.O.W.E.R. 5K, a reminder about the annual Austin Eats Movie at the Farm event on 8/6, as well as our AFT Summit on 8/21. mailchi.mp/austincomingto…

In The Architect's Newspaper, I'm back on the new-lives-of-shuttered-schools beat w/Lamar Johnson Collaborative's Aspire Center on Chicago's West Side, which transforms a legacy of public sector abandonment into a forum for communal self-determination and economic development. archpaper.com/2025/08/lamar-…

We love a legacy brick atrium 👀

Congratulations to Lori and her son Michael for winning our bike raffle! This bike was donated by Working Bikes , Chicago's amazing bike nonprofit!

THE DAY IS FINALLY HERE! TONIGHT Thursday (8/21), 6–8:30pm come to the 2025 Austin Forward. Together. Community Summit and watch the premiere of the "The Good News", an Austin Forward. Together. documentary! 🎬 📍 Kehrein Center For The Arts RSVP: bit.ly/aftdoc

JOIN US TONIGHT!

Austin Eats' Hoodies & Harvest: Movie Night – a cozy evening of food, community, and our Verses and Vittles Contest! Date: October 1st, 5:30 -9:00 PM Location: 5461 West Lake Street Chicago, IL 60644 Tickets: tinyurl.com/4x583dtv Bring your favorite Hoodie and a friend!

Austin Thrive Summary of August 2025 - mailchi.mp/austincomingto…

From the court to the community, yesterday's Defenders of the Court brought Austin neighbors together for a Legal Resource Fair and a 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament at our new Freedom Defense Center of Austin at the Aspire Center! nbcchicago.com/video/news/loc…

THIS WEDNESDAY! One Earth Film Fest

LAST CALL FOR EARLY BIRD TICKETS!

Our September Thrive email includes info about our 2025 Membership Awards, ACWI's feature on Open House Chicago, ACWI becoming a Flagship Lift Zone in partnership with Comcast, and a recap of our successful Hoodies & Harvest event! Full email: shorturl.at/jVVbX