Austin Chamber of Commerce

The Austin Chamber of Commerce, on behalf of the business community, welcomes you to Chicago’s largest neighborhood, a community rich in culture and spirit.

The Austin Chamber of Commerce, on behalf of the business community, welcomes you to Chicago’s second-largest neighborhood, a community rich in culture and spirit. The Austin neighborhood began in 1864 as a development by Henry Austin. It was built at the first stop on the Chicago and Galena Railroad as a farm town, and was called “Austinville.” Austin set about attracting industry to his town, an  ...