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Spring Festival Forum Recap
Spring festival season is here! This year, Downtown’s busiest season is expanding to include SXSW, the 2023 Texas Relays and –for the first time ever –the CMT Country Music Awards. We brought together experts from SXSW, CMT Country Music Awards, Austin...
Read More⟶Downtown Austin 2023: A Look Ahead
January 2023 is only the beginning of what’s shaping up to be the most transformative year the Downtown Austin Alliance will have yet. This year, we’re not only celebrating 30 years of growth and successes, we’re also celebrating the continued...
Read More⟶IDA 2022 Conference
Hi, I am Raven, and I wrote this blog. I write most of our blog posts actually, but this one is from my own perspective, so I thought I should introduce myself. I am in the second picture on the...
Read More⟶ARCH: New Management Update
The Downtown Alliance Safety & Hospitality Committee held its December meeting at the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH) to tour the facility and learn about recent improvements that have led to positive changes inside and outside the facility. ...
Read More⟶Pease Elementary Letter
To: Jeremy Striffler, AISD Director of Real Estate From: Dewitt Peart, CEO, Downtown Austin Alliance Dear Jeremy, We appreciate that you took time to meet with our Place & Mobility Committee last week to discuss the repurposing of Pease...
Read More⟶Homelessness Initiatives Downtown
Community First! Update Our contributions to Community First! Village have now reached the $1 million mark. In 2017, our board approved a pledge to donate $2 million over ten years to support the nearly $120 million capital campaign to develop phases...
Read More⟶Getting I-35 Right is Vital for Austin’s Community and Economy
By Dewitt Peart For over 25 years, the Downtown Austin Alliance has collaborated with community partners to champion solutions to the complex challenges our city faces. Great places don’t just happen—they are built by people and organizations that care deeply...
Read More⟶Public Safety Forum Recap
The Downtown Austin Alliance and Austin City Council Member Kathie Tovo hosted a virtual public safety forum on July 26, 2021 to gain insight from our panelists into the justice process. They discussed systems and procedures, interagency communication and coordination...
Read More⟶Emergency Repair Contractors
Resources for Business: Winter Storm Emergency Contractors We are working with our partners to provide emergency contractor resources to the business and residential community, and are updating this page on a regular basis. If you have a resource you would...
Read More⟶Voters Approved Two Major Transportation Propositions
Published November 10, 2020 Last week, voters approved two ballot measures that will shape the future of public transit and transportation in Austin. By voting in favor of Proposition A, voters approved a property tax increase that will help partially...
Read More⟶Downtown Austin Alliance makes fourth $200,000 grant payment to Community First! Village
Official Press Release Published November 16, 2020 Donation is part of 10-year, $2 million pledge made in 2017 The Downtown Austin Alliance announced its fourth $200,000 donation to Mobile Loaves & Fishes for Community First! Village, the master-planned development...
Read More⟶Do you have a plan to vote?
Election Day is here! See these Travis County voter resources, tips, local deals, and more. Find a convenient location and check wait times before you head to the polls Here’s where you can vote downtown: Austin Recreation Center 1301 Shoal...
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