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August 2024 Safety Forum Recap
On August 15, the Downtown Austin Alliance hosted its virtual Safety Forum, a monthly meeting in collaboration with public officials to provide the downtown community information on downtown safety, crime trends data, safety initiatives and more. Austin Police Department Updates...
Read More⟶Our Future 35 Cap & Stitch Program: Downtown Design Recommendations
Austin has the opportunity of a lifetime to transform one of the city’s biggest community barriers into a generational asset, improving mobility and creating new public spaces and community amenities through the Our Future 35 Cap and Stitch Design Program. For...
Read More⟶Downtown Austin Alliance Advocacy Updates
The Downtown Austin Alliance FY24-25 Advocacy Priorities include advancing policies, regulations and funding to provide dense, walkable neighborhoods, preserve and enhance cultural assets and make downtown safer and easier to get around this year. Since our FY24-25 advocacy priorities are...
Read More⟶Downtown Austin Alliance’s Advocacy Priorities
The Downtown Austin Alliance Board of Directors approved the organization’s FY24-25 advocacy priorities on June 12. Creating and maintaining a clean, safe environment is our highest priority. In line with our Strategic Plan and annual budget, we will continue to...
Read More⟶Downtown Austin Alliance Hosts Finding Home ATX Funding Partners
On May 7, 2024, the Downtown Austin Alliance hosted a Finding Home ATX funding partners meeting that included a number of local and national private foundations and funding partners. Finding Home ATX is a collaborative that was created in 2021...
Read More⟶Issues & Eggs: Homelessness in Austin
On September 26, Downtown Austin Alliance relaunched their Issues and Eggs educational series. These sessions bring experts to the breakfast table to provide perspective on the challenges and unique opportunities downtown faces. A Balanced Approach: Homelessness in Austin 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⟶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⟶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⟶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⟶Live Webinar: ULI Panel Public Presentation
A group of nationally renowned land use, urban planning, and transportation experts representing the Urban Land Institute (ULI) will be making recommendations next week to the City of Austin and the Downtown Austin Alliance on capping the I-35 freeway and...
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