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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...
Read More⟶Call for Entries: Preservation Austin 2020 Historic Homes Tour
reservation Austin’s annual homes tour in April 2020 will celebrate historic living spaces downtown.
Read More⟶City Releases Draft of New Land Development Code: Learn more and get involved!
The City of Austin has released the first draft of a new land development code and revised zoning maps.
Read More⟶Resolution Re-envisions the Eastern Part of Downtown
The Austin City Council passed a comprehensive resolution that initiates bold yet thoughtful re-envisioning of the eastern portion of downtown, including among other things, the expansion of the Austin Convention Center that begins with Scenario 5 of the UT Center for Sustainable Development Convention Center Study.
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