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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...

Perceptions of Downtown During the Pandemic

Downtown Austin Alliance Receives International Recognition for Excellence in Urban Place Management

Official Press Release Published October 6, 2020 The Downtown Austin Alliance (Downtown Alliance) and the Downtown Austin Alliance Foundation (Foundation) were recognized by the International Downtown Association (IDA) with Downtown Achievement Awards of Excellence for its work and initiatives related...

Downtown Austin Alliance to develop and lead a “Roadmap to Recovery”

Official Press Release Published September 24, 2020 Economic recovery and resiliency strategy will align with Downtown Vision AUSTIN, Texas – The Downtown Austin Alliance (Downtown Alliance) will create a strategic and comprehensive plan for downtown that will spark and guide...

Downtown Developments: Recent Updates on Data, Construction, and Projections

With 26 projects underway and 25 more in the pipeline, downtown development won’t be slowing down anytime soon. Michele Van Hyfte, our vice president of urban design, spoke with KVUE’s Bryce Newberry last week on the state of downtown development....

A Guide to Our Future 35

Our Future 35 is a new engagement series and online tool intended to kick-start the process of co-creating a community vision for the I-35 corridor, focusing on how to guide and build on TxDOT’s investment to achieve positive outcomes for...

96,396 Reasons Why We Support Project Connect

At last week’s joint meeting with the Capital Metro board, Austin City Council voted to advance Project Connect on its path to a potential November election. We fully support the proposed finance and governance models, including the 8.75-cent tax rate...

Downtown Alliance Launches Project H20 to Help Our Unhoused Neighbors

We’ve partnered with community and city organizations to assist people experiencing homelessness in downtown through an initiative called Project H20. Beginning this past weekend, our Downtown Ambassadors will be providing water, masks, and information about additional resources to those facing homelessness....

Report: COVID-19 Impact on the Downtown Office Market and Tenants

We recently surveyed downtown property owners, managers, developers and tenants to understand the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the downtown office market. We interviewed 11 individuals from 10 different companies representing more than 10.5 million square feet...

Tune in for Our One-Time Television Special on the Future of Downtown Austin

Watch The Future of Downtown Austin Airing this Sunday, June 21, at 10:30 pm Directly following the 10:00 pm news on both KXAN and KVUE.   Tune in this Sunday night for our rescheduled special television program about the future...

Our Commitment to a Downtown for All

Making downtown a safe and welcoming place for all remains our priority. Now is the time to take greater action. We will answer the call, reaffirm our longstanding commitment to addressing community problems, and make a new commitment to review all we are doing and how we can be a more effective community partner for enduring change.

Explore This Year’s Annual Report & Watch Our Year in Review Video

Explore our first-ever, interactive annual report! Each year, we produce an Annual Report to update on progress toward making our community’s collective vision for downtown a reality through the hard work of our team. See the progress we made this...