DAA Directives
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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...
Read More⟶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.
Read More⟶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...
Read More⟶Watch our 2020 Annual Meeting
This year we held our Annual Meeting of Members virtually. We gathered online to hear from Dewitt Peart, our president and CEO, and Mike Kennedy, our outgoing board chair, as they reported on our progress toward the goals in our...
Read More⟶Future of Downtown 2020
Austin has enjoyed remarkable growth for many years now. Downtown Austin entered this decade in a position of incredible strength, with growth in nearly every sector of our urban core. And then, in March 2020, with the cancellation of SXSW,...
Read More⟶A Message from Our Board Chair
Dear Downtown Austin Alliance Members, My hope is that you, your family, employees and friends are safe and healthy, and remain so through this unsettling time in our history. It’s difficult to watch the changes unfold to what we considered normal...
Read More⟶PRESS RELEASE: The Downtown Austin Alliance creates a foundation as it launches inaugural arts event
Writing on the Walls debuts next month producing the largest mural in Austin AUSTIN, Texas – The Downtown Austin Alliance’s...
Read More⟶Downtown Safety Measures Prepares Stakeholders for Spring Festival Season
Representatives from SXSW, Austin Police Department, Austin Transportation Department, Capital Metro and UT Athletics joined us at last week’s Downtown Safety Measures event to help downtown stakeholders prepare for the busy Spring Festival Season. We heard details on upcoming events,...
Read More⟶PRESS RELEASE: Downtown Austin Alliance encourages community to help transform I-35 through central Austin
AUSTIN, Texas – The Downtown Austin Alliance (Downtown Alliance) has embarked on a community-driven effort to develop a roadmap for transforming the land and streetscape surrounding I-35 through central Austin. One of the first steps in the process is to...
Read More⟶Republic Square Ranked in the Best of Austin
Austin Fit Magazine readers voted in a variety of categories for some of their favorite workouts, eateries, and other components that make up a fit and healthy lifestyle. Republic Square was recognized by voters in two of the categories: Best Farmers’...
Read More⟶Meet Pamela Power, our New Vice President of Marketing & Communication
“The Downtown Alliance has the best of the best with Pam Power as the new vice president of marketing and communications” – Dewitt Peart, president & CEO of the Downtown Austin Alliance Throughout its 26 years, the Downtown Alliance’s efforts...
Read More⟶Downtown Austin Alliance & Capital City Innovation Release Innovation District Market Analysis
January 29, 2020 Technology, healthcare, and life sciences are converging in Austin’s Innovation District to create a hub of health innovation and economic growth. On January 28, we unveiled our Market Analysis, commissioned in partnership with Capital City Innovation, showing...
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