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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...
Read More⟶Near-Term Phase Bike Lanes Working Toward a Community-Driven Congress Ave
Several weeks ago, Austin Transportation creating temporary protected bike lanes along both sides of Congress Avenue designated with cones from Riverside to 11th Street. Based on positive community feedback and increased cyclist safety, the pilot was deemed successful! As such,...
Read More⟶SAVES Fund to Help Live Music Play On Post-Pandemic
The Downtown Austin Alliance represents over 900 downtown property owners and 96,000 employees, wrote to the City of Austin asking to support Item 62 on this week’s Council agenda. Live music is the lifeblood of our downtown economy. Studies show...
Read More⟶Spread Kindness and Provide Essentials to People Experiencing Homelessness
The Downtown Austin Alliance and Downtown Ambassadors continue working to address the welfare of individuals experiencing homelessness during the pandemic with Project Outreach, an extension of the Downtown Ambassadors’ mission to help keep downtown vibrant and to ensure the health and safety of...
Read More⟶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....
Read More⟶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...
Read More⟶Commemorate the Centennial of Women’s Suffrage
August 18 “I think it’s a very important message and there’s a lot that women have been through in the past century and there’s still a lot to achieve, but you know, there’s always these big steps that makes a...
Read More⟶City of Austin COVID-19 Relief Programs
August 18, 2020 RENT Assistance Program Applications Open tomorrow, August 19 at 8:00 through January 2021 The RENT Application Portal (opens 8:00 am tomorrow) RENT Community Outreach Grant Dashboard City of Austin RENT Program Community Outreach Grants: Offering $400,000 to...
Read More⟶Facing the Past of I-35 to Create a New Future Together
Photo Credit: David Brendan Hall What comes to mind with you think of I-35? Traffic, protests, segregation? If you could push a button and transform I-35 into something new, what would it be? A massive park, a wider highway, a...
Read More⟶Downtown Austin Alliance Staff and Board Tour Waterloo Park Construction Site
Downtown Austin Alliance staff and board members toured the Waterloo Park construction site and marveled at the progress being made. Located between 12th and 15th Streets along Red River, Waterloo Park will soon be home to 11 acres of welcoming...
Read More⟶Reopening Guidance for Austin Music Venues to Support COVID-19 Recovery
In partnership with the City of Austin, the Austin cohort of the Reopening Every Venue Safely (REVS) campaign has released a best practices guide outlining practical actions venue owners and operators can undertake when they decide it is time to reopen safely....
Read More⟶COVID-19: Ways to Help
Sign a petition from the Independent Restaurant Coalition supporting the RESTAURANTS Act to protect restaurants with less than 20 locations and $1.5M or less in revenue. The legislation would create a grant fund of $120B for independent restaurants to cover rent, food, payroll,...
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