City to celebrate 5th Street Mexican American Heritage Corridor

City leaders will join members from Mexic-Arte Museum, the Austin-Saltillo Sister Cities Association, and the Downtown Austin Alliance for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, May 2, to celebrate the ongoing development of the Fifth Street Mexican American Heritage Corridor. The event will begin at 9 a.m. at the corner of Fifth Street and Congress Avenue, in front of the Mexic-Arte Museum, with breakfast offered at 8 a.m. The ceremony will celebrate work to preserve the cultural contributions of Austin’s Mexican-American community along the corridor that runs from Republic Square to Plaza Saltillo. Mayor Kirk Watson, Council members José Velásquez and Zo Qadri, State Representative Lulu Flores, Consul General of Mexico Humberto Hernández Haddad, and members of the Saltillo sister city delegation are expected to attend. The ceremony will also kick off several Cinco de Mayo celebrations taking place over the weekend, including a free public event at Republic Square on May 3 and a luncheon on May 5 at the Thompson Hotel.