Hundreds gathered in and around Brazos Hall in downtown Austin on Thursday to hear what former New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan had to say about the future of transportation planning in cities across the world, including Austin. “I think we’re in this really important moment, this sort of urban revolution,” Sadik-Khan […]
Downtown Austin Alliance
A nonprofit, membership-based organization focused, according to its website, on “preserving and enhancing the value and vitality of downtown Austin.”
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New DAA president talks Austin
After a month at the helm of the Downtown Austin Alliance, president and CEO De Peart says he has gotten to know Austinites and their issues a bit better. Peart moved here from Pittsburgh, where he was executive vice president of economic development and public affairs at the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, president of […]
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City panel reviews plan to convert East Sixth to a ‘Festival Street’
A proposed “Festival Street” for downtown East Sixth Street got high marks from those on hand at the Council’s Comprehensive Planning and Transportation Committee Monday afternoon. The city has $1 million on hand for the project’s design, thanks to the 2010 bond package. Public Works Director Howard Lazarus told the committee that the city would […]
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Leffingwell appoints committee to explore Innovation District
Mayor Lee Leffingwell, using descriptions such as “a catalyst for long-term prosperity” and “creating the Austin of the future,” set high expectations for an Innovation District being planned just west of the future Dell Medical School Campus at the University of Texas. Leffingwell, speaking at the Downtown Austin Alliance-hosted breakfast on Wednesday, announced the […]