Downtown Austin Alliance

The Downtown Austin Alliance presents an outdoor movie experience with the creators of Shaolin Jazz called CAN I KICK IT? Downtown Austin Movie Series in Republic Square. At each event movies will be scored live (scene-by-scene) with a blend of Hip Hop, Soul, Rock and more mixed by DJ 2-Tone Jones. The result is a live, remixed soundtrack to the movies using music to complement the dialogue and storyline while also incorporating special DJ techniques to accentuate elements in different scenes. On Friday, October 25, come enjoy a screening of the classic supernatural comedy Ghostbusters (PG), starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Sigourney Weaver. In the film, three parapsychologists forced out of their university jobs set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers. The event is free for all ages and open to the public. Festivities will kick off at 7pm with an opening DJ set, followed by the film shortly after 8pm. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. Food trucks and other amenities will be on site. https://lnkd.in/gcQcUcZB

Austin embraces the spooky season all year long. You can find haunted tours year-round that are happy to tell you the spine-chilling tales of downtown Austin's ghosts, ghouls and mysteries. Buckle in and brace yourself for some creepy content in our Haunted Austin blog. https://lnkd.in/gZaf8JAs

Downtown Trail Updates: The third phase of detours on the Butler Hike and Bike Trail for the Waterloo Greenway Confluence starts this week and lasts through mid-December. The new route will take users over Waller Creek on a temporary creek crossing that does not require bicyclists to dismount their bikes. The detour will be fenced in for your safety. The Shoal Creek Conservancy is improving the 6th Street bridge on the Shoal Creek Trail. The latest update is that the masonry parapet on the north side of the bridge is complete and matches the south side, rehabilitating the structure's original character.

After a three-year absence, the Artisan Mercado returns to downtown Austin, affording Austinites and tourists a place to shop for art from Mexico and Latin America. The Artisan Mercado will host seven markets this fall at 506 Congress Avenue. The indoor Mercado, which is free and open to the public, will include 14 local Latinx American artists and artisans who sell handmade art, arts and crafts, jewelry, ceramics, clothing, handbags, paintings and accessories. The markets will be held from 10am to 4pm on the following Saturdays October 5 (TOMORROW) October 19 November 16 November 23 December 7 December 14 December 21

Want to improve your future commute? Help shape the future of transportation in Austin by taking the Community Visioning Survey before October 18. The responses to this survey will guide the Austin Transit Plan 2035 and infrastructure updates for the next ten years. Take the survey now! https://lnkd.in/gY_3aVNp

Happy ACL Season! Park downtown, grab some great food and enjoy some Austin favorites before you head to Republic Square to catch the shuttle to ACL at Zilker. Board at the corner of 4th & San Antonio and be dropped off outside the Barton Springs West Festival Entrance. When you are finished at the festival, hop back on for a return trip to the same spot and grab a nightcap downtown. The free shuttles run from Republic Square starting at 12pm on Friday and starting at 11am on Saturday and Sunday of each festival weekend.

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Thank you to everyone who attended and made the special edition of our popular Issues & Eggs series: Issues over Lunch possible on September 25! We learned what industry leaders are doing to create a more equitable entrepreneurial landscape. You can read a recap of the event's key takeaways here: https://lnkd.in/gWKQxmnv

Our friends @preservationaustin are celebrating Legacy Business Month October 1 through 31 with a fun passport program! Visit the participating legacy businesses that are crucial to Austin's culture to show your support and get your passport stamped to win cool prizes. Participating Legacy Businesses downtown include Antone's, Scholz Garten and Ester's Follies so show them some extra love this month. Happy October! https://lnkd.in/guFEZ9Hy

A round of applause to the amazing Downtown Austin Alliance team for yesterday’s exceptional #IssuesOverLunch conversation, focused on #InclusiveProsperityDowntown! Biggest thanks go to Angela Navarro and Vanessa Olson for all of the hard work, brilliant orchestration, and invitation to join such a stellar group of community leaders to provide hard-hitting and honest insights into the intentional efforts underway, for providing and safeguarding #EquitableAccess to #DowntownAustin, for all! I was thrilled to accompany other upstanding community advocates, in Tom Noonan, CEO Visit Austin, and Nicole Klepadlo, Interim CEO at Red River Cultural District, pressing alongside our coalition, the Diversity Ethnic Chamber Alliance (DECA) for maximized opportunities, useful recommendations, and the reviewing of hard lessons learned around engaging ALL necessary voices in conversations around Austin's forthcoming evolution. With our sweeping, developing cityscape alongside us (courtesy of Fairmont Austin), we learned all about the #BOOSTProgram making big, positive change in #Baltimore for #SmallBusiness….and we dreamed of new opportunity possible for Austin too, thanks to the amazing overview from visionary, Shelonda Stokes, CEO at Downtown Partnership of Baltimore! The future ahead looks bright, familia—it is brightest, however, when we commit to progress TOGETHER! Big thanks to friends and colleagues who were present: Enrique Castro Suriano, Allison Moujaes, Ruben Rodriguez, Robert Rice, Mexic-Arte Museum, Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GAHCC), Lia Pette Truitt, Nico Ramsey, heath creech, Kevin Brown, Paulina Artieda (she/her/hers/ella)