Downtown Austin

🌳 The Downtown Austin Alliance is seeking qualified vendors to provide tree maintenance services on up to 60 Street Trees along East Sixth Street.

The deadline to apply is Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 11:59pm.

Learn more about the project and how to submit a proposal here: https://downtownaustin.com/about-us/join-our-team/

We are grateful to the City of Austin’s Urban Forest Grant for making this project possible! 🌳

🥳 We are ecstatic to announce that our DASA Program was selected as one of the 130 nonprofits awarded a share of the $2.5 million from the Forever Austin Fund by the Austin Community Foundation !

According to Austin Community Foundation, the Central Austin organizations were selected because of their work to help build generational wealth, expand healthcare access, sustain arts and culture and protect green spaces. We were selected under the Economic Mobility Sector of the award for Small Business and Entrepreneurship!

Our application and letter of intent cited the funds as an opportunity to sustain, develop, activate, and expand activities and opportunities through the DASA and Lab Fifty6 programs. We are grateful to have the support and funding from the Austin Community Foundation to continue the work!

Learn more about the Forever Austin Fund here: https://www.austincf.org/give/ways-to-give/forever-austin-fund/grant-partners/

👀 Coming Soon 🤩

We are thrilled to share that you will soon see Downtown Austin popping up on billboards across Texas! Lamar Advertising gave away multiple digital billboard campaigns at ICSC 2026 in Las Vegas, and we were lucky enough to win $250,000 to advertise with them. Keep an eye out for our Texas-wide campaign this fall, including nearly 200 billboards and 27 million guaranteed impressions.

Thank you Lamar Advertising of Austin !

For those who were also wondering, the answer is YES!

Card Vault by Tom Brady DOES, in fact, have a vault inside of it, and it's filled with memorabilia from sports legends. 🏈

This retailer, new to the 2nd Street District, is focused on buying, selling, trading and grading sports cards and collectibles. Not just rich in sports cards, they also offer many rare collectible Pokémon cards, new merch and the aforementioned sports memorabilia.

Check out their mixture of new card packs and rare collectors' items soon to help us welcome them to their new home in Downtown Austin!

- XOXO Downtown Austin

Last month, we celebrated the grand opening of the Sow Community Resource Hub at the ARCH (Austin Resource Center for the Homeless). They provide a place where people experiencing homelessness can go during the daytime to access cover from the elements, food and beverages, case management, showers and restrooms.

The Hub is open Mondays through Fridays from 9am to 6pm, made possible by private contributions through the Sow Family Foundation.

Learn more about the Oasis reopening:

Homeless resource hub reopens in Downtown Austin, bringing services together in one location On Monday, The Oasis reopened as the SOW Community Resource Hub on East Seventh Street, near the ARCH.