Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association

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[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

🎟️ September Shoal Creek Clean-Up
🗓️ Sat, Sep 12, 8:45 - 10 am
📍 The Independent @ 301 West Ave.

DANA partners with APD, DAA, Downtown Austin Community Court, Shoal Creek Conservancy, and Austin Resource Recovery in this important initiative.

Details: https://t.co/5UPgO6bfBz

[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

We're happy to maximize the downtown neighborhood's contribution to this worthy goal.

[ATX Neighborhoods @atxfriends]

Making it legal and easier to build all kinds of homes in our neighborhoods leads to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per resident.
https://t.co/aJfkYEq3MN

[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

@Gspring19 @YIMBYLAND @americanhousing To restore the incentive to participate in the fundamentally-flawed Downtown Density Bonus Program. We had urged #atxcouncil to restructure the DDBP to leverage extra property tax revenue from unlimited height and FAR, or at least raise the height limits. https://t.co/YBfL2kARop

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

> Inclusionary Zoning causes 31% decrease in housing production

Inclusionary zoning is like dropping a tactical nuke on your city’s housing market. It should be frankly illegal to pass IZ laws in this country.

[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

@YIMBYLAND And optional IZ, also known as "density bonus programs", results in substantially lower housing production than does granting the bonus entitlements by right. Especially when the city deliberately downzones your neighborhood to restore the incentive to participate in the program.

[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

Downtown residents live in District 9. The chart below includes fundraising stats for the District 9 #atxcouncil candidates.

[ATX Neighborhoods @atxfriends]

City council candidates have filed their campaign finance reports for the latest period (Jan 1 - June 30). Here are the fundraising numbers in this latest round.
@SelenaforAustin @PaigeForAustin @daveforaustin

[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

@rcauvin @YIMBYLAND The resulting property tax revenue could provide a larger and more reliable funding stream for subsidized affordable housing. More in our letter here: https://t.co/3dSEUDrLAL

[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

@rcauvin @YIMBYLAND We at DANA and the following orgs have urged city officials to consider scrapping density bonus programs + granting the bonus entitlements by right:

Mueller Neighborhood Association
Downtown Commission
Friends of Hyde Park
Old Austin Neighborhood Association
Austin New Liberals

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

Charging new housing developments a giant fee to fund the production of a small number of income-restricted units is the housing policy equivalent of responding to a hangover with a shot of vodka.

[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

🎟️ July Shoal Creek Clean-Up
🗓️ Saturday, July 11, 8:45 am - 10 am
📍 The Independent @ 301 West Ave.

DANA partners with @Austin_Police, @DowntownATXInfo, and other organizations in this important initiative.

Details: https://t.co/zCQGQtZJ9D

[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

Join your neighbors for the June Shoal Creek Clean-Up, a monthly collaboration with APD, DAA, and the Downtown Austin Community Court.

🎟️ June Shoal Creek Clean-Up
🗓️ Saturday, June 13, 8:45 am - 10 am
📍 The Independent @ 301 West Ave.

More at https://t.co/eCKvygsrwC.

[ATX Neighborhoods @atxfriends]

Connect with the declared #atxcouncil candidates with our Austin city council candidate contact sheet: https://t.co/DDh8aAsIGz

[marshall @marshallgeyer]

the freshly-opened confluence portion of waterloo greenway near rainey st is incredible

[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

Mueller Neighborhood Association (MNA) recently sent a letter regarding density bonus programs, joining us in calling out their fundamental flaws and for capturing property tax revenue from by-right upzoning: https://t.co/skpga3os3H
#atxcouncil

[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

@MontserratforTX

[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

Early voting is all this week. Friday is the last day until official voting day on the 26th. Wondering who we support?

DANA Endorses Montserrat Garibay for HD 49 https://t.co/eThtUc8nbT

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

NEW: TxDOT denies Austin request to keep certain street art including:

• Black Artists Matter mural on 11th
• Pride crosswalk at 4th and Colorado
• TEXAS mural on Guadalupe
• "River" crosswalk on Lake Austin Boulevard

Pics in thread below.

https://t.co/CxaM8282jc

[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

🎟️ Downtown Safety Forum (May 2026)
🗓️ Thursday, May 21, 8:30 – 9:30 am
📍 Online via Zoom

• Fire Marshal Carrie Stewart on scheduling after-hours fire system inspections
• Austin Energy’s Bill Sparks on the downtown power network

Details & RSVP: https://t.co/WF1OUch0DP

[Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association @downtownatx]

DANA recently provided feedback on the city's proposed updates to the Downtown Density Bonus Program (DDBP).

We urge city officials to consider our recommendations, and we reiterate our call for restructuring the program to address its fundamental flaws.

https://t.co/YBfL2kARop

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

I'm not aware of a single instance where IZ mandates ushered in broad improvements in housing affordability, but I'm aware of loads of instances in which they crushed housing production. Blue cities/states need to take the evidence seriously and scrap these failed programs.