Public safety and quality of life
Lighting, noise, emergency response, public-space conditions, pedestrian confidence, and the everyday experience of living downtown.
Follow public safetyIssues
Follow the work shaping downtown.
DANA helps residents understand the plans, projects, policies, and everyday conditions affecting life downtown.
Current issues
The point is not to follow everything. It is to know what matters next.
City decisions can be technical, fragmented, and difficult to follow. DANA tracks the issues most relevant to downtown residents and turns them into clear context, useful updates, and practical ways to participate.
Housing and development
New homes, major developments, land use, density, street-level activity, construction effects, and long-term neighborhood livability.
Follow housing and developmentParks and public spaces
Parks, trails, plazas, waterways, trees, shade, public amenities, maintenance, and shared neighborhood spaces.
Follow parks and public spacesI-35
Construction, mobility changes, access, noise, connectivity, public-realm opportunities, and long-term effects on downtown.
Follow I-35Project Connect
Transit planning, construction, station access, neighborhood effects, and the practical implications of Austin’s future system.
Follow Project ConnectDowntown planning
Public plans, development standards, major projects, civic priorities, and the decisions shaping downtown’s future.
Follow downtown planningHow DANA follows an issue
Clear information when it can be useful.
DANA focuses where resident experience, public decisions, and a practical opportunity to participate come together.
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Identify the resident impact.
We begin with the practical question: what changes for people who live downtown?
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Review the public information.
DANA follows agendas, plans, staff reports, project materials, public notices, and relevant meetings.
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Clarify the issue.
We translate technical or fragmented information into a useful neighborhood summary.
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Create a path to participate.
When resident input can matter, DANA identifies the meeting, contact, comment period, or next step.
Submit a neighborhood concernStay informed
Stay close to the decisions that affect daily life.
Follow current issues, attend a meeting, or join DANA to support resident-led neighborhood work.
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