Press Releases
DOWNTOWN Receives Three EMMY ® Awards
October 28, 2007
Austin’s Popular PBS Series Feature the Stories that Make DOWNTOWN: As Austin As It Gets™ “DOWNTOWN,” a co-production of the Downtown Austin Alliance, Action Figure and KLRU-TV, Austin PBS, won three awards at the 5th Annual Lone Star EMMY® Awards on Saturday, October 27. This 10-week series, which airs on KLRU, features unique stories of the people and places that make “DOWNTOWN: As Austin As It Gets.™” Since the inception of the series in 2005, “DOWNTOWN” has received six Lone Star EMMYs. Download the complete press release here.
DOWNTOWN wins Liveable City Award
April 27, 2007
We're very pleased to announce that DOWNTOWN, television series, has been given a Liveable City Vision Award. According to Liveable City, DOWNTOWN "has contributed to preserving the special character of our community and has helped to make Austin a more livable city." www.liveablecity.org.
DOWNTOWN wins two EMMYs
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October 23, 2006
"DOWNTOWN" TV SHOW AWARDED TWO LONE STAR EMMYS
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Austin, TX - The 4th Annual Lone Star EMMY® Awards were announced on Saturday, October 21, 2006, at the Verizon Center in downtown Houston, Texas. With over 1,200 nominations the competition was fierce, but the news was great for Austin's popular show "DOWNTOWN," which airs on KLRU, Austin's PBS station. "DOWNTOWN" received two EMMY® Awards--more than any other single show.
"DOWNTOWN" received EMMY® Awards in the following categories:
• Arts/Entertainment - Program Feature/Segment - Featured in Episode #204 "22 to Watch," about the emerging artists exhibit at the Austin Museum of Art.
• Public/Current/Community Affairs Feature/Segment - Featured in Episode #203 "Art from the Streets" is a poignant piece offering insight into Austin's homeless art show.
DOWNTOWN wins Chronicle Readers Poll
October 12, 2006
This just in from the Austin Chronicle Reader's Poll, regarding DOWNTOWN, the documentary series produced by Action Figure and the DAA:
Reader's Choice: Best Locally Produced TV Show: DOWNTOWN. Now you can take a trip into the city without ever leaving your sofa. Thank goodness KLRU is a frequent remote destination for us, or we may never have stumbled across our new favorite show, and as a result, some of our new favorite things about our town. In half an hour the Emmy Award-winning series captures the beat, the art, the arts, the history, the excitement, the essence that is downtown Austin. They cover everything, with past features ranging from the East End and the Victory Grill to Zilker and Barton Springs, from Austin women builders to the Central Texas hip-hop scene, the Gospel Brunch to the Quentin Tarantino Fest. No finer place for sure, Downtown, everything's waiting for you!
The Kudos Keep Coming: DOWNTOWN Takes Home the EMMY ®
October 19, 2005
Austin, TX – The “kudos” keep coming….DOWNTOWN, the new series about downtown Austin that premiered this past spring on KLRU, Austin’s public television is making quite a name for itself. First there was rave reviews and fan comments to the stations, then the fabulous Austin Chronicle’s Critics Choice “Best Of” Award. Now, the Downtown Austin Alliance, the show’s co-producer is pleased to announce that DOWNTOWN has been awarded a Lone Star EMMY ® in the Program Achievement Category for Best Magazine Program Format.
Downtown was one of 104 recipients from field of more then 1,050 entrants statewide. The EMMY ® winners were announced Saturday evening at a gala awards ceremony held in Dallas, Texas. Winners were selected by a panel of peer judges from major television markets from across the country.
DOWNTOWN is a 13-series (now in repeat season) highlighting the special people, places and stories that make DOWNTOWN: As Austin As It Gets.™ This lively, entertaining, and even sometimes educational series, quickly became one of the most watched shows on Austin’s Public Television Station.
Downtown is produced by the Downtown Austin Alliance, Action Figure Studios, and KLRU, working in partnership with numerous major sponsors including Time Warner Cable, Capital Metro and Crescent Real Estate Equities. DOWNTOWN is now in production for its second season to air in the spring. Soon you’ll see what new and exciting things you’ll see DOWNTOWN.
Reports
- Wooldridge Square Site Study, conducted by a team from the University of Texas School of Architecture. Download the historic and site usage report (33.5 MB PDF) or the presentation the research team gave to DAA members for the June 21, 2007 Issues & Eggs (24.8 MB PDF).
- Download the 2006 IMPACT Nomination Criteria Form. (PDF)
- Find out more about our Emmy Award winning show DOWNTOWN.
- Download the August 1, 2006 City of Austin Bond Election presentation to the DAA Economic Development Committee (PDF)
- Brush Square draft historic report (PDF)