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Red River Cultural District (Austin, Texas)

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the 600 block to the 1200 block of Red River. Businesses and organizations participating in the development and activities of the Red River Merchants Association include Mohawk Austin, Cheer Up Charlies, the German Texan Heritage Society, The Beverly, Stubb’s, Empire, Barracuda, Hoboken Pie, Beerland, Elysium, Koriente, Waller Creek Pub, The Sidewinder, Swan Dive, Twin Liquors and others.
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The Red River Cultural District Merchants Association formed in February 2016 with the purpose of engaging stakeholders and government officials to focus on improving the district’s conditions to create a more pedestrian friendly experience that attracts patrons. The associations boundaries run from
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Music Festival. Red River Street is barricaded by Austin Police so that festival goers can safely get from club to club, and the crowds fill the street. On March 13, 2014 about 12:30 a.m., a suspected drunk driver, Rashad Owens, trying to evade police drove through the barricades at 9th Street
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The Austin City Council approved a resolution creating the district on October 17, 2013. The resolution also directs the City Manager to address parking and loading and unloading issues in the area and to investigate the state process used to designate an area as a cultural district with the
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on adjacent streets are included in the district. The cultural district designation lets owners in the district market their venues together as a unique cultural asset of Austin. Stakeholders are also hoping the designation will curb rising land prices and redevelopment in the area.
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and Red River and plowed into the crowd enjoying the festival. Four people were killed and 23 were injured. Owens ran into a van and was captured by police. Owens was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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The district partners with SIMS Foundation, a local nonprofit aiming to improve access to mental health resources and reduce overdoses among Austin musicians, and the
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District Attorney’s office to organize a concert series called Safer Together: Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Saves Lives.
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Venues in the district host activities associated with many of Austin’s music festivals including
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Stubb's Bar-B-Q is one of the many popular nightclubs in the Red River Cultural District.
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flows through the length of the Red River Cultural District.
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The venues in the District participate heavily in the
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Downtown Austin
Texas
Stubb's
nightclubs
Waller Creek
Texas Commission for the Arts
South by Southwest
South by Southwest
Levitation
Oblivion Access Festival
Austin City Limits Music Festival
Travis County
"Council OKs cultural district status for Red River area"
"Austin City Council Minutes"
"Driver Rashad Owens Gets Life for Fatal Crash at SXSW Music Festival"
"District-Wide Festivals"
"Safer Together"
"Red River District"
The Best Live Music Venues in Austin
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Downtown Austin
Bremond Block Historic District
Congress Avenue Historic District
Rainey Street Historic District
Red River Cultural District
Sixth Street
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