AUSTIN (KXAN) --- More people are visiting downtown Austin. According to the Downtown Austin Alliance, foot traffic is up thanks to a program it launched a year ago.

The Downtown Austin Space Activation program transforms vacant storefronts and underutilized spaces into affordable options for local creatives and small businesses to host pop-up shops and events.

"We set it up in an Airbnb style sort of format, where you could activate a space at a daily rate, because we understood that people wanted space temporarily. They wanted to do events," said DAA Chief Impact Officer Jenell Moffett.

The DAA started this last summer. Since then, it has been activated more than 500 times. • Downtown Austin Alliance said it prioritizes affordability with this program and offers low rates to rent th

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