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Stay up-to-date with the latest press releases and news from Downtown Tucson Partnership and its partners.

2026

2026 Downtown Tucson Haiku Hike Literary Competition Now Open
Jan 12, 2026

2025

Haiku Hike Now on Display
Mar 24, 2025
Downtown Tucson For Everyone Grant Program Opens for Applications
Jan 31, 2025
Haiku Hike Literary Competition Now Open
Jan 14, 2025

2024

Downtown Tucson is the Place to Be This Small Business Saturday
Nov 22, 2024
Downtown Tucson Celebrates the Return of the Wildcats and Aztecs
Aug 26, 2024
Downtown Tucson Comes Alive with New Storefront Vinyl Displays
Aug 8, 2024
Albuquerque Eyes Tucson for Best Practices in Downtown Revitalization
May 1, 2024
Haiku Hike Now On Display
Mar 19, 2024
Last Call to Enter the Haiku Hike Literary Competition
Feb 22, 2024
Haiku Hike Literary Competition Opens February 9
Feb 7, 2024

2023

Haiku Hike Now On Display in Downtown Tucson
Mar 20, 2023
Haiku Hike Literary Competition Now Open
Feb 21, 2023

2022

TROUBADOUR THURSDAYS! Tucson’s Annual “Rite of Spring” Musical Tour of Downtown Returns
Mar 28, 2022
Haiku Hike Now On Display in Downtown Tucson
Mar 24, 2022

2021

Downtown Tucson Partnership Honored with Chasing Rainbows Award 2021 by the Fox Tucson Theatre
Dec 16, 2021
Downtown Tucson Partnership Honored with Award of Resilience
May 27, 2021
Pima County Pop Up Vaccination Site for Downtown
Apr 29, 2021
2nd Annual Haiku Hike Winners to be Revealed on the First Day of Spring
Mar 19, 2021
Downtown Tucson Warms Up with New Downtown Heater Program
Feb 9, 2021
Downtown Tucson Partnership Receives "Hero Award"
Feb 4, 2021

2020

Downtown Tucson Partnership Spreads Holiday Cheer With the New Downtown Tucson Gift Card
Dec 11, 2020
Downtown Tucson Partnership Launches New State of the Art Website
Oct 29, 2020
Pima County Health Department Adding New COVID-19 Testing Site in Downtown Tucson
Oct 15, 2020
DTP Releases FY 19/20 Annual Report
Sep 23, 2020
Pima County partnership provides funding for outdoor cafés in Downtown Tucson
Aug 26, 2020
DTP Announces Two New Grants to Assist Businesses
Jun 25, 2020
Pima County Partnering with DTP to Distribute Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Jun 22, 2020
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Now Available for Downtown Businesses
Jun 18, 2020
Ninth and Final Gift Card Round Goes Live Friday at 9 a.m.
Jun 10, 2020
A Message from the Downtown Tucson Partnership
Jun 2, 2020
Holualoa Companies keeps DTP Gift Card Incentive Program going strong!
May 20, 2020
El Rio Health Provides Testing for Downtown Ambassadors
May 19, 2020
Downtown Tucson Apartments in partnership with Presidio Tucson Sponsor Lunch Hour Round of DTP Gift Card Incentive Program – Friday, May 15 at noon!
May 13, 2020
Rio Nuevo Sponsors Happy Hour Round of DTP Gift Card Incentive Program – Friday, May 8 at 5 p.m.!
May 6, 2020
Thank you to our Safety and Maintenance Ambassadors
Apr 23, 2020
Another 1,000 Gift Cards Sold and $35,000 raised in just 13 Minutes!
Apr 22, 2020
More Sponsors Needed to Keep Gift Card Program Momentum Going
Apr 20, 2020
1,000 Gift Cards Sold in Less Than 15 Minutes!
Apr 17, 2020
DTP Releases Third Round of the Gift Card Incentive Program with Help from HSL Properties
Apr 15, 2020
DTP Releases Second Round of the Gift Card Incentive Program with Help from Rio Nuevo
Apr 9, 2020
DTP Infuses Cash Into the Downtown Community
Apr 4, 2020
City Waiving Public Transit Fees During COVID-19
Mar 21, 2020
Stay Safe and Support Downtown Businesses
Mar 13, 2020
City High School partnership with Watershed Management Group and Downtown Tucson Partnership
Feb 27, 2020
Haiku Hike Literary Contest Now Open
Feb 12, 2020
Rio Nuevo Tucson Craft Beer Crawl returns downtown on February 15
Feb 4, 2020
6th Annual Tucson Jazz Festival
Jan 11, 2020
2020 Dillinger Days
Jan 10, 2020

2019

Final holiday movie of the season in Downtown Tucson
Dec 19, 2019
10th Annual Downtown Window Decorating Competition
Dec 16, 2019
Free Outdoor Holiday Movie Series Downtown, ‘Friday Food, Fun and Flix’
Dec 10, 2019
Downtown Tucson Small Business Saturday: Shop small & give the gift of downtown
Nov 29, 2019
Free Streetcar Rides on Small Business Saturday, November 30th
Nov 27, 2019
Entertainment Lineup for the Mister Car Wash 25th Annual Parade of Lights
Nov 27, 2019
25th Annual Parade of Lights shines with help from Mister Car Wash
Nov 5, 2019
Downtown Tucson Partnership shares accomplishments, goals in just-released FY 18/19 Annual Report
Oct 29, 2019
Parade of Lights Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Oct 14, 2019
Record attendance projected for 2019 TENWEST Impact Festival
Sep 30, 2019
Healthy Feet on the Street
Sep 18, 2019
First Annual Sonoran Restaurant Week Features Several Downtown Favorites
Aug 19, 2019
Sun Link 5-year Anniversary Celebration, July 27th
Jul 23, 2019
Brings Coworking Launches in Tucson’s Historic Brings Building
Jul 16, 2019
Downtown Desert Deals Are Here!
Jul 11, 2019
Rio Nuevo Accepts Priority List For $65M in TCC Improvements
Jun 26, 2019
American Flags to Grace Downtown Tucson Streets
Jun 12, 2019
Construction Commences on Tucson Convention Center Hotel: A DoubleTree by Hilton
May 14, 2019
New Trees Planted Downtown in Celebration of Earth Day
Apr 22, 2019
Agave Heritage Festival 2019
Apr 17, 2019
FSL Plans Grand Opening of Marist on Cathedral Square on April 11
Apr 10, 2019
Meet Me at Maynards Celebrates 10th Birthday!
Apr 4, 2019
Downtown Tucson Partnership Annual Report FY 17-18
Mar 27, 2019
Old Pueblo Poems Literary Competition to Announce Winners on the 1st Day of Spring
Mar 19, 2019
The Value of U.S. Downtowns and Center Cities Report - Now Available!
Feb 21, 2019
Old Pueblo Poems, Literary Contest Now Open
Feb 6, 2019

2018

Downtown advocates to help homeless find jobs and housing
Dec 5, 2018
BENNUVAL! Celebrates the Spirit of Human Curiosity
Nov 29, 2018
Mayor’s Tree Lighting Ceremony Lights Up Black Friday!
Nov 20, 2018
IDA Presents Pinnacle Award Recognizing DTP Connects Program
Nov 1, 2018
DTP Encouraging Downtown Property Owners to Illuminate their Building for the Holidays
Oct 5, 2018
Downtown Series to Focus on Music, Identity, Place
Sep 28, 2018
Arizona Theatre Company's 2018/2019 Season
Sep 24, 2018
Supervisors clear $50K supplemental contribution to improvement district
Sep 20, 2018
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Fall Exhibition
Sep 1, 2018
HOCO Fest 2018
Aug 23, 2018
Downtown’s First Beer Hall to Open on Congress Street
Aug 6, 2018
Downtown Tucson Partnership Launches INFO on the GO
Jul 24, 2018
Hexagon opens new mining headquarters in Tucson, Arizona
Jul 20, 2018
Downtown Desert Deals
Jul 11, 2018
Tucson Museum of Art's Arizona Biennial 2018
Jul 5, 2018
Downtown Tucson Development Report - Summer 2018
Jun 26, 2018
American flags grace Downtown Tucson streets
Jun 13, 2018
Series 19 brings Arizona liquor galore to downtown Tucson
May 23, 2018
Chef Dee Buizer of Senae Thai Bistro Recognized by Thai Government
May 17, 2018
MSA Annex Now Open in the Mercado District
May 10, 2018
The Agave Heritage Festival is back
Apr 22, 2018
Local artisans and entrepreneurs to take over former Chicago Music Store this Saturday
Apr 19, 2018
Downtown Tucson Beautified Through Unique Partnerships
Apr 11, 2018
Presidio District Hosts New City of Gastronomy Tour
Mar 6, 2018
DTP Connects Goes Mobile
Feb 19, 2018
Downtown Tucson Receives Big Valentine’s Day Gift
Feb 14, 2018
Coronado Hotel Apartments Now Complete
Feb 5, 2018
Dillinger Days at the Hotel Congress
Jan 16, 2018
Chic Boutique & Spa Now Open Downtown
Jan 11, 2018
January 8th Memorial Dedicated
Jan 9, 2018
Fourth Annual HSL Properties Tucson Jazz Festival
Jan 2, 2018

2017

Downtown Tucson hitting greatest stride in last 50 years
Dec 27, 2017
Tucson's Parade of Lights & Festival is THIS weekend
Dec 14, 2017
Jácome Plaza Undergoes Miraculous Transformation
Dec 7, 2017
Outdoor Office in Jacome Plaza
Nov 29, 2017
8th Annual Window Decorating Contest
Nov 27, 2017
Your guide to this year's All Souls Procession in Tucson
Nov 2, 2017
Tucson Museum of Art Transformation
Oct 26, 2017
Your guide: Film Fest Tucson is this weekend
Oct 19, 2017
TENWEST Festival October 14 - 22
Oct 11, 2017
44th Annual ‘Tucson Meet Yourself’ (aka ‘Tucson Eat Yourself’) October 13 – 15
Oct 9, 2017
Congress Street Named One of Fifteen Great Places in America
Oct 6, 2017
G.U.T Block Party on Broadway Downtown
Sep 26, 2017
New hotel open for business in downtown Tucson
Sep 21, 2017
Born & Brewed Beer Battle at Hotel Congress
Sep 18, 2017
Tucson named World Festival & Event City
Sep 15, 2017
More FREE music coming to 2nd Saturdays Downtown
Sep 5, 2017
HOCO Fest 2017, Aug 30 - Sep 3
Aug 30, 2017
DTP Releases Downtown Development Report for Summer 2017
Aug 16, 2017
New 3-Day Transit Pass and Late-Night Sun Link Service
Aug 14, 2017
West End Station Breaks Ground
Aug 10, 2017
Tucson's Sun Link Celebrates Third Anniversary
Jul 21, 2017
Janos Wilder: A Chef’s Journey from Pizza to Paris by Way of Tucson
Jul 12, 2017
Downtown 4th of July
Jul 4, 2017
Downtown Turns Red, White, and Blue
Jun 14, 2017
Summer in the City Discount Card
Jun 13, 2017
Tucson Takes Over Parma, Italy
Jun 7, 2017
Fridays On Fourth
Jun 2, 2017
TMC Meet Me Downtown, May 26 - 27
May 26, 2017
The There There
May 20, 2017
Downtown Welcomes New Neighbors
May 9, 2017
PokeZone Now Open
May 9, 2017
2017 Agave Heritage Festival
Apr 24, 2017
MSA Annex Breaks Ground
Apr 11, 2017
HealthOn Broadway Now Open
Apr 5, 2017
Downtown Rebound
Apr 4, 2017
International mining tech firm Hexagon to expand, relocate HQ to downtown Tucson
Mar 27, 2017
City Park Breaks Ground
Mar 15, 2017
Greet the green at the St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival
Mar 13, 2017
Downtown Momentum Continues
Mar 13, 2017
MiAn Sushi opening in downtown Tucson on Thursday, March 9
Mar 8, 2017
Downtown Restaurant + Bar Guide
Jan 25, 2017
Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show
Jan 24, 2017
Dillinger Days: Re-living Tucson's Colorful Past
Jan 11, 2017

2016

Downtown Block Party on Dec. 29th Leads Into Fantastic NYE Options
Dec 22, 2016
Third Annual HSL Properties Tucson Jazz Festival Brings the Swing to Downtown
Dec 20, 2016
Make it a Downtown Holiday Daytrip with the Parade of Lights on December 17th!
Dec 12, 2016
Fill the Streetcar with Toys for Miracle on 31st Street!
Dec 8, 2016
Your Downtown Holiday Shop-O-Rama, 2016 Edition!
Nov 29, 2016
Inside Track Event Offers the Chance to Pitch Reality TV Ideas to Pros
Nov 23, 2016
Cardondelet St. Mary's: Proud Title Sponsor of the 22nd Annual Downtown Parade of Lights and Festival
Nov 21, 2016
Bear Down Downtown at Playground All Season Long with ZonaZoo!
Nov 15, 2016
Downtown Now Celebrates Downtown's Success and Looks Ahead...
Nov 7, 2016
Downtown Welcomes All Souls Procession 2016
Oct 31, 2016
Stunning New Loft Graces 44 E. Broadway
Oct 24, 2016
TENWEST Festival: Video Preview & Highlights
Oct 20, 2016
Downtown's 9th Annual Tucson Comic Con Is Ridin' Nerdy
Oct 19, 2016
Southwest Terror Fest V Shreds Downtown
Oct 17, 2016
Rio Nuevo & Downtown Tucson Partnership Present DOWNTOWN NOW
Oct 12, 2016
Stranger Things Fandom Gets Expressive with the Upside Down Art Show
Oct 4, 2016
Film Fest Tucson Celebrates Tucson's Film Legacy and Works Unseen in Arizona
Oct 3, 2016
Downtown Tucson's October "Rundown": Walks, Runs, & Nonprofit Friends with Benefits
Sep 27, 2016
TENWEST: Showcasing Downtown Tucson's Innovative Talent
Sep 26, 2016
Ignite520 Unites Tucson's Young Professionals
Sep 22, 2016
Downtown Tucson Partnership Names Kathleen Eriksen as New CEO
Sep 21, 2016
Rock the Block in a Bow Tie for El Rio!
Sep 14, 2016
UA’s Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry Begins Downtown “Show & Tell @ Playground” Series on Sept. 21
Sep 13, 2016
Local Jewelers Have 'Got' Marbles and Expanded Hours
Sep 6, 2016
Tucson Museum of Art Seeks Wider Community Embrace Under New CEO
Aug 30, 2016
GRAND OPENING Sept. 8th: Autobahn Feeds Downtown's Need For Speed
Aug 29, 2016
Borderlands Celebrates Citrana Can Release!
Aug 15, 2016
Enchantment Far From the Sea: Return of the Mermaids!
Aug 4, 2016
Arizona Daily Star Opens New Downtown Office
Aug 4, 2016
Dímelo Stories Celebrates Local Voices With Year-End Party
Jul 18, 2016
Let's Eat: Senae Thai Bistro Now Open in Downtown
Jul 11, 2016
The Downtown Tucson Burrito Tour, Summer '16 Edition
Jul 11, 2016
The Downtown Tucson Coffee Roundup, Summer '16 Edition
Jun 23, 2016
5 Delicious Veggie Meals To Try Downtown
Jun 13, 2016
Hot Times Demand Cool Discounts: The Summer In The City Card is BACK!
Jun 9, 2016