Austin, a city renowned for its music and arts, is planning to make cultural spaces more accessible by creating numerous cultural districts. Two city initiatives aim to simplify the process of opening music venues and creative spaces in various parts of the city. The Economic Development Department plans to present a framework to City Council in the summer that outlines the economic and cultural components required for establishing cultural districts. The African American Cultural Heritage District, the Fifth Street Mexican American Heritage Corridor, the Red River Cultural District, and the South Shore Cultural District are current examples in Austin. The new framework will facilitate the creation of cultural districts by the community and will probably increase the number of such districts rapidly. Districts will be encouraged or required to maintain a certain amount of cultural space in new development projects. The information is expected to include elements borrowed from the Souly Austin program, which aimed to foster small business districts’ creation. The projected timeframe to form a new district, given all the necessary cultural and retail ingredients, is 12 months. Some speculate that cultural district designation could serve as a strategy to prevent displacement of local assets in areas grappling with affordability. The objective is to identify areas across the city’s Council districts that could attract more arts and businesses due to the new land use rules. The initiative aligns with the Imagine Austin plan, which calls for more such cultural nodes.