*Please e-mail rvasquez@elpasodmd.org your contact information prior to submitting so our team knows to expect your entry. The Downtown Management District (DMD) is looking for a few good local filmmakers. The REEL AUTHENTICO Video Contest is asking entrants to produce a video capturing the spirit of ‘Authentico’ in Downtown El Paso (DTEP) and enter the … [Read more...]
Last Day to Register for a Chance to WIN an EAT Authentico Restaurant Crawl!
In mere hours, the ability to register for an EAT Authentico Restaurant Crawl will be over (contest registration ends tonight, Nov. 3, 2016). The crawl will take place on Friday, November 11, 2016. The five lucky winners can invite a guest to partake of the EAT Authentico menu. Winners will travel from Deadbeach Brewery in Union Plaza, to Café Central and Anson … [Read more...]
Profile: Joe Parker is Keepin’ it Authentico!
In the amber light just following sunrise, nestled in the cradle of Downtown El Paso that is San Jacinto Plaza, a young man hits a ping pong ball across a table. Save for the collection of purposefully arranged orange cones, no one is on the other side. The witness to this interesting scene, Joe Gudenrath, Executive Director of the Downtown Management District … [Read more...]
The Top 20 Authentico Photo Contest HONORABLE MENTIONS!
The response to our humble AUTHENTICO photo contest was remarkable! Seeing Downtown, El Paso (DTEP) through your eyes gave us a new appreciation for the beauty and truth that stretches from the concrete of the street to the top floor of each proud building. We loved your photos so much, we decided to share the 20 photos that made it into the final rounds of … [Read more...]
DTEP AUTHENTICO Photo Contest Winners!
About a month ago we announced the AUTHENTICO Photo Contest so the public could have an opportunity to express, through photography, what makes Downtown El Paso (DTEP) so AUTHENTICO? Over the course of 4 weeks, we the Downtown Management District (DMD), received nearly 100 photos from over 30 participants. Our panel of local celebrity judges (Estela Casas, … [Read more...]