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Downtown Austin resort lights up with a heart to encourage unity amid COVID-19 crisis

The Club Wyndham Austin team hopes to remind the community that "we are all in this together."

AUSTIN, Texas — As Downtown Austin streets seem like a ghost town with bar and restaurant closures, one resort hopes to remind Austinites we are all in this together, despite being apart.

The Club Wyndham Austin, a vacation club resort, turns on its lights each night in the shape of a heart as a message of unity.

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"As we comply with guidelines of local officials around the world, we are also flexing to encourage unity," Tyrone Law, a publicist for Wyndham, said.

Club Wyndham Austin is not the first to use its lights to spread positivity amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fairmont Austin, which has become notorious for it's various light displays, recently lit up with the letters ATX inside of a heart to thank guests for their continued support.

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