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The Express-News Downtown Blog
by Benjamin Olivio
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/downtown/

Below are the latest posts from the San Antonio Express-News blog on downtown. Click on the title to view the full post on the Express-News site.

VIA replacing its yellow line with Primo

May 23, 2012 03:53pm

With VIA Metropolitan Transit’s rapid bus service scheduled to arrive in December — did you feel it kick? — that means an existing route must go. The victim is the yellow trolley. Being marketed as VIA Primo, the new service will travel east on Market Street and west on Commerce. The turnaround on the west [...]

Studies addressing grocery store, student housing

May 21, 2012 05:19pm

The hot downtown discussion was the grocery store — when, where, etc. — but it seems to have been replaced by the creation of more housing units in the urban core, and the city's role in assisting such development. The city has commissioned a pair of exploratory studies on both these topics.

Food truck program off to rough start

May 18, 2012 06:16pm

Lagniappe Today and the DUK Truck serve food at the City Hall annex location on Thursday. It’s starting to become abundantly clear why there remains to be zero interest among food truck operators in Maverick Park, one of the city’s proposed locations for its pilot program. It’s surrounded by nothing. People would have to drive [...]

Booting regulations passed

May 17, 2012 06:21pm

At least two vehicles were booted at this lot on Saturday. Score one for the little guy. The city has been fielding numerous complaints of late from citizens and tourists about predatory booting. And this morning City Council approved new booting regulations to help combat the recent problem. “It’s clear there have been some predatory [...]

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July, 2010

TEDxSanAntonio Seeks Nominations for Speakers

Jul 9, 2010

JULY 12, 2010 - Do you know someone with a powerful idea? Then nominate them to be a speaker for the Alamo City's first official TEDxSanAntonio. Deadline for submitting speaker nominations is August 1, 2010.The Alamo City's inaugural TEDxSanAntonio event is being hosted by Trinity University in its Jane and Arthur Stieren Theater. Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 16th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tidbits features Downtown App

Jul 8, 2010

San Antonio's e-newsletter for the gal about town, Tidbits, featured the Downtown App in it's latest newsletter. Read it>

WOAI's Beamer features Brewer on Downtown Boom

Jul 7, 2010

WOAI's Randy Beamer interviews DTA President Ben Brewer on recent additions and upcoming projects in downtown San Antonio. Watch it!

Kens 5 Great Day SA Features Downtown App

Jul 6, 2010

Kens5's Great Day SA featured a segment on Downtown Alliance's new Downtown App for smartphones last week. The segment is available for viewing online at: http://www.kens5.com/great-day-sa/Downtown-San-Antonio-In-The-Palm-Of-Your-Hand-97484504.html

Turning Around Downtown: Twelve Steps to Revitalization

Jul 1, 2010

In honor of 50,000 people coming to downtown this weekend for the Alcoholic Anonymous International Convention, we have our "12-Step" process we'd like to share: A great document from the Brookings Institution entitled "Turning Around Downtown: Twelve Steps to Revitalization." Download the pdf.