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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 — but it seems to have been replaced by the creation of more housing units in the urban core, and the city's role in assisting such development.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 [...]

Downtown Alliance
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May, 2012

Downtown Residents Again Discussing Their Number One Need

May 22, 2012

Once again, there is talk of bringing a grocery store to San Antonio’s increasingly cosmopolitan downtown area, 1200 WOAI’s Joshua Cook has learned.

“We’re actually talking about it, and I think that is the most exciting thing,” Melissa Burnett with the Downtown Alliance told 1200 WOAI news.

Bond propositions pass easily

May 14, 2012

San Antonio residents Saturday overwhelmingly approved all five propositions of the $596 million bond program, sending a vote of confidence to City Hall in an era when taxpayers are generally wary of major spending initiatives.

Methodist Healthcare plans $44 million expansion in Downtown San Antonio

May 11, 2012

Some of San Antonio’s largest hospital systems are playing a high-stakes game of chess, rolling out new development plans that could significantly reshape the delivery of care downtown.

April, 2012

$350 million may pave way for SA2020

Apr 17, 2012

Build more housing units, and then downtown will attract more of the things that make a vibrant city: residents, workers, retail, recreation, and maybe even a grocery store.

Downtown San Antonio, TX Hotel Partners With Kellogg's for Children in Need

Apr 4, 2012

As mom said for years, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Yet, 1 in 5 children live in homes where breakfast is hard to come by. However, through a partnership with another of the world's most recognizable brands, TownePlace Suites San Antonio Downtown is ensuring that children in need get a filling start to their day.

Billionnaire Weston eyes major downtown revival in San Antonio

Apr 2, 2012

The newest member of San Antonio’s billionaire’s club is ready to open his wallet over downtown.

Rackspace Hosting Inc. founder and chairman Graham Weston says he will forge partnerships with a dozen or more real estate developers over the next two years to further develop the city center into a livable, walkable urban environment that will attract and retain young professionals.

Geeks get connected to S.A.'s tech scene

Apr 2, 2012

In San Antonio, geeks have created their own universe.

It's a place where tech company execs can share ideas over a game of ping-pong. Where down the hall, a lawyer and public-relations specialist offer free advice. Where qualified tech talent is ripe for the picking and where some of the city's most successful entrepreneurs and tech aficionados are always available to talk shop.

Deputy city manager named Downtowner for 2012

Apr 2, 2012

Downtown hearts San Antonio City Hall.

For the third year in a row, the Downtowner of the Year is a city of San Antonio official.

Deputy City Manager Pat DiGiovanni on Friday received the honor from the Downtown Alliance, following in the footsteps of previous winners Paula Stallcup, the city's director of downtown operations (who in 2011 shared the award with the deceased artist Chuck Ramirez), and Mayor Julián Castro in 2010.

March, 2012

City Eyeing Downtown Car Sharing Program

Mar 27, 2012

The City of San Antonio, which has for the past year operated a successful ‘bike sharing’ program downtown, is expected to move forward this week with an innovative ‘car sharing’ program, 1200 WOAI news reports.

How To Talk About Cities Without Ticking Off Folks Who Don't Live There

Mar 22, 2012

Mitchell Silver spends a lot of time traveling the country in his role as the president of the American Planning Association. In that time, he has learned that there are certain words you just don’t use with audiences outside of the urban core. For instance: urban.

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