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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.

Underground parking could be in the mix for HemisFair

May 22, 2013 06:36pm

This drawing show a temporary parking lot between the Tower of the Americas and the Institute of Texan Cultures. If you build it, they will come. But where are they going to park? In “Field of Dreams,” the mystical baseball diamond resulted in a winding traffic jam as far as the eye — or the [...]

Food trucks to occupy Madison Square Park, Alamo Plaza in the evening

May 22, 2013 04:59pm

The downtown mobile food truck program is going mobile. Part of the program placed food trucks at Travis Park in the evenings once a month. Tonight, the trucks move to Madison Square Park, 400 Lexington Ave., 6-9 p.m., with Apizza Mia and Silly Goose serving grub.

Band of the West to perform twice at Arneson

May 22, 2013 04:58pm

The United States Air Force Band of the West kicks off Memorial Day weekend with a pair of shows at the Arneson River Theatre. The band's Gateway Brass section will perform popular and patriotic music from 7-8 p.m. Thursday. And the Southwest Winds will perform a similar program 10-11:30 a.m. Friday. Both concerts are free. The USAF Band of the West is based at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

A conversation with Diego Bernal

May 22, 2013 01:59pm

As District 1 Councilman Diego Bernal enters his second term, I thought it would good to sit down and get his thoughts on such controversial topics as the Joske’s hotel and the potential for a hotel at HemisFair Park. We also talk Alamo Plaza, vacant buildings and ethics. Click to play; right click to download. [...]

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September, 2012

Centro Partnership CEO has grand plans for downtown

Sep 14, 2012

It’s taken roughly two years for Centro Partnership San Antonio to appoint a leader.

But downtown stakeholders believe the organization’s new CEO, Pat DiGiovanni, can help bring monumental change to the center city.

August, 2012

City enticing Sigma to move

Aug 31, 2012

San Antonio-based Sigma Solutions Inc. is close to a deal to relocate its headquarters to the city's core.

City Council approved an ordinance Thursday that awarded Sigma Solutions a $500,000 economic development grant to move downtown. The incentive comes as the city works to reinvigorate the urban core by getting more companies to locate in the area.

Centro Partnership Announces Hiring of Deputy City Manager

Aug 23, 2012

PAT DIGIOVANNI AS ORGANIZATION'S NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

SAN ANTONIO - Centro Partnership, the new entity comprised of local leadership from both the public and private sectors and tasked with downtown San Antonio redevelopment, announced today that Deputy City Manager Pat DiGiovanni has been hired as the organization's new Chief Executive Officer.

Broadway changes take area in a new direction

Aug 16, 2012

From Rudy Ramirez's nearly 100-year-old bungalow along North Alamo Street, the sights and sounds of investment along Broadway near the Pearl Brewery are unavoidable.

From his front porch, he can see the 1800 Broadway luxury development take shape. He's accustomed to the sounds of banging hammers and grinding machinery that have become background noise.

“I see the development, and I think it's great,” he said. “It'll probably help the value of this property.”

More apartments are slated for San Antonio downtown

Aug 6, 2012

San Antonio’s plan to offer more financial incentives to spur the development of urban housing is attracting new investors.

The latest is A.A. Seeligson Jr. River North Ltd., a partnership including San Antonio’s Hixon Properties, which has acquired prime real estate across from the San Antonio Museum of Art and plans to transform the site into a new riverfront residential complex.

July, 2012

Businesses are link to renaissance downtown

Jul 26, 2012

Mayor Julián Castro wants to make downtown more exciting.

I'd like to see him succeed, for reasons both selfish and selfless.

First, I was born here and raised near downtown. To put it mildly, when I left in 1997, I didn't see any vibrant metropolis receding in my rearview mirror.

Now I'm back, living closer to downtown than before. And I'm planning to stay.

Destination Downtown: San Antonio’s growth surge

Jul 9, 2012

Our city is growing in many directions, but one aspect of the growth is not so obvious -- unless you spend a lot of time in and around Downtown. Living spaces Downtown are filling up as quickly as they can be built. As News 4 WOAI's Michael Garofalo reports, it's this internal growth that's making Downtown a destination not just for tourists anymore.
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June, 2012

Council backs incentives policy on housing

Jun 14, 2012

After a months-long debate, a revamped incentives policy for multifamily projects, intended to help add 7,500 housing units downtown by 2020, has gained the consensus of the City Council.

City of San Antonio Construction and Maintenance on Houston St.

Jun 12, 2012

Between June 13 and July 2, the City of San Antonio’s Department of Public Works will be completing pedestrian ramp construction at the intersection of Houston St. and Losoya St. and bridge maintenance on the Houston St. bridge between St. Mary’s St. and Soledad St. The table below details the construction and traffic control plans for the planned work as well as contact information for City of San Antonio staff who can answer any questions or address any concerns before, during, or after this project’s construction.

Lexington business group learns how San Antonio changed

Jun 6, 2012

On Monday, the 185 Kentuckians visiting San Antonio with Commerce Lexington heard about what this city is doing to transform itself. On Tuesday, they heard more about how it is being done.

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