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Meeting on parking ban for San Antonio's St. Mary's Strip nearly rides off the rails
At the hastily announced meeting, bar owners, staff and patrons said the city's proposal hit them by surprise and could damage their livelihoods.
By Sanford Nowlin
Tags: San Antonio News, St. Mary's Strip, North St. Mary's, Mario Bravo, San Antonio, parking ban, overnight parking ban, residents, Tobin Hill Neighborhood Association, parking public safety, bars, restaurants, Chad Carey, Paper Tiger, Midnight Swim, Little Death, city council, San Antonio College, Victory Center, St. Mary's Strip meeting, Texas Restaurant Association, Dawn Ann Larios, Martin Ruiz, Parking Enforcement, city of San Antonio, parking ban vote, Squeezebox, St. Mary's Street Construction, October 20 agenda, economic study, San Antonio police, Diego Bernal
Tone Deaf: The 'slow bleed' of the St. Mary's Strip is jeopardizing live music in San Antonio
Neighborhood complaints, noise concerns, construction and lack of parking are putting pressure on the area that's long been the city's music hotspot.
By Sanford Nowlin and Travis E. Poling
Tags: Music Stories & Interviews, Music Feature, San Antonio, Texas, noise ordinance, noise, Garrett T. Capps, Lonesome Rose, St. Mary's Strip, music venues, neighborhoods, residential, commercial, parking, St. Mary's, construction, clubs, Tobin Hill, bars, Parker Dixon, Faust Tavern, The Mix, permits, code, building code, city code, Midtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, Blayne Tucker, bar owners, residents, live music, Noise Whisperer, Don Pitts, Mario Bravo, Loopland, weeknight shows, crime, safety, shooting, Tycoon Flats, Cover Story
San Antonio hires Austin's 'Noise Whisperer' to find middle ground on revisions to noise ordinance
Tags: San Antonio News, San Antonio, Noise ordinance, noise task force, Sound Music Cities LLC, Development Services Department, David Uhler, Beethoven Männerchor, The Friendly Spot, Southtown, King William, St. Mary's Strip, entertainment, live music, clubs, venues, bars, restaurants, City Council, District 1, Mario Bravo, Development Services Department, Don Pitts, Noise Whisperer.
A Quiet Place: Here’s what’s at stake as a task force reviews San Antonio’s noise ordinance
Tags: San Antonio News, San Antonio, Texas, noise ordinance, crackdown, bars, nightlife, live music, St. Mary's Strip, municipal noise ordinance, decibel levels, City Council, task force, Mario Bravo, District 1, Clayton Perry, District 10, Lonesome Rose, Tobin Hill Neighborhood Association, San Antonio Restaurant Association, Roberto Treviño, Samantha Wickwirer, zoning, ordinance, enforcement, gentrification, noise enforcement, music venues, Blayne Tucker, The Mix, Christopher Smarrt, Beethoven Männerchor, Dawn Ann Larios, Roland Delacruz, code compliance, noise complaints, pilot program, new ordinance, David Uhler, neighborhoods, residential, North St. Mary’s Business Owners Association, John Brenneman, Garrett T. Capps, Ron Nirenberg, Cover Story
San Antonio health officials hosting 20-plus pop-up vaccination clinics this week
Tags: San Antonio, vaccinations, pop-up clinics, covid-19, covid, pandemic, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, churches, schools, bars, restaurants, bexar county, Metro Health, Alamodome, WellMed Cisneros Center, Wonderland of the Americas
County judge warns he'll close San Antonio-area bars if COVID-19 numbers continue to climb
Tags: San Antonio, bars, bar closure, closing bars, COVID-19, covid 19, pandemic, coronavirus, corona virus, County Judge, Nelson Wolff, Bexar County, Greg Abbott, texas, rising rates, positivity rate
Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff won't opt in on governor's order reopening bars — for now
Tags: Nelson Wolff, bars, bars reopening, governor, Greg Abbott, Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio, wineries, breweries, Metro Health, pandemic, covid-19, covid 19, coronavirus, corona virus, restaurants, food service, new rules, health risks
City of San Antonio Issues Citations to Northside Bar The Well for COVID-19 Order Violations
Tags: The Well, pandemic, covid-19, covid 19, bars, closure orders, emergency orders, citation, fine, UTSA, Nightclub, restaurant, overcrowded, security, Lauren Stanley, Ron Nirenberg, coronavirus, corona virus, local order, state order
Bill Lobbied for by San Antonio Club Owners Would Offer $10B to Support Shuttered Music Venues
Tags: Live music venues, NIVA, save our venues, congress, senate, house, Texas, Minnesota, San Antonio, Blayne Tucker, John Cornyn, Amy Klobuchar, pandemic, concerts, bars, theaters, venues, pandemic, coronavirus, corona virus, covid-19, covid 19, Floore’s Country Store, 502 Bar, The Mix, Limelight, Restart Act, National Independent Venue Association, club owners, promoters, music fans, relief package, bailout
Gov. Greg Abbott Allows Texas Bars to Sell Pre-Mixed Cocktails to Go
Tags: Governor, Texas, Greg Abbott, COVID-19, COVID 19, shutdown, TABC, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, excise tax, liquor, taxes, Mixed drinks, mixed drinks to go, mixed drinks for delivery, alcohol runes, coronavirus, corona virus, pandemic, restaurants, bars
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Bars to Close Again, Bans Outdoor Gatherings of More Than 100
Tags: Greg Abbott, texas, order, bars, restaurants, closing bars, restaurant capacity, river rafting outdoor gatherings, record infections, hospitalizations, coronavirus, corona virus, covid-19, covid 19, pandemic, outbreak, closures, economy
Gov. Abbott Calls COVID-19 Numbers 'Unacceptable,' But Unveils No Policy in Response
Tags: Greg Abbott, coronavirus, corona virus, covid-19, covid 19, pandemic, Texas, San Antonio, masks, policies, bars, crackdown, Ashish Jha, Harvard’s Global Health Institute, Veronica Escobar, El Paso, Texas Democratic Party, Gilberto Hinojosa
Gov. Abbott Tries to Reassure Texans as State's COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hit New Record
Tags: Greg Abbott, press conference, hospitals, hospital system, coronavirus, corona virus, pandemic, COVID-19, COVID 19, Abhi Rahman, Texas Democratic Party, Health and Human Services Department, new infections, new cases, hospitalizations, masks, face coverings, reopening, bars, restaurants
San Antonio's Memorial Day Metalfest Going Ahead Sunday, Coronavirus Be Damned
Tags: Memorial Day metalfest, Fitzgerald's bar, San Antonio, South Texas, Texas music, things to do in San Antonio, Memorial Day, bars, clubs, extreme metal, live music, heavy metal capital of the world, FocusStar Media, All Stories End, Decimate, Pigweed
San Antonio Orders The Rustic and Lion and the Rose to Close After They Reopen for Dining
Tags: Greg Abbott, bars, restaurants, The Rim, Ron Nirenberg, The Rustic and The Lion and the Rose British Restaurant, citations, San Antonio, businesses, Texas, order, reopening the economy, pandemic, covid-19, covid 19, coronavirus, corona virus, shopping centers
Without Federal Help, San Antonio Music Venues Are Dying. Here's How You Can Help.
Tags: San Antonio, Texas, NIVA, National Independent Venue Association, Live nation, bars, theaters, halls, live music, Jeff Smith, The Mix, Blayne Tucker, Saustex, letter campaign, congress, Dayna Frank, Minneapolis, First Avenue Productions, #SaveOurStages, Paper Tiger, Faust, Lonesome Rose, Floore's Country Store, coronavirus, corona virus, covid-19, covid 19, pandemic
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Caught on Recording Saying Reopening Will Increase Spread of Coronavirus
Tags: Greg Abbott, tape, audio, recording, reopening, plan, businesses, restaurants, spread, coronavirus, corona virus, covid-19, covid 19, pandemic, outbreak, progress texas, University of Texas/Texas Tribune, poll, legislature, case increase, diagnoses, fatalities, death toll, San Antonio, texas, Trump, beauty salons, gyms, bars, retail, Glenn W. Smith
Texas Comptroller's Collection of Liquor Tax During Coronavirus Crisis May Break Bar Owners
Tags: Glenn Hegar, Texas, small businesses, restaurants, bars, Texas Restaurant Association, liquor taxes, sales taxes, St. Mary's Strip, Sangria on the Burg, San Antonio, Aaron Peña, Squeezebox, Anna Tauzin, Hurricane Harvey, coronavirus, corona virus, hospitality, covid-19, covid 19, outbreak, pandemic, economy, bankruptcies, closures, Southern Methodist University, Cal Jillson, Ceasar Zepeda
Texas Bans Utilities From Disconnecting Jobless Customers. Consumer Groups Warn That's Not Enough.
Tags: Texas Public Utility Commission, San Antonio, SAWS, CPS, San Antonio Water System, CPS Energy, utilities, shut offs, Kaiba White, Public Citizen, disconnections, reconnections, unemployment, economy, covid-19, covid 19, coronavirus, corona virus, pandemic, outbreak, bars, restaurants, consumer groups
San Antonio Current Launches Searchable List of Local Restaurants Offering Takeout, Delivery and Curbside Pickup
Tags: Restaurants, bars, dining, San Antonio, texas, Bexar County, takeout, curbside pickup, delivery, alcohol delivery, searchable list, list, database, searchable database, support small businesses, hospitality industry, restaurant workers, local businesses, local restaurants, Support Local Journalism
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