‘We’re going broke’: San Antonio business owners hurt by city construction work blast pilot program
Construction crews work on Main Street outside Alamo Music Center in downtown San Antonio in September. The mix of city and private construction projects have been posing challenges to downtown businesses.Business owners along the St. Mary’s Strip, Broadway Street, North New Braunfels Avenue and other major corridors have been battling a maze of barricades, traffic cones and dust for months.
“We’re going broke,” said Augie Cortez, who owns Augie’s Alamo City BBQ Steakhouse on Broadway and Augie’s Barbed Wire Smokehouse on North St. Mary’s. “I’m losing my livelihood.” Those zones include Broadway, North St. Mary’s, South Presa, South Alamo, San Saba, Santa Rosa, Commerce, Probandt, Flores and Dolorosa streets; North New Braunfels and Roosevelt avenues; Goliad and Bulverde roads; and Old Highway 90.
The pilot would start in January. It would be evaluated based on surveys of pre- and post-program revenue, usage and reach of marketing campaigns, city staff said.Violence, noise complaints, construction, parking problems are roiling the St. Mary’s Strip Most of Estrada’s customers drive to his store to drop off their bicycles but don’t want to deal with the hassle of getting there. Business has dwindled, and Estrada has startedHe estimates he’s making about 30 percent of what he used to earn each week. Distributing money to businesses would be the biggest help, he said.Aaron Peña, who co-owns bars on the St. Mary’s Strip, called the city’s proposal “a complete waste of time and resources.
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