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DTA Members:
Mark your calendars for the Annual General Membership Meeting June 16 at 5pm
Stay tuned for more details
Thanks to our renewing members!
Renewing Members:
AT&T represented by Steve Sundby
Guerra DeBerry Coody represented by Trish DeBerry
Nix Health Care System represented by John Strieby
Riverside Properties represented by John Rizzo
Buckhorn Museum & Saloon represented by Davis Phillips
Cambridge Realty represented by Bob Shearer
Casa Rio Restaurant represented by Bill Lyons
Curtis C. Gunn, Inc.
Downtown Residents Association represented by
Dr. Frederick Preston
El Tropicana Hotel represented by James Lifshutz
Rio San Antonio River Cruises represented by Jo Ann Boone
St. Mark's Episcopal Church represented by Jonathan Wickham
SWBC represented by Van Stewart
Wells Fargo represented by Steve Arnold
Pape-Dawson Engineers represented by Sam Dawson
Concord Oil Company represented by Reagan McCoy
Douglas Architects represented by Andrew Douglas
M.T.C., Inc. represented by George Cortez
Grubb & Ellis represented by Ernest L. Brown, IV
King William Association represented by Syeira Budd
Paradigm Group, LLC represented by Tim Sanford
Uptown Flowers represented by Mitch McManus
To learn more about membership, become a member, or renew your membership, please visit our website or call our office at (210)225-3862
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| Upcoming SA Events |
 Museo Alameda
Primer Sabado: Sat. June 5
The museum will host a monthly free tour of Arte en la Charrerķa with
museum admission on the first Saturday of the month at 1 pm.
San Antonio Children's Museum
Register for summer camp! Save $10 with the coupon at the end of this newsletter.
The McNay
Jasper Johns at the McNays:
Past and Present
through June 13
San Antonio Museum of Art
San Antonio Museum of Art mounts an exhibit of psychedelic art
from the Op Art of the early 1960s to the abstract and visionary works
of today. Curator David Rubin takes the lead in what he calls the first-ever look at the development of a "psychedelic sensibility" in contemporary art of the last 40 years. > More from SAMA
Artpace
International Artist-In-Residence New Works: 10.1
Buster Graybill, Klara Liden, Ulrike Mülle
> More from Artpace
Paseo del Rio
Memorial Day Arts & Crafts Show: 5/28/2010 - 5/31/2010
Free Arts and Crafts Show in River Extension - near Chamber of Commerce!
> More
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RIO TAXI
Yellow Rio Taxi Ticket
provides service through the Downtown Reach only
Hours 9am-9pm
One Way: $5
24hour Day Pass: $10
3-Day pass:$25
Red Rio Taxi Ticket
provides ervice in the Museum Reach only
Hours: 10am-8pm
24 hour pass: $10
3daypass: $25
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Now open!
The San Antonio Museum of Art has opened a new Riverwalk Cafe with chef Chef Damien Watel.
Watel plans to serve casual French bistro fare, with an emphasis on fresh soups, salads and sandwiches, along with homemade pastries and croissants.
Hours: Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Find more info on SAMA's Facebook page!
Restaurant Insignia
Chef Jason Dady's downtown Restaurant Insigniais now offering happy hour specials.
La Gloria Ice House at the Pearl
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Win a Car at The Downtown Golf Tournament May 24
Win a Gunn Infiniti Convertible with a hole-in-one, and don't miss the raffle of over 50 prizes including steak dinners from Bohanan's, Ruth's Chris, and more plus hotel stays at the Grand Hyatt, Hotel Contessa, and The Emily Morgan
You could win this on May 24! | Grab your clubs and take a break with fellow downtowners for the 2010 Downtown Alliance Golf Tournament on Monday, May 24 at Brackenridge Park.
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER!
Don't miss this great opportunity to golf on one of the original US Open courses and win some of the best prizes San Antonio has to offer!
$150 for an individual player includes boxed lunch, drinks, dinner from the RK Group, goodie bag, and a chance to win a Gunn Infiniti convertible, $5000 cash (sponsored by Ped Ads), and much more! Register now>
You don't have to be a golfer to score at this tournament... come join us for dinner, drinks, and buy a raffle ticket or two for your chance to win great prize including a guitar from Alamo Music, a $100 gift certificate to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, a two night stay at The Grand Hyatt, memberships to SAMA, Majik Theatre, Spectrum Athletic Clubs, and more. For a full list of raffle items, click here.
Please purchase your dinner-only tickets online ($25 for dinner only, includes 1 drink ticket).
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Amigos Honored for National Tourism Week
The Palm San Antonio recognizes Centro Amigos for service downtown
In
celebration of National Tourism Week last week, The Palm San Antonio hosted the Centro
San Antonio Amigos for lunch in appreciation of their dedication to making
downtown a friendly destination for guests from near and far.
As Amigos dined on delicious steak sandwiches, they were looked after by not only The Palm's
attentive staff but the smiling "faces" of San Antonio's leading businessmen,
politicians and celebrities whose caricatures line the restaurant's famed
walls. Often called "the face of San
Antonio," themselves, the workforce of more than 65
Amigos provide a host of services that improve downtown through the Ambassador,
Streetscaping, and Maintenance programs.
Learn more>>
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Mark your calendars for the 2010 Downtown Alliance Golf Tournament
Blue Star's Red Dot Event:
May 27
Grow your art collection or come to mix and mingle with artists at this popular contemporary art sale event that gives back to our community
Downtown Alliance is thrilled to support Blue Star and the upcoming Red Dot event as an in-kind sponsor. Now in its 20th year, Red Dot has become a sought after gathering of artists and collectors from around the state where attendees can view contemporary art and mingle with the artists themselves, all while giving back to the local art community: Fifty percent of the art sales from the evening go back to participating artists in the community making Blue Star/Red Dot the event in San Antonio that gives back the largest amount to artist through artwork sales.
Stay tuned for news on the Blue Star Lab grand opening on June 3rd, a new art space in the heart of downtown!
WIN TICKETS! Forward this email to a friend and CC info@downtownsa.org, and you will be entered to win a ticket to Red Dot on May 27, 2010 at Blue Star Contemporary Art Center. Drawing will be on Friday May 21 at noon. Forward More info>>More info |
Mark your calendars for the 2010 Downtown Alliance Golf Tournament New Parking Meters
Downtown moving to electronic meters
 Starting this week, parking downtown
is getting easier as the City of San Antonio starts to replace several traditional parking meters across town with new electronic meters. The new stations will accept debit/credit cards, as well as coins, and provide customers with a receipt for every transaction. The Centro San Antonio Amigos will be on hand for the first few weeks to help use the new machines. Additional benefits of the new stations include:- The pay stations will service multiple parking spaces and will reduce clutter on streets
and sidewalks.
- Each pay station is solar powered - an environmentally
friendly choice for our city
- Customers can also use any remaining
parking time at another location.
The Downtown
Operations Department website will feature information on how to use the new
parking pay stations, including an instructional video. Visit www.sanantonio.gov/dtops to view a
map of where new pay stations will be installed, as well as an installation
schedule (updated weekly) so customers know when to expect a new station
nearby.
The
new technology will provide a more convenient parking experience for downtown
residents and visitors. We invite you to discover how with Park, Pay and
Display paying is easy for you!
More info
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Mark your calendars for the 2010 Downtown Alliance Golf Tournament TPR Posts Audio of Rebecca Ryan Event
Downtown Alliance "Live First, Work Second" luncheon with Rebecca Ryan now available on TPR website
 Downtown Alliance is excited to announce that Texas Public Radio has posted the audio from our dynamic "Live First, Work Second" Urban Renaissance Luncheon in April featuring Mayor Julian Castro and author/speaker/consultant Rebecca Ryan. If you missed the event, this is a must-listen!
Special thanks to The Newsmaker Hour, Texas Public Radio's Ernie Villarreal, and Next Generation Consulting for offering this clip to the public for free.
From the TPR website: 'Rebecca Ryan is the founder of Next Generation Consulting, a market
research firm committed to engaging the next generation. She was the
invited guest speaker of the Downtown Alliance of San Antonio as part
of their Urban Renaissance speaker series. Ryan is also the author of
the book Live First, Work Second, in which she talks about
her research of the next generation. For the next generation, she
writes, it's not about the job as the first priority, the community
where they live is just as important if not more so..."
More info
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of downtown properties and businesses, making downtown an exciting
place to live, work, shop and play.
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