This week On The Record, host Randy Beamer talks with District 1 city councilman Mario Bravo about the potential closing of Houston Street to traffic. It’s one of many plans Bravo is looking into in an effort to revitalize the downtown street.
Next, we get the facts on vaccines and the latest COVID strain in San Antonio from Dr. Larry Schlesinger, President/CEO, Texas Biomedical Research Institute. Dr. Schlesinger also discusses local vaccine rates and what you need to know about monkeypox.
Then, Randy talks with Anne Elise Urrutia, great-granddaughter of Aureliano Urrutia, the artist who created San Antonio’s Miraflores on the north end of Brackenridge Park. She has written a new book on Miraflores, and shares with Randy what she wants the city to do with the decaying area.
Finally, on Reporter’s Roundtable, Madison Iszler, Business Reporter for the San Antonio Express News, joins Randy to talk about the slowing of local housing sales, and the impact the economy is having on leases at local shopping centers.
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