Community leaders are hoping that a little capital improvement will go a long way in spurring economic development on the city’s East Side.
This past summer, the city wrapped up an $8.8 million capital improvement project on East Commerce Street. The improvement project encompasses an area stretching from the railroad tracks near the downtown freeway south to North Palmetto Avenue.
The project included construction of new curbs, sidewalks, driveway approaches, and the installation of decorative street lights, special benches and an underground utility conversion.
San Antonio City Councilwoman Sheila McNeil (District 2), along with the nonprofit San Antonio for Growth on the Eastside, or SAGE, worked together to get funding for the project and to see it to fruition.
Source : bizjournals.com
