Construction projects in a rapidly developing San Antonio are creating obstacles for some small businesses.
PUBLISHED 8:41 PM CDT Mar. 18, 2023“1929, which is the beginning of the [Great] Depression, and so whenever I think, 'How did he start a piano store in the middle of the depression?' That’s insane. No one does that,” Flores said.
“A lot of the high school, middle school, teachers use [these books] when they teach first year band students, second year band students,” Flores said. “Every time we reconstruct the road, we take the opportunity to upgrade utilities, so that’s when we face a lot of conflicts, a lot of the delays,” Maltos said. “You start opening up the ground and you start to see to see utility lines.”
“But if you make a mistake, you make it up. They came in, excavated, made that corner safer. I appreciate that,” Flores said. “They postponed demolishing the sidewalk. Is it still inconvenient? Yeah.” “Construction is pretty disruptive, right? We try to make it as painless as possible so we do reach out to our stakeholders. We have public meetings,” Maltos said.
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