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Homelessness
6:54 am
Thu December 13, 2012

A Place To Live For Low Income Families & Haven For Hope Grads

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Credit Joey Palacios / Texas Public Radio
The front of Terraces at Haven for Hope.
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Beaux Gilliam poses in his kitchen. Gilliam is the first to move into the Terraces at Haven for Hope.
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The Courtyard of the Terraces at Haven for Hope. The complex also contains a fitness center, two playgrounds, and a business center.
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The Terraces at Haven for Hope on San Marcos St. have 140 apartment units and was originally designed to be a place for haven graduates to obtain affordable housing. 

"What we find in our work is that people come through the transformational campus, they’re ready to take the next step -- which is really housing -- but there really isn’t a lot of housing present in the community," said Mark Carmona,  interim CEO of Haven for Hope. "That was always kind of the vision: How can we being to create this?"

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Transportation
1:26 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

Vía Board Votes To Raise Regular Bus Fares

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New services like Vía Prímo are part of the reason that the board voted to increase fares.
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The Vía Metropolitan Transit Board voted to increase regular fares on Tuesday night, but it doesn’t mean customers will immediately see increased costs.

A local governmental approval committee consisting of Bexar County Commissioners, members of the San Antonio City Council and members of the suburban council of mayors will still need to give the green light before fares go into effect on Feb. 1.

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Flood Control
11:47 am
Wed December 12, 2012

Seeling Channel Widening To Relieve Woodlawn And Jefferson Flooding

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Runners cross the Josephine-Tobin Bridge into Woodlawn Lake Park. This bridge will be reconstructed for pedestrians only once the project is completed.
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The city is starting a three-year project along Woodlawn Lake Park to address flooding and create safer routes for pedestrians and cyclists.

The Woodlawn and Jefferson Neighborhoods are especially prone to flooding, and the potential for a repeat of flood events like 1998 and 2002 have residents like Henrietta Lagrange concerned.

"I live right in front, so I have mega-pictures," Lagrange said in reference to previous flooding. "I’m there, sometimes, sleepless nights trying to see how high the water is going to get."

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Holiday Lights In San Antonio
5:06 pm
Tue December 11, 2012

High-Impact Results For Palacio del Rio's Low-Tech Holiday Light Design

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Hilton Palacio del Rio in downtown San Antonio displays a Christmas tree with the word 'LOVE' written in lights across the building
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For Halloween, the Hilton Palacio del Rio downtown displayed a Jack O' Lantern in lights across the building to highlight hunger for the San Antonio Food Bank
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To pay tribute to Armed Forces fighting in Operation Desert Storm, the Hilton Palacio del Rio designed an American Flag to display across the building
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"Go Spurs" is a common theme on the Hilton Palacio del Rio downtown. It can't quite fit the last "Go" because of the size of the letters
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The Hilton Palacio del Rio displays the year "2000" for New Year's
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While downtown businesses are currently in a spirited battle to win Mayor Julián Castro's Light Up Downtown holiday light contest, the Hilton Palacio del Rio seems to have risen above the challenge.

On the 12th floor of a rather plainly shaped Hilton hotel, the Director of Property Operations, Russell Hendricks, pulls back the drapes to open the balcony door where two light fixtures cradle a colored light bulb.

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