A $72 million overhaul ‘” essentially doubling the size of the River Walk ‘” has transformed the dry weed-choked eyesore north of the River Walk into a 1-1/2-mile manicured waterway with whimsical art, benches and fountains that can be passed on foot or by water taxi en route to attractions upriver.
Medtronic Diabetes, a unit of Minneapolis-based Medtronic Inc., will bring 1,400 sales and support jobs to San Antonio and will start hiring this summer, the San Antonio Express-News reported Friday.
SAN ANTONIO — Everybody goes to the Alamo. Everybody. The weekend mobs are already oppressively thick in the blocks surrounding the old mission, and they’ll only get thicker when summer arrives.