Businesses along the River Walk that were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic have recently formed the new River Walk Business Group. While the River Walk is one of the state’s top tourist attractions, a group of business owners along the popular river bend portion downtown say it needs a facelift and new attractions, especially as the city’s tourism industry rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the pandemic that brought together the founders of the new River Walk Business Group, a nonprofit that wants to improve and protect the heart of the River Walk. Terry Corless, the group’s chairman, is CEO of Mad Dogs Restaurant Group, which includes Mad Dogs British Pub, Prost Haus and Crockett Tavern. Other members include architect and Esquire Tavern owner Chris Hill, restaurateurs Sam Panchevre and Will Grinnan, hotel manager Garvin Oneil and Hope Andrade, co-founder of Go Rio San Antonio River Cruises. Corless said that, like him, many of the group’s core members struggled during the pandemic amid lockdowns and business closures. “We all got together, hunkered down, and said, ‘How the hell do we survive this?’” Those conversations and meetings led to the formation of the River Walk Business Group, which […]
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