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Retrovision: More On Dwntwn

2018-05-28 elrichiboy downtown, economic development, quality of life projects, Slider 4 comments

This article originally appeared on November 11, 2013. By now you may have read this story by David Crowder about

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Stuart Blaugrund Drills Downtown

2018-03-09 elrichiboy downtown, economic development 6 comments

Here’s a letter to the El Paso Times from the lawyer who challenged the Downtown Plan back in the day.

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Naysayers, Malcontents, and Liars

2018-02-26 elrichiboy ballpark, downtown, economic development, quality of life projects, Slider 5 comments

Former City Council Representative and Mayoral Candidate and current member of the board of the Downtown Management District Steve Ortega,

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Driving Down the Road, Gazing in the Rearview Mirror

2018-02-22 elrichiboy arena, City Council, downtown, economic development, Education, elections 4 comments

I get it. The billionaires are putting a lot of money into spiffing up downtown. And we better jump on

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Liquor Laws are for the Little People

2018-02-05 elrichiboy downtown, economic development 5 comments

The El Paso Inc. has a big write-up about Paul Foster’s renovation of the Plaza Hotel this week. The renovated

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That New Brothel Downtown

2018-01-31 elrichiboy downtown, economic development, Gratuitous Snark 2 comments

God bless those nice people fixing up the Camino Real downtown. Here’s what the El Paso Times reported: The renovation

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Ballpark Numbers Updated

2018-01-05 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, City Council, downtown, economic development, MountainStar Sports Group, quality of life projects 4 comments

An alert reader sent me this spreadsheet which shows the actual numbers for the ballpark. Four years in and we’re

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Will Tourism Save Us?

2018-01-04 elrichiboy ballpark, Brand El Paso, City Council, downtown, economic development, Politics, quality of life projects One comment

Besides call centers, the City of El Paso’s economic development policy seems to be solely focused on tourism as a

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About That Children’s Museum

2017-12-15 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, City Council, downtown, economic development, quality of life projects, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

El Paso Community Foundation President Eric Pearson says the Children’s Museum is going to be an economic driver. From KVIA:

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As Goes Baltimore, So Goes El Paso

2017-11-03 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, City Council, downtown, economic development One comment

Here’s an abstract of a scholarly article from the Journal of Urban Affairs. The title of the paper is “Downtown

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I Love El Paso

2017-11-02 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, Brand El Paso, City Council, downtown, economic development, Slider 9 comments

El Paso is a great town. The people are friendly and unpretentious. The weather’s good, mostly. The sunsets are often

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It’s Time for Plan B

2017-10-02 elrichiboy arena, City Council, downtown, economic development, Politics, Slider, Taxes 7 comments

No, not emergency contraception. We missed that boat years ago. It’s time to stop pretending like those Quality of Life

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Straight Talk About the Arena

2017-09-28 elrichiboy arena, City Council, downtown, economic development, Slider 5 comments

There’s a lot of noise about the arena. Duranguito. Gringolandia. Contempt of court. Arrogant and dismissive. Mysterious phone surveys. Voter

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There’s One Born Every Minute

2017-09-27 elrichiboy downtown, economic development One comment

Downtown’s renovation is going swimmingly! Here’s a story in the El Paso Inc. about the Abdou Building. The historic Abdou

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The Downtown Management District’s War on Taxpayers

2017-09-02 elrichiboy arena, downtown, economic development, quality of life projects, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

Here’s Downtown Management District Executive Director Joe Gudenrath blowing all his credibility and what’s left of his integrity to support

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City Government is Killing El Paso

2017-08-28 elrichiboy arena, City Council, downtown, economic development, Politics, Slider 7 comments

Since 2012, the City of El Paso has only grown by 7,472 people, according to estimates by the U.S. Census

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A Failure in Branding

2017-08-24 elrichiboy arena, Brand El Paso, City Council, downtown, economic development, Slider 15 comments

Here’s a letter to the editor from the El Paso Times: Here in my hometown, I have never witnessed the

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TopGolf Will Save Us

2017-07-12 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, City Council, downtown, economic development, Taxes 4 comments

I’ve got a math problem for you. Don’t worry, we’re not giving grades, and we’re not asking for real numbers

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That Explains It.

2017-04-03 elrichiboy arena, City Council, downtown, economic development, Slider 4 comments

The El Paso Inc. this week unwrapped the study that HKS Inc. did for the City of El Paso to

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Downtown Update

2017-03-29 elrichiboy arena, City Council, downtown, economic development, Slider 4 comments

Here’s the latest lowdown on downtown, or DWNTWN as El Pasoans spell it on Wheel of Fortune, because we can’t

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