SAN ANTONIO - Now the 7th largest city in the U.S. can fit into the palm of your hand with Downtown Alliance San Antonio’s new free mobile app for smartphones. Based on the non-profit’s website, downtownsanantonio.org, the app features a downtown business directory with maps, GPS enabled directions, events, mobile coupons and more.
Downtown Alliance, an organization dedicated to making downtown a better place to live, work, shop, eat and be entertained, partnered with local leading mobile technology firm BiBiSi to offer the application for free.
Downtown Alliance President, Ben Brewer, commented, “We are always looking for additional ways to improve the downtown experience, and getting to and around downtown are frequent questions for tourists and locals alike.” With Mayor Castro declaring the next ten years the “Decade of Downtown,” Brewer and his staff saw an opportunity to better prepare downtown for the next ten years through mobile technology.
The app will continue to grow and evolve to fit the needs of downtown. For example, future plans for the app include self-guided historical tours, real-time parking spot counts and last minute specials. Brewer concluded, “It is our goal that this becomes the go-to resource for everyone in downtown San Antonio, whether they live off of South Flores, in Stone Oak, San Francisco, or Sao Paulo.”
If you’d like to try the app, text “DOWNTOWN” to 45384.
