<P> The River Walk has inspired similar projects in other cities, such as the Little Sugar Creek Greenway in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Cherry Creek Greenway in Denver, Colorado, and the Santa Lucía Riverwalk in Monterrey, Mexico . </P> <P> After years of murmuring from locals and tourists about the water's quality, talk has also begun about cleaning up the water, although the muddy bottom and silt deposits make this difficult . The muddy bottom does receive an annual cleaning during the Mud Festival . </P> <P> In early 2016, for the first time in its history, the River Walk was connected with another linear urban walkway, the San Pedro Creek Greenway . The greenway joins with the River Walk at the confluence of the San Pedro Creek and the San Antonio River near Mission Concepción . </P> <P> On May 25, 2017, Esperanza Andrade, a former Texas secretary of state, and Lisa Wong, her business partner in the company Go Rio San Antonio, prevailed in a 10 - 1 vote from the San Antonio City Council for the $100 million contract to operate the barges on the River Walk . The only dissenter on the council was the mayoral candidate Ron Nirenberg, who opposes Mayor Ivy Taylor in a runoff election on June 10 . In selecting Andrade and Wong, the council rejected City Manager Sheryl Sculley's recommendation to award the contract instead to the Chicago - based Entertainment Cruises, the choice also of former Mayor Phil Hardberger . On receiving the contract, Andrade told Taylor and the council: "We not only know but we understand why the River Walk is indeed our crown jewel of our beautiful city . And we understand that the barge operation is the thread that weaves it all together ." </P>

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