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Great to hear! And I bet that hearing from the community so quickly about the problem reinforces to them that the extra feature is being used regularly.

Keith B wrote:Just received a call from TABC. It was accidentally left off in an upgrade (along with a couple of other things). They are working to restore the field to the query as fast as possible and will update me when it is back.

I will say I am very impressed with the responsiveness and positive support from TABC. Kudos to them on their interest and support!!

Thanks for the heads up, hope it can be resolved quickly!

Teamless wrote:

RHenriksen wrote:Being overly specific w search terms can backfire.

that could be the case, but i was using the official name of the business and the address, due to the & is squirrely.

RHenriksen wrote:Found it. Just enter trade name" brick house" and city" Galveston".

thanks

The motorcycle guys were very tickled that there's dedicated bike parking out front. Let us know what you think of the place...

Found it. Just enter trade name" brick house" and city" Galveston".

Blue sign :-)

Being overly specific w search terms can backfire.
New business?

joelamosobadiah wrote:Theoretically (I'm not a programmer) couldn't this info be parsed into an Excel or csv format and put into an Android or iPhone app that would use location services to search for 51+% locations near your current address? Wouldn't think it would be too difficult...

I know just enough about programming to have a lot of respect for the people do

Thanks, AR, but she really deserves most of the credit

loadedliberal wrote:could this data be culled and used in a iOS or Android app.

Well, for starters the Android CHL app will get a link to the TABC search page.

artx wrote:Thanks! I've verified 2 places that had the 51% sign were not (as I thought) really 51% locations!!! This is great!

Very cool. What's the appropriate process to get those businesses' signage reviewed/corrected?

Hm... I don't know, exactly, but hopefully since she's a public employee this isn't confidential information!

Carolyn.Beck@tabc.state.tx.us

ScottDLS wrote:Russell from Texas3006.com could use it to help determine the status of a number of 51% signs that are currently reported as "maybes" regarding validity.

Ah, good point - and the new Android TexasCHL app could link to the lookup page as well.

A big thank you to Carolyn Beck, Director of Communications and Governmental Relations, at the TABC office in Austin. She was incredibly responsive, and sincerely interested in making changes to their website to better serve our community. It was a great experience working with her over the past month or so.

So... if you'd like to figure out (before heading out for the evening) if your destination is 51% posted or not, you no longer have to call and query the staff at the establishment in question. Go to:

http://www.tabc.state.tx.us/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And click the link, 'Public Inquiry'



In the resulting webpage, click the first link, 'Verify the status and other information...'



Now fill in as much of the next form as you think is needed. I was impressed that as little as the 'trade name', street name (not the entire street address, even) and city were required to get the record I was looking for.



And finally, the results! I highlighted in yellow the new field they've added to this page. RED means it's a 51% business, 'BLUE' means you're good to carry.