For select upcoming events, the Chamber is very excited to introduce a new virtual event platform in partnership with a local business TINT by Filestack.TINT is powered by Filestack - the world’s best content platform to curate content at ...
Yesterday, City Council approved the full slate of candidates for the City’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) Technical and Community Advisory Committee and Climate Equity Advisory Committee, including two (2) additional seats for ...
Wednesday afternoon, Governor Abbott issued Executive Order GA-32, giving county officials with COVID-19 hospitalizations of less than 15% hospital capacity, the authority to allow bars and similar establishments in their area to open at 50% ...
For 125 years, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce has supported the military in San Antonio by continually growing and nurturing the relationship between our military leaders and the business community. Our ability to connect as an organization, ...
Have you ever asked yourself, “What is the best way to do this?” This is the question most people ask or should ask , and it just so happens to be the very foundation that the International Standard Organization (ISO) created. Texas ...
Tuesday night, your Chamber hosted a virtual town hall with the leaders of local public utility companies, Paula Gold-Williams, President and CEO of CPS Energy and Robert R. Puente, President and CEO of San Antonio Water System (SAWS). Hosted and ...
You now have five additional days to help shape the future of our country. The 2020 Census, which has been extended due to COVID-19, will continue through Monday, October 5. San Antonio currently has a response rate of 65.1%, slightly ahead of ...
City Council received a briefing this week on the City’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) Advisory Committees. The briefing included an update on the selection process, slate of candidates, and a recommendation to include two (2) ...
This week your San Antonio Chamber of Commerce submitted public comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in support of the Administrator's proposed decision to retain the current primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality ...
Last Friday, your San Antonio Chamber of Commerce leadership visited with the new Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) Commander, Brigadier General Shan Bagby and Command Sergeant Major Thurman Reynolds. The visit was an opportunity to receive updates ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce continues our support of the #TeachersCan initiative, a statewide effort to elevate and appreciate the 350,000+ teachers in Texas, by celebrating World Teacher’s Day. In honor of our educators, the Chamber ...
Leadership San Antonio is recognizing several exemplary members who are going above and beyond during the COVID-19 crisis. Today’s spotlight is on City of San Antonio, Development Services’ Melissa Ramirez.How do you uniquely contribute ...
A unique campaign designed to aid local restaurants hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and to support United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County’s work to help end the socioeconomic divides exposed by the pandemic kicks off in our community ...
San Antonio Water System (SAWS) is conducting a Minority and Woman-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Disparity Study to ensure that M/WBEs have equal access to contracting opportunities and that SAWS' current SMWVB program remains legally defensible ...
Yesterday, the Chamber Board of Directors voted to support redirecting the One-Eighth-Cent Sales Tax from the Edwards Aquifer Protection Program to the Advanced Transportation District for public transportation. The recommendation originated in the ...
Leadership San Antonio is recognizing several exemplary members who are going above and beyond during the COVID-19 crisis. Today’s spotlight is Justin Simone.What do you do?IT Consulting / Accenture Federal ServicesHow do you uniquely ...
Starting today, Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) will discontinue “For Official Business Only” access to the installation and change the Health Protection Condition to BRAVO PLUS.JBSA intends to balance expanding installation access and ...
Yesterday, the Chamber held its September Board of Director’s meeting virtually with the Chamber’s President and CEO Richard Perez and Chair of the Board Adam Hamilton, President and CEO of Southwest Research Institute, providing opening ...
Yesterday, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee voted to support redirecting the One-Eighth-Cent Sales Tax from the Edwards Aquifer Protection Program to the Advanced Transportation District to improve public transportation across ...
Yesterday, the Chamber’s Executive Committee directed Chamber staff to develop a policy statement opposing the CPS Energy and San Antonio Water System (SAWS) petition drives. The policy statement will be presented to the Board of Directors ...
According to recent survey results shared by the Texas Restaurant Association, approximately 29% of restaurants across the state expect they will need to permanently close one or more locations if they cannot secure additional federal stimulus ...
This past week, Brigadier General Caroline Miller, Commander, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio, hosted the September Regional Chamber Summit. Along with a small group of executives from throughout our region, Richard Perez, Chamber ...
Educating a cohort of leaders is a high order, and this September, Be All You Can Be LSA2020 Team #BAYCB accepted that mission. Through Leadership, Service and Action, they delved into responses to COVID-19 and the impact to the San Antonio ...
This week, your San Antonio Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to the Congressional Delegation in support of a Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill that includes an extension of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.The Chamber ...
On September 22, 2020, the Texas Historical Commission (THC) will be asked to review a Historic Building and Structure Permit request to repair and relocate the Cenotaph. The Alamo Plan is the result of hundreds of meetings and dozens of compromises ...
Your San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Public Policy team has been closely monitoring a possible 5th coronavirus relief package. The House and Senate have both passed their versions of a relief package, but both parties cannot come to an agreement on ...
Today, the City’s Governance Committee moved to support a recommendation to City Council to appoint Ed Belmares to the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) Board of Trustees. Your Chamber sent a letter to Mayor and City Council earlier this week ...
Leadership San Antonio is recognizing several exemplary members who are going above and beyond during the COVID-19 crisis. Today's spotlight is on SAWS’ Greg Wukasch.What do you do?External Affairs Manager-San Antonio Water SystemHow do you ...
What does a college degree or a technical certificate mean to you? What was involved in you obtaining your degree? How has it helped you along the way?If you are still pursuing your degree or certificate program: who has helped you get this far? ...
For more than two years, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce has been advocating for and communicating the importance of a complete 2020 Census count. As the September 30 deadline to complete the Census rapidly approaches, the Chamber’s ...