The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce will hold the final Economic Development Council meeting of the year on Monday, November 15 at the Northside Business Center (1100 NW Loop 410, Suite 109). The Council will host members of the City of San ...
Not only did Jennifer Newell, Founder and CEO of Betty’s Co., raise the trophy for winning the 2021 Tech Fuel start-up competition, she was also presented with a San Antonio Chamber of Commerce membership to help her company grow and thrive. ...
The Chamber’s Aerospace Committee formed two working groups charged with creating an aerospace education resource guide for PreK-12 educators and with collecting and communicating industry feedback for educators and workforce program ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce will host the September Aerospace Committee meeting at the Northside Business Center on September 9 at 3:30 p.m. The meeting will feature Walter Ugalde, with NASA’s Industry Outreach team, who will lead a ...
Your Chamber's Economic Development Council met in person at Velocity TX on Tuesday, August 24. The Council hosted Marc Anderson, new CEO of Visit San Antonio, who presented the Visit San Antonio 100-day plan and engaged in an open discussion with ...
On Wednesday, the Chamber’s Aerospace Committee hosted Jesus Saenz, Jr., Director of Airports for the City of San Antonio. He highlighted the ongoing planning his department has engaged in while preparing a final proposal for the San Antonio ...
On June 4, the Federal Reserve Bank announced Roberto Coronado’s appointment as the senior officer in charge of the Dallas Fed’s San Antonio Branch. Coronado currently serves as senior vice president in charge of the Bank’s El Paso ...
The U.S. Census Bureau - Denver Region is hosting an important webinar on Wednesday, July 29 at 10 a.m. to introduce business owners and advocates to Census Business Builder (CBB).The CBB Small Business Edition provides easy access to Census Bureau ...
Your Chamber composed a letter of support for the efforts of the North American Development Bank investments in environmental infrastructure projects along the US-Mexico border. The Chamber sees the growth and cultivation of the US-Mexico border as ...
The Port has become an integral part of San Antonio’s growing ecosystem and a close partner of the Chamber. Their presence in our city has led to huge job growth for the technology and innovation industry, providing jobs in aerospace, defense, ...
Your Chamber hosted the UK Consulate General on June 30 to discuss international relations and trade between UK companies and the San Antonio region.Richard Hyde, the General Consul of UK in Houston, and Jon Marrs, the Regional Director for the ...
The Chamber’s Economic Development Council met this week and hosted Immediate Past Chair of the Chamber Board and President and CEO of Southwest Research Institute Adam Hamilton. Adam shared information about the San Antonio Partnership for ...
The Chamber’s Aerospace Committee met last week and hosted a team from CHA Consulting who provided a detailed report of the Kelly Field Comprehensive Plan. Following a briefing earlier in the day to the Port of San Antonio Board of Directors, ...
The most recent meeting of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Development Committee featured an update on economic conditions of San Antonio and Texas in general. Dr. Keith Phillips, Assistant Vice President and Senior Economist of ...
The Chamber Aerospace Committee met on Thursday and had some great discussion fostered by two thought-provoking speakers. Chairman Dick Francey first welcomed Ms. Katherine Sanchez-Rocha, Executive Director of Alamo Academies. Katherine shared where ...
The Chamber’s Economic Development Council met on Tuesday afternoon under the new leadership of Rene Dominguez, President and COO, TRTF/VelocityTX. Rene welcomed the group and introduced the Chamber’s new Vice President of Cybersecurity ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce is pleased to welcome Jeff Fair as the new Vice President of Cybersecurity and Economic Development. In this role, Jeff will support the growth and success of many of San Antonio's most notable driving industries, ...
Last week, your Chamber hosted an event showcasing the published results of our inaugural nonprofit economic impact study in San Antonio. The presentation was given by Trinity University’s Dr. Mary Stefl and Dr. Rich Butler. In 2019, nonprofit ...
The healthcare and bioscience industry is central to the local economy, employing many in and around San Antonio. For two decades, we have presented the impact the industry has on our community, focusing on our unique assets.Click here to access our ...
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 ...
On Thursday, the Chamber’s Health Care and Bioscience Committee held their monthly meeting, where the focus was on the community-wide effort to address workforce issues. Mayor Ron Nirenberg led our group of presenters by asserting that ...
Google recently announced three new Google Career Certificates in high-growth, high-paying fields, adding to the IT Support Professional (IT Cert) and Automation with Python Certificates that have helped break barriers for underrepresented groups to ...
On Tuesday, the United States Senate voted to extend the deadline to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to August 8th, just hours before it was set to expire. The bill was sent to the House where it was similarly passed by unanimous ...
On July 1, the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) officially replaced the 26-year North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), following three years of work between the three countries.Updates to key industries such as digital trade and ...
In 2017, Larry S. Schlesinger, MD became President/CEO of Texas Biomedical Research Institute, whose vision is to protect us from infectious diseases. The Institute has worked for years with government and private and public partners on studies that ...
This week, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and 14 other San Antonio non-profit, membership-based 501(c)6 organizations wrote a letter to Congressional leadership asking for extension of eligibility within the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). ...
Last week the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) denied a bid by Ethos Capital LLC to purchase the Public Interest Registry (PIR) from the Internet Society (ISOC). PIR oversees millions of .ORG addresses for non-profit ...
COVID-19 has reshaped the business landscape. To help prepare for a full recovery and the possible application of financial assistance, your Chamber is partnering with the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation (SAEDF) to conduct a survey to ...
With the country battling the COVID 19 pandemic, the private sector has stepped up to help. Numerous businesses across Texas have already started manufacturing supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) and personal hygiene products like hand ...
Last week in Chamber Today we asked you to join us in writing our Congressional delegation, asking for their support in urging the Department of Homeland Security to release additional H-2B visas for non-agricultural seasonal jobs such as ...