From August 16 to September 1, SpeakUp San Antonio will be hosting the 2018 Community Days. This series of meetups will give attendees the chance to learn about the proposed Fiscal Year 2019 budget. Those who attend will also have the opportunity to ...
The votes are in! Republican candidate Pete Flores and Democratic candidate Pete Gallego are heading to a run-off election to represent Texas Senate District 19, a district that spans from San Antonio to Pecos, touching 17 counties. Flores secured ...
Nearly 200 business and community leaders gathered at the La Villita Ballroom in the Marriott Plaza for Part 3 of our highly anticipated Congressional Series, featuring U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and moderated by the Chamber’s 2018 ...
The San Antonio City Council is set to vote next week on whether the signatures collected on a petition to initiate an Earned Paid Sick Time Ordinance are valid. A grassroots coalition of activists, called Working Texans for Paid Sick Time, ...
The race for Texas Congressional District 21 is heating up and getting national attention as Chip Roy (R) and Joseph Kopser (D) are vying for a seat to replace long-standing Congressman Lamar Smith. In an effort to help engage and inform our members ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce are pleased to announce the Co-Chairs of the 2019 class of Leadership San Antonio (LSA) are Laura Cabanilla, Vice President Community Relations, Community ...
On Saturday, July 21st, the Mayor’s Housing Policy Task Force presented recommendations to City Council, volunteers, and city staff after nearly one year of work. The Task Force was created in 2017 to address the challenges that San Antonio ...
Monika Gomez is originally from Phoenix, Arizona. She graduated from Metro Tech High School a Career and Technical school where she completed a two-year construction concentration program. During her times in high school she was a State Officer and ...
The Leadership San Antonio (LSA) 300 Community Service Team was thrilled to lead LSA 300 through a day of giving back to the community. The class spent the day engaged in various service projects, beginning with a collection of food donations for ...
Please join UTSA for the opening reception for their newest exhibit, San Antonio 1860s-1990s A Photographic Chronology from UTSA Special Collections on Friday, August 3rd, at 6:00 p.m. at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures | 801 E. Cesar Chavez ...
The South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless (SARAH) unanimously selected Ms. Brenda Mascorro as its next Executive Director. She succeeds Founding Executive Director Bill Hubbard.“In the last three years SARAH has created community ...
On Wednesday, July 18, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce hosted the design team tasked with interpreting the Alamo Master Plan approved by the City Council in 2017. More than 40 members joined the briefing, led by Assistant City Manager Lori ...
Over 200 community leaders and military officials were in attendance Wednesday for a Change of Command and Command Reassignment Ceremony at the Gateway Club on Lackland AFB. The ceremony marked a significant day in the history of 24th Air Force, as ...
Bexar County was hit was with unfortunate news this week when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a non-attainment designation for not meeting national ozone standards. A non-attainment area is an area considered to have air quality ...
This week, the NAACP is holding their national convention here in San Antonio, As part of the convention, the Chamber and many local businesses participated in Tuesday’s Diversity Career Fair, which was a great success, free and open to ...
Alfonso Zenteno is one of four interns working at the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce this summer. Alfonso was born in Philadelphia and lived in Mexico and San Diego before finishing up his last three years of high school at Keystone here in San ...
Lucas Miller was born and raised in San Antonio. He graduated from Brandeis High School in 2015 and will start his senior year this fall at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He is an Economics major with a Psychology minor with ...
A months-long process has come to an exciting conclusion with the announcement that our regional partners in the state’s capital will become the center for the Army’s modernization efforts. In early summer, when the Pentagon narrowed its ...
Did you know that there is a special election for Texas State Senate District 19? Make sure to hit the polls and cast your vote! Governor Greg Abbott recently announced that the special election to fill the vacant seat previously held by Senator ...
Your Chamber is pleased to announce that Paula Gold-Williams, President and CEO of CPS Energy and 2019 Chair of the Board of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, has selected Kathy Garcia and Juan Antonio Flores to serve as co-chairs for SA to DC ...
With many critical and controversial issues facing our city, this is a precarious time for San Antonio. That is why it is urgently important that you make your voice heard by hitting the polls this November. We can expect to see some key local, ...
As the Country gears up for the decennial Census, the Chamber, in partnership with the City of San Antonio and other community organizations, are working to ensure an accurate census count in 2020. As the Founding Fathers envisioned, the census ...
As one of our community’s principal economic development drivers, CPS Energy and those select individuals charged with its governance play an indispensable role in San Antonio’s collective and long-term success. Selecting exceptionally ...
On June 21, your Chamber honored lifelong philanthropist and art lover Edith McAllister with the Legacy Award at our Tribute to Women Business Leaders luncheon. Her daughter, Taddy McAllister, accepted the award on behalf of her mother, telling the ...
Your San Antonio Chamber of Commerce has been focusing on wellness since 2017, when former Chairman of the Board Rad Weaver made community wellness one of his priorities. As leaders in our community, we know that a healthy balance of work and play ...
Citlalli Rivera graduated from the Young Women’s Leadership Academy in May and is spending her summer interning at the San Antonio Chamber through the SA Works Summer Internship Program. Her interest in interning at the Chamber stemmed from ...
San Antonio ISD cordially invites you to a series of three public meetings to gather your input on the building and site of our new Central Administration facility, to be constructed on existing District property on the field across from our ...
Following is a statement that the Chamber issued in response to comments by Councilmembers regarding the RK Group and the unfortunate children being housed in the tent city in Tornillo:“In Tuesday’s San Antonio Express News, Brian ...
The June Board of Directors meeting was “staged” at our world-class Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. Michael Fresher, President & CEO of the Tobin Center, welcomed our Board members and pointed out that our board was gathered on ...
Last Thursday, five outstanding San Antonio women business leaders were celebrated by more than 400 attendees at our 11th Annual Tribute to Women Business Leaders luncheon. The luncheon, which is presented by Ford Motor Company, honors individuals ...