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Friday, June 15, 2018

Bexar County secures $14.6 million for Mission Reach project

After many years of committed advocacy led by your San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and other community partners, Bexar County successfully secured $14.6 million for reimbursement towards the Mission Reach project in the FY 2018 Work Plan released by ...

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Friday, June 8, 2018

San Antonio Chamber of Commerce attends Energy Summit

Last Thursday, your San Antonio Chamber of Commerce attended the Energy Summit at the beautiful Pearl Stable hosted by the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) and the South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER) and co-sponsored by your ...

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Friday, June 8, 2018

Conserve like a Texan

Texan by Nature (TxN), a nonprofit founded by former First Lady Laura Bush to activate and amplify Texan-led conservation, has opened the TxN Certification program to receive applications. This certification provides an objective measurement and ...

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Friday, June 8, 2018

Up, up, and away! Aerospace industry updates City Council

On Tuesday, June 5, the 2018 Chair of the Chamber’s Aerospace Committee, Tyler Schroeder, joined Interim CEO of Port San Antonio, Jim Perschbach, in presenting an overview of the aerospace industry to the City of San Antonio’s Economic ...

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Friday, June 8, 2018

Business Backs SAISD

(By Shaun Kennedy, Chairman of the Board of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)At the SAISD board of trustees meeting on Monday, May 14, among the testimonies from teachers, parents and community members, an individual stood up and boldly stated ...

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Friday, June 8, 2018

Frontier Airlines adds flights and fun to San Antonio

Frontier Airlines announced another two destinations to their San Antonio International Airport (SAT) routes this week, bringing their total to 25 flights for Military City USA. Tuesday’s announcement of the additions of Salt Lake City, UT, ...

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Friday, June 1, 2018

Join us at this summer’s NAACP Diversity Career Fair

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will hold its 109th Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center on July 14-18, 2018.During the convention, the NAACP National Convention is ...

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Friday, June 1, 2018

DACA vote imminent – we need your help

A vote on a permanent solution for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program can come as early as June 25. Congressional House members are just three signatures shy of the 218 needed to move four (DACA) proposals to the House floor ...

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Friday, June 1, 2018

Where should we spend our money?

It is budget development time in San Antonio once again. On Wednesday, Mayor Nirenberg and members of City Council sat down for eight hours to hash out budget priorities of the FY19 Budget. The goal of the meeting was for the Mayor and City Council ...

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Friday, June 1, 2018

Earned Paid Sick Time ordinance is bad for business

There is another attack on the local San Antonio business community. A coalition of grassroots organizations across Texas called Working Texans for Paid Sick Time launched a petition drive for a paid sick time referendum. This is yet again another ...

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Friday, June 1, 2018

Chamber Board Votes to Oppose Fire Union Petition

Underhanded Fire Union tactics continue to pose a threat on our local government and will have detrimental effects on our economy. Last week, the Chamber Board of Directors adopted a position statement underscoring our vehement opposition to the ...

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

LSA Patriotism on Display

To further fulfill this year’s Leadership San Antonio class focus of civic and community engagement, LSA43 Class Members, Steering Committee Members, and their families joined hundreds of volunteers to place American flags at the Fort Sam ...

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Military spouse hiring still a priority

Your San Antonio Chamber is hard at work making connections between our Military and the businesses who strive to support them. As the Nation’s first designated Military Spouse Economic Empowerment Zone (MSEEZ), San Antonio was host to the US ...

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Cyber Plants Another Flag

Cybersecurity ecosystem partners joined together last Wednesday to celebrate the grand opening of the new Project Tech facility at Port San Antonio. A little over a year after the groundbreaking, civic and business leaders gathered on the third ...

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

San Antonio opens new frontiers

This month, Frontier Airlines announced the addition of seasonal, non-stop flights to nine new destinations, beginning in August: Albuquerque, NM; Charlotte, NC; Cleveland, OH; Columbus, OH; Jacksonville, FL; Memphis, TN; Oklahoma City, OK; Omaha, ...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

SAWS hosts May meeting

The SAWS Customer Service Center was the setting of our May Board of Directors meeting this morning. SAWS CEO Robert Puente provided a welcome to members of the Board and gave an update on a variety of projects, the importance of conservation, and ...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Mentoring our future workforce

Tomorrow, Big Brothers and Big Sisters will honor the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce’s past-chair, Rad Weaver, for his championing of mentorship. San Antonio has a dynamic ecosystem of organizations, agencies, governmental departments, and ...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Election Day results

Yesterday was Election Day in Texas, and more than 61,000 Bexar County residents hit the polls to decide 11 runoffs on the ballot in the 2018 Texas Primary Runoff Election.Below are the results from key primary races across the State and Bexar ...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Board adopts Eminent Domain resolution

This week, the Chamber’s Board of Directors adopted a resolution reaffirming our support to “defend eminent domain authority to allow the planning and development of private and public infrastructure for energy, water, transportation, ...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Tribute to Women Business Leaders Winners Announced

The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and Presenting Sponsor Ford Motor Company are pleased to announce the five honorees for the 2018 Tribute to Women Business Leaders Awards. Paula Gold Williams, President and CEO of CPS Energy, will receive the ...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Early voting is underway for the May 22 Runoff Election

It is officially early voting season, and the Chamber strongly encourages you, your friends, family, and colleagues to get out and vote. Early voting continues every day from 8 a.m.- 8 p.m. this week until Friday, May 18. Election Day is Tuesday, ...

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