Last week, the Chamber’s Legislative Committee welcomed guest speaker, Texas Senator Carlos Uresti. Senator Uresti gave members insight into what he sees as a priority in the upcoming 85th Texas Legislative Session. Senator Uresti is Vice ...
This past Friday, all of the Chamber’s Good-to-Great-to-Global Committees got together for their last meeting as they finalized their reports on how to make San Antonio competitive globally.Each committee brought varied recommendations, which ...
The Chamber has been serving San Antonio businesses since 1894, so we know a thing or two about longevity. With that said, even our 122 years can’t compare to The Southwell Company, who recently reached their 150th anniversary. To celebrate ...
Your Chamber hosted yet another successful Business Connections Mixer at The Art Institute last week. San Antonio's top professionals were there to mix and mingle, reconnect with old friends and make new contacts. The Chamber and all members who ...
On Tuesday, September 27, your Chamber’s Energy and Sustainability Committee hosted two guest speakers to discuss non-attainment, sustainability and how San Antonio can change to pass the EPA’s new and more aggressive air pollution ...
Chamber staff joined business and community leaders for a legislative meeting hosted by the San Antonio Area Tourism Council and the San Antonio Hotel and Lodging Association earlier this week. The breakfast event featured State Representatives ...
Your Chamber strongly encourages you to complete the Texas Small Business Assessment Poll. Conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, in collaboration with Small Business Development Centers across Texas, this survey focuses on the needs of ...
Your Chamber is proud be in the first cohort of participants for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s (USCCF) Talent Pipeline Management Academy. Talent Pipeline Management (TPM) is an innovative program that attempts to address our ...
Always grateful for the sacrifices of our military and veterans, your Chamber encourages you to attend our Celebrate America’s Military (CAM) opening and 30th Anniversary Vietnam Veteran Memorial Dedication ceremony on Tuesday, November 1 from ...
It has been said that politics and business don’t mix. For your Chamber, traveling to Washington D.C. for SA to DC is one of the ways we get things done. What began 39 years ago as a trip to say thank you to Pentagon officials for their ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted unanimously to support San Antonio Independent School District’s upcoming 2016 (1) Bond Program and (2) Tax Ratification Election (TRE) that will be on the November 8 ballot.This ...
The Chamber’s Nominating Task Force, chaired by 2015 Chairman Henry Cisneros, Founder and Chairman, CityView, has announced the following eight nominees to serve a three-year term on the Chamber’s Board of Directors, beginning in January ...
Finalizing a seven-month effort launched by Texas Governor Gregg Abbott, the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative, led by the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Workforce Commission and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, hosted a two-day ...
The Chamber’s Good-to-Great-to-Global (G3) Taskforce is in the homestretch of having their Global City Report ready to share with key local and regional business and community leaders. The Task Force met last week to fine-tune their ...
Members of the Chamber staff attended the sixth annual Texas Tribune Festival, which took place last weekend on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The Texas Tribune Festival is an innovative and engaging three-day event for people who are ...
The San Antonio Chamber was on hand as the bioscience community launched a database of research projects underway in the public and private sectors in the local area. The website is the first of its kind in the nation, with the goal of encouraging ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce hosted a community meeting for U.S. Department of Education Acting Assistant Secretary Johan Uvin and local educators, employers and community based organizations that focused on career and technical education. ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Belinda Garza Hartwig has been named Vice President of Economic Development, where she will be responsible for supporting the growth and success of several of San Antonio’s major ...
Last week, Chamber staff joined more than 300 business and community leaders, who were interested in learning more about business opportunities up and down I-35, at the Austin-San Antonio 2016 Growth Summit. The event, hosted by the Austin Business ...
The City of San Antonio’s International Relations Office, the San Antonio Council for International Visitors and the World Affairs Council of San Antonio will be hosting a public discussion on the U.S. interests and dilemmas in the Middle East ...
Humana Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio is returning with an all new and exciting route! The brand new 2016 flat, fast and beautiful course is here - including a downtown start and finish line. Run past iconic historic sites both old and new ...
The San Antonio Chamber, along with the Hispanic Chamber, the South San Antonio Chamber, the North San Antonio Chamber, and IBC Bank, is hosting San Antonio Conversations featuring U.S. Senators Cory Gardner (CO) and Jerry Moran (KS) along with ...
Chamber staff joined a group of local business and community leaders to hear Fisher Investments Founder, Executive Chairman, and Co-Chief Investment Officer Ken Fisher. Fisher discussed a variety of topics, including the impacts of emerging ...
Your Chamber teamed up with News4 San Antonio and Fox San Antonio on Monday evening for a Sheriff debate featuring Incumbent Sheriff Susan Pamerleau (Republican), Javier Salazar (Democrat), Larry Ricketts (Libertarian) and James Dorsey (Green) at ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce invite you to join us at the 2016 Business Connect Summit.The largest free event for small businesses in San Antonio, this year’s summit is sure to bring more than 1,500 ...
On September 7, the Chamber was pleased to host the 24th Air Force Commander, Major General Christopher Weggeman and the leadership of the Air Force’s Cyber component. Major General Weggeman took the reins of 24 AF this past summer and was ...
As part of a national tour of Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP) communities, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) visited with members of the Alamo Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) last Thursday.Leading the tour was Jay ...
Welcome back to the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce’s Advocate. The Advocate debuted during the last legislative session in 2015 and quickly emerged as a go-to source of current information about the major issues being debated in Austin that ...
“Charlie and I started SWBC on April fool’s day,” Gary Dudley, President and Co-founder of SWBC, said to an audience of hundreds of San Antonio business leaders at the Chamber’s Pathfinder awards luncheon this afternoon. ...
In lieu of a regular monthly meeting, the Chamber’s Water Committee members strapped on some comfortable shoes and trekked down to Phase One of the San Pedro Creek improvement project. The one-mile walking tour was hosted by the San Antonio ...