The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the San Antonio Area Foundation and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, hosted a meeting on June 7, to discuss public school finance. Drawing more than 250 attendees representing a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
“Fun” is not usually the first word associated with safe driving. But USAA and the City of San Antonio are working together to bring some fun – and some healthy competition – to a serious issue. On June 11, San Antonio is ...
Each year your Chamber celebrates women business leaders who make San Antonio a better place to live, work, and play, and we are just two weeks away from honoring five outstanding ladies. This year’s Tribute to Women Business Leaders Awards ...
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 ...
(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 ...
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, ...
Pictured form Right to Left: Yoshia Hence (Foresters Financial), Doyle Brown (LegalShield), Aaron Zimmerman (Embassy Suites by Hilton SA Landmark), Clayton Perry (City Council District 10), Richard Perez (President and CEO, San Antonio Chamber), ...
Pictured form Right to Left: Chamber Ambassador Co-Chair Sarah Arredondo (Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio), Aaron Zimmerman (Embassy Suites by Hilton SA Landmark), Sandra Garcia (Church’s Chicken #3), Churchie, Rhonda Boyles (RJ Boyles ...
A group of high school students were congratulated and officially admitted into the second part of their college level education with Hallmark University. These students from NEISD enrolled in Hallmark’s Aerospace College Head-start Institute ...
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 ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce joined nearly 400 business and community leaders at the 2018 State of Transit Luncheon last week. The event was hosted by VIA Metropolitan Transit and the San Antonio Mobility Coalition, and featured keynote ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
he GoPro Mountain Games – the country's largest celebration of adventure sports, art and music – are returning to Vail, Colorado, June 7-10, 2018, and Event Architecture looks forward to taking part. GoPro, the event sponsor and iconic ...
On Thursday, June 21, your Chamber and our presenting sponsor Ford Motor Company will honor five outstanding women business leaders who are making a real difference in San Antonio. During this elegant awards luncheon, we will celebrate and express ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
From left to right: Rhonda Boyles (RJ Boyles Law, PLLC), Freddy Washington (Freddy’s Mobile DJ), Dr. Dhaval Thakkar, DMD, Dr. Peter Pham, DDS (Shaenfield Smiles), Chamber Ambassador Co-Chair Sarah Arredondo (Habitat for Humanity of San ...
From left to right: Rhonda Boyles (RJ Boyles Law, PLLC), Aaron Zimmerman (Embassy Suites by Hilton SA Landmark), Doyle Brown (LegalShield), Freddy Washington (Freddy’s Mobile DJ), Chamber Ambassador Co-Chair Todd Bufalino (Accurate Pest ...
Philanthropist Susan Naylor, founder of The Will Smith Foundation that assists multiple charitable causes, will serve as honorary chairperson for the Luau by the Lake benefit set for 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at ultra-accessible™ ...
Republican leaders Representatives Will Hurd (R-TX), Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) are leading the charge to force a vote on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Two weeks ago, the House Members introduced a discharge ...
More than 20 members from the Alamo Region, including Former Chairman of the Board and CEO of Amegy Bank David McGee and the Chamber’s VP of Military Affairs and Leadership Development Lori Stinson, represented San Antonio at this year’s ...
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 ...