Is your High School Senior looking for a career path after graduation? SA Works is excited to announce a new AMT (Advanced Manufacturing Technician) program for graduating high school seniors. The AMT program is a unique program that combines a ...
The Chamber was pleased to support the recent “Our Community Salutes” event held at the University of the Incarnate Word. This annual event was hosted by Our Community Salutes, a local non-profit organization that recognizes high school ...
Southwest Airlines announced on May 19th that starting in November, they will provide non-stop service to Kansas City. To celebrate this new route, Southwest Airlines is offering a $79 one-way ticket to Kansas City for travel between November 6 and ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Stephanie Reyes has been named Vice President of Public Affairs, where she will be responsible for overseeing the legislative and advocacy efforts of the 122-year-old business ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce was thrilled to attend the grand opening of Discovery Point, a multimillion-dollar expansion to SeaWorld San Antonio. This new area of the park is designed to inspire guests with views of the park’s dolphin ...
On May 19, San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee met at the department of public safety's region 6 headquarters here in San Antonio. Captain Steven Tellez, spoke to the group about the facility.Located at 6502 South New Braunfels ...
Frontier Airlines made their return to the San Antonio Airport with service to Atlanta, Denver, Philadelphia and Las Vegas, and the San Antonio Chamber was proud to be part of the kick-off inaugural flight ceremony outside of the terminal early ...
Ribbon Cutting – May 12, 2016 Encore281: Grand OpeningFrom left to right: Daniel Kershner (Fugro Consultants), Melissa Morton (Springhill Suites Downtown), Patricia Ivie (Asset Manager Encore281), Stacie Holman (Community Manager Encore281), ...
Your Chamber was one of 17 community partners who joined City Council to successfully kick-off fundraising efforts to help San Antonio's sister city of Kumamoto, Japan last week. Kumamoto was recently hit by multiple earthquakes that resulted in ...
SA Works is excited to announce a new AMT (Advanced Manufacturing Technician) program for graduating high school seniors. The AMT program is a unique program that combines a paid working experience while learning the skills and technical expertise ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Council was proud to host this year’s Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) at a reception to celebrate its 30th year of training Department of Defense (DoD) future enterprise ...
“Collaboration is critical to ensuring we successfully train our future workforce,” said Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson, President of Texas A&M University San Antonio, to a group of local business leaders and proud Aggies as she ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce was excited to attend last Friday’s historic press conference informing the city and its citizens of a momentous milestone, the end of veteran homelessness in San Antonio. Last year, Mayor Ivy Taylor ...
The Texas Supreme Court ruled unanimously last week that Texas’ school funding system is constitutional after years of legal battles over the controversial 2011 budget cuts. Two-thirds of state school districts sued the state over these cuts, ...
Ribbon Cutting – May 2, 2016 Family Source Consultants:From left to right: Carrie McRee (Edward Jones), Rhonda Boyles (RJ Boyles Law, PLLC), Zara Griswold (Family Source Consultants), Todd Bufalino (Accurate Pest Control), Staci Swiderski ...
Local businesses have an opportunity to get some extra help around the workplace this summer by partnering with SA works to offer jobs to area high school students. Students will apply for summer internships relating to their fields of study through ...
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world,” Anne Frank. These words rang true and served as the theme for last week’s Business/Education forum hosted by the Texas Association ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce would like to congratulate the SA Works team on receiving the Champion of the Year award from the Career and Technical Education Administrators of Texas (CTAT). CTAT recognizes partners who excel at promoting ...
On the 154th year Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, your Chamber attended the Cinco de Mayo celebration at the Avenida Guadalupe. Known as Mexico’s second Independence Day, this day is celebrated in remembrance of the battle that took place ...
Not backing down from a vision is just one admirable characteristic of the six women your Chamber and presenting sponsor Ford Motor Company honored during our 2016 Tribute to Women Business Leaders Awards luncheon on May 4 at the JW Marriott Hill ...
The City of San Antonio has kicked off their FY 2017 Budget Outreach Campaign, and the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce invites you to provide input. Each year, city staff works with residents and city leaders to ensure the city’s annual ...
The Chamber is gearing up to host our second annual Prime Time: A Membership Showcase on Tuesday, June 7 at 5:30 p.m. at Hermann Sons Fraternal Insurance. Because we expect this to be our largest mixer of the year, Chamber members are invited and ...
The Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative, which is led by the Texas Education Agency, Texas Workforce Commission and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, recently met in San Antonio. This workforce initiative, comprised of five commissioners, ...
The Hilton Palacio del Rio graciously hosted our April Board of Directors meeting on April 28. Following an update on changes at the San Antonio Airport, Nancy Kuhn from Randy Walker and Company CPA provided a review of the 2015 Chamber Audit, which ...
“Show me the data,” Congressman Mac Thornberry said to an audience of more than one hundred Chamber members at the Pearl Stable. The latest in the Chamber’s, Military City USA series saw Congressman Thornberry and Congressman Will ...
Ribbon Cutting – April 29, 2016 Battle for Texas: The Experience: Grand OpeningFrom left to right: Sammie Mechinus (Dave & Buster’s), Rhonda Boyles (RJ Boyles Law, PLLC), Michele Smith (Baptist Healthy Solutions), Emy Rose Aquino ...
Ribbon Cutting – April 28, 2016 Whataburger: Grand Opening From left to right: Rhonda Boyles (RJ Boyles Law, PLLC), Todd Bufalino (Accurate Pest Control), Doyle Brown (LegalShield), Jeff North (Whataburger), Mystery Sweet (Whataburger), Tom ...
The San Antonio Chamber is a proud sponsor of the San Antonio Manufacturing Association’s South Central Texas Manufacturing Trade Show & Conference. With nearly a hundred quality vendors signed up, attendees can visit with San Antonio and ...
San Antonio is celebrating Workforce Development Week and highlighting funded programs and initiatives that are affecting our economy and helping businesses grow. Led by Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA), as part of the U.S. Conference of Mayors ...
The Chamber is looking for employers to help impact the learning of more than 18,000 students this year. SA Works is partnering with Alamo STEM Workforce Coalition (ASWC), an organization that teaches Texas educators how math and science is applied ...