Not only did Jennifer Newell, Founder and CEO of Betty’s Co., raise the trophy for winning the 2021 Tech Fuel start-up competition, she was also presented with a San Antonio Chamber of Commerce membership to help her company grow and thrive. ...
During the pandemic, about 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. reported symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder, up from 1 in 10 adults who reported these symptoms from January to June 2019. Clearly, the pandemic is impacting our mental health and ...
Fall is here, and we are about to kick off the holiday season. Yet the implications of COVID-19 still loom over our daily lives. With family gatherings and highly anticipated travel days around the corner, testing for COVID-19 plays a significant ...
Dr. Brent Fields, with more than 30 years of senior management experience with large non-profit organizations to his credit, has been named president/chief executive officer of Morgan’s Inclusion Initiative, the umbrella organization that ...
Republican John Lujan and Democrat Frank Ramirez are facing each other in a runoff after the September 28 special election for Texas House District 118. Early voting is underway and ends on Friday, October 29. Election Day is Tuesday, November 2. ...
Momentum is gaining in a multi-year-long effort to honor Gold Star families who have lost their service member loved ones in conflicts. On a beautiful day this week, Military City U.S.A came together with Gold Star families, military veterans, and ...
No one could have imagined that what started in January 2020, with community leaders participating in an opening LSA weekend downtown, would last over two years and include an ongoing global pandemic, a country’s unrest, career moves, ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce supported last week’s Tech Fuel event, a start-up competition organized by Tech Bloc and Bexar County. A featured part of San Antonio Startup Week, the Thursday Tech Fuel finals highlighted five finalists ...
As part of San Antonio Startup Week, your Chamber and CyberSecurity San Antonio will host a discussion on the future of cybersecurity in our city – 2041. The expert panel will address growth, challenges, and threats from public sector and ...
The final LSA 45 class day, hosted by the “Be All You Can Be” team, highlighted the key phases of the military life cycle, from recruitment through retirement, giving the class a better understanding of why San Antonio is known as ...
The UTSA Roadrunner Football Team is on a roll! Not only do they have a fantastic, second-year coach, Jeff Traylor, and a renewed energy, but they are having a historic season. Last Saturday, the team won their sixth game, making their record 6-0 ...
During the 87th Regular Session, the Texas Legislature approved support for legislation that was signed by the Governor (HJR 99) giving Texans an opportunity to empower Texas Counties to make local infrastructure funding a priority by providing them ...
Domestic violence takes place in our nation every minute of every day, occurring just about every 15 seconds. Most Americans don’t realize just how real domestic violence is and how many lives are affected by it. Too many San Antonians are ...
San Antonio Startup Week runs October 11 - 22 this year, and your Chamber is championing Startup Week and our city’s entrepreneurs in two great ways. First, the Chamber is supporting one of Startup Week’s premier events, Tech Fuel, which ...
The Chamber held its hybrid September Board of Directors meeting on September 30, with Chair of the Board Hope Andrade welcoming those members who were in-person and those who joined via video. The meeting kicked off with an important and insightful ...
The House Reconciliation Bill, recently passed by the House Ways & Means Committee, includes a $4500 consumer tax credit exclusively for union-built electric vehicles. The Chamber strongly opposes this tax credit, as it will negatively impact ...
Republican John Lujan and Democrat Frank Ramirez will advance to a runoff after the September 28 Special Election for Texas House District 118. Neither candidate secured the “50% plus one vote” necessary to avoid a runoff.Representative ...
Last month, your Chamber was proud to support SA Digital Connects in its release of the “San Antonio and Greater Bexar County Community Digital Equity Plan and Roadmap.” A broad coalition of public, private, and community partners came ...
In any membership organization, the success of recruiting and retaining members is determined by a great number of factors. Accounting for those factors, your Chamber has plenty of reasons to celebrate. While the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce has ...
The Chamber Cybersecurity Council, in collaboration with the National Security Innovation Council and the National Security Collaboration Center (NSCC) at UTSA, hosted a meeting bringing together local cybersecurity and technology leaders and ...
Hotel Valencia Riverwalk is once again offering “Tango in the Courtyard” room packages as the perfect way to enjoy a relaxing getaway complete with an evening of superb entertainment. On select Friday and Saturday nights, professional ...
Are you looking for an opportunity to serve on the Board of Trustees for one of the largest municipal water and sewer utilities in the country? Now is your chance!The City of San Antonio is seeking applicants to fill the position of the San Antonio ...
Your San Antonio Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the opening of the Leadership San Antonio Class 46 applications. Applications are fully digital and can be found by visiting www.leadershipsa.org and clicking “How to Apply”. ...
On Thursday, September 16, the San Antonio City Council approved the 2022 budget 10-0, with one member of City Council abstaining from voting. At $3.1 billion, this is the largest budget in the city’s history.Prior to budget adoption, City ...
The Chamber’s Aerospace Committee formed two working groups charged with creating an aerospace education resource guide for PreK-12 educators and with collecting and communicating industry feedback for educators and workforce program ...
The LSA 45 “Be Smarter” day kicked off with a pep rally that included NEISD’s Madison High School drumline and none other than the San Antonio’s Spurs COYOTE! Breakfast from locally-owned Scratch Kitchen was the perfect ...
Texas House District 118 Representative Leo Pacheco stepped down from his seat on August 19, 2021, to begin work with San Antonio College. The former state representative’s resignation spurred the need for a special election, which will be ...
Food insecurity has long been an issue for San Antonio, and the pandemic amplified the challenges of providing nutritious meals to our families and young people. In partnership with Boeing, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce is pleased to host a ...
Workforce Solutions Alamo recently received a $43 million grant from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to support child care for our service industry. In collaboration with the San Antonio Hotel & Lodging Association and the Texas Restaurant ...
There is a very large tax credit available to a great number of for-profit and non-profit businesses.The Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) was created within the Coronovirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) to incentivize ...