Last week, the Chamber team welcomed Andrew Gorman as the new Director of Special Events. Andrew will oversee our events, which includes scheduling, planning, and executing more than 100 special events each year, with a focus on enhancing the ...
**Event postponed. A new date will be announced soon.**The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce invites you to a luncheon conversation and panel discussion featuring Alamo Colleges Chancellor Dr. Mike Flores on Tuesday, October 15.In his first year as ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce continues to champion and raise awareness about the many benefits of recruiting and hiring individuals from our disability community. Through the Chamber’s Project Ability initiative and Business to ...
Presented by Bank of America in collaboration with the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, CyberSecurity San Antonio, and Port San Antonio, the second annual Executive Summit on Cybersecurity returned to downtown San Antonio last week. With nearly 140 ...
Hosted by the Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort, the Cyber Industry Council gathered for its monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 2. On the agenda: a federal partner briefing from the United ...
Our September Board Meeting was hosted by Citi at its Customer Operations Center. Matthew Anderson, Site President at Citi, welcomed Board members to the multi-building corporate campus established 27 years ago. Citi employs 2,500 employees locally ...
In July, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed a rule change that would eliminate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)’s broad-based categorical eligibility (BBCE). This week, the San Antonio Chamber ...
Texas Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen made his way down to San Antonio this week to address more than 200 of the Chamber’s business and community members. Speaker Bonnen had received hundreds of requests to visit communities across the ...
Did you know that October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month? You don’t need to be a cybersecurity expert to understand the risks of sharing information online. But, if you are a business owner, you should absolutely increase your ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce’s Woman to Woman, Leader to Leader Committee (WWLL), co-chaired by Johnette Lee (Lighthouse for the Blind) and Jimmie Keenan (Wellmed), was hosted by the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas at the Sally Cheever ...
Join CPS Energy and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) for “The Electrification Experience” in San Antonio on Oct. 2 and 3 at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk. The two-day event is the culmination of EPRI’s ...
City Council hosted a special meeting yesterday to get a first glance at the revised Paid Sick Leave ordinance. The last time the full council had reviewed the ordinance was in August of 2018 when the ordinance was adopted, and the council-appointed ...
The 2020 Census is an important opportunity for San Antonio residents to secure necessary funding for our community, spur economic growth, and prepare our city for the future. There is more than $800 billion at stake for Texas, and we cannot afford ...
For over 44 years, Leadership San Antonio (LSA) has helped to shape the future leaders of San Antonio. LSA has graduated CEOs; company presidents; public and private industry executives; academic and military leaders; mayors; and elected ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce are excited to reveal that the Co-Chairs of the 2020 class of Leadership San Antonio (LSA) are Brian Hurtak, Assistant Vice President of Deposits Product Management ...
Your San Antonio Chamber of Commerce hosted U.S. Senator Ted Cruz last week for part one of the Congressional Series Luncheon series. The event was presented by Valero Energy and provided business and community leaders the opportunity to get an ...
On Tuesday, the mayor-appointed Paid Sick Leave (PSL) commission presented an overview of their work during the past five months along with their key recommendations. The PSL Commission chair, Danielle L. Hargrove, informed the ad hoc committee that ...
Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) presented a grant for $6,881,000 to the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless (SARAH) to develop and implement a coordinated community plan to prevent and end youth ...
Wednesday evening, under beautiful blue skies, Baptist Medical Center hosted their official dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the newly renovated and expanded Emergency Room, and Chamber President and CEO Richard Perez, along with Texas ...
The SAWS Board of Trustees appointed the Chamber’s Vice President of Public Policy Stephanie Reyes to the Rate Advisory Committee (RAC) this week. The RAC is a special purpose advisory group that provides input to the Board of Trustees and ...
On Thursday, September 1, the TxDOT Commission approved its 2020 Unified Transportation Plan (UTP) which includes more than $77 billion to improve safety, address congestion and connectivity, and preserve roadways for Texas drivers. Thanks for the ...
I would like to share some heart wrenching news. A few weeks ago, we sent a message through the newsletter about our Vice President of Finance Imelda Davis, who was very recently diagnosed with a Stage IV Sarcoma that was found in her leg but ...
The San Antonio Chamber and the entire business community are deeply saddened by the news of Mayor Lila Cockrell’s passing. Lila was a true leader with political smarts and fortitude, grit, insight, and most of all, a loving heart for all ...
Since 1975, Leadership San Antonio (LSA) has served the San Antonio community by providing nearly 1,900 leaders opportunities for engagement and education in the inner-workings of our great city. The success of each class is directly related to the ...
Join the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce for the 42nd annual SA to DC trip in partnership with the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the San Antonio Mobility Coalition, the South San Antonio Chamber ...
On Wednesday, Chamber Staff, business leaders, and San Antonio Police met at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center for a workshop on public safety during the event of an active shooting. The workshop drew attendees of all stripes, who sought ...
The revised San Antonio Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) was unveiled yesterday at City Council A-Session and released to the public later that afternoon. The City’s Chief Sustainability Officer Doug Melnick presented the revised ...
The San Antonio Bexar County Complete Count Committee met this week to unveil the new Count Me In logo and marketing strategy to make sure every resident in Bexar County completes the 2020 Census.Business and Labor subcommittee co-chairs Chamber ...
Over the past few weeks, members of City Council have filed a number of Council Consideration Requests (CCR), and your Chamber encourages you to share your thoughts with us.San Antonio is growing, and with growth comes new residential development. ...
This week, your San Antonio Chamber of Commerce is proud and honored to recognize the work and sacrifices of our nation’s finest Citizen Warriors, the Guard and Reserve Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen, who live and work ...