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Friday, August 10, 2018

Chamber Attends Sister Cities International Conference

In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower founded Sister Cities International as a network that would promote peace and prosperity by creating bonds between people from different communities around the world. The national membership organization ...

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Friday, August 10, 2018

#SASpeakUp Community Days

From August 16 to September 1, SpeakUp San Antonio will be hosting the 2018 Community Days. This series of meetups will give attendees the chance to learn about the proposed Fiscal Year 2019 budget. Those who attend will also have the opportunity to ...

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Friday, August 3, 2018

Special Election Results lead to Runoff Election

The votes are in! Republican candidate Pete Flores and Democratic candidate Pete Gallego are heading to a run-off election to represent Texas Senate District 19, a district that spans from San Antonio to Pecos, touching 17 counties. Flores secured ...

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Friday, July 27, 2018

Mayor’s Housing Task Force Nears Final Recommendations

On Saturday, July 21st, the Mayor’s Housing Policy Task Force presented recommendations to City Council, volunteers, and city staff after nearly one year of work. The Task Force was created in 2017 to address the challenges that San Antonio ...

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Friday, July 27, 2018

Intern Spotlight – Monika Gomez Zarate

Monika Gomez is originally from Phoenix, Arizona. She graduated from Metro Tech High School a Career and Technical school where she completed a two-year construction concentration program. During her times in high school she was a State Officer and ...

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Friday, July 27, 2018

LSA 300 class gives back to community

The Leadership San Antonio (LSA) 300 Community Service Team was thrilled to lead LSA 300 through a day of giving back to the community. The class spent the day engaged in various service projects, beginning with a collection of food donations for ...

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Friday, July 27, 2018

Opening reception for UTSA’s newest exhibit

Please join UTSA for the opening reception for their newest exhibit, San Antonio 1860s-1990s A Photographic Chronology from UTSA Special Collections on Friday, August 3rd, at 6:00 p.m. at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures | 801 E. Cesar Chavez ...

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Friday, July 27, 2018

SARAH announces new Executive Director

The South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless (SARAH) unanimously selected Ms. Brenda Mascorro as its next Executive Director. She succeeds Founding Executive Director Bill Hubbard.“In the last three years SARAH has created community ...

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Friday, July 20, 2018

Interpreting the Alamo Master Plan

On Wednesday, July 18, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce hosted the design team tasked with interpreting the Alamo Master Plan approved by the City Council in 2017. More than 40 members joined the briefing, led by Assistant City Manager Lori ...

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Friday, July 20, 2018

Intern Spotlight: Alfonso Zenteno

Alfonso Zenteno is one of four interns working at the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce this summer. Alfonso was born in Philadelphia and lived in Mexico and San Diego before finishing up his last three years of high school at Keystone here in San ...

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Friday, July 20, 2018

Chamber Intern Spotlight – Lucas Miller

Lucas Miller was born and raised in San Antonio. He graduated from Brandeis High School in 2015 and will start his senior year this fall at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He is an Economics major with a Psychology minor with ...

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Friday, July 13, 2018

Early Voting for July 31 Special election starts Monday

Did you know that there is a special election for Texas State Senate District 19? Make sure to hit the polls and cast your vote! Governor Greg Abbott recently announced that the special election to fill the vacant seat previously held by Senator ...

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Friday, July 13, 2018

Chamber announces SA to DC 2019 Co-Chairs

Your Chamber is pleased to announce that Paula Gold-Williams, President and CEO of CPS Energy and 2019 Chair of the Board of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, has selected Kathy Garcia and Juan Antonio Flores to serve as co-chairs for SA to DC ...

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Friday, July 13, 2018

Are you registered to vote in the November election?

With many critical and controversial issues facing our city, this is a precarious time for San Antonio. That is why it is urgently important that you make your voice heard by hitting the polls this November. We can expect to see some key local, ...

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Friday, July 13, 2018

Accurate Census a Priority for Chamber

As the Country gears up for the decennial Census, the Chamber, in partnership with the City of San Antonio and other community organizations, are working to ensure an accurate census count in 2020. As the Founding Fathers envisioned, the census ...

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Friday, July 13, 2018

CPS Energy seeks applications for Board of Trustees

As one of our community’s principal economic development drivers, CPS Energy and those select individuals charged with its governance play an indispensable role in San Antonio’s collective and long-term success. Selecting exceptionally ...

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