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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

UTSA Calls for Local Cybersecurity Mentors

The University of Texas at San Antonio has several departments and centers focused on cybersecurity, making them great partners of the Chamber’s Cybersecurity Council. Several UTSA offices are seeking mentors from the business community to ...

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Chamber Celebrates New Partnership between TxDOT and JBSA

Your Chamber hosted J. Bruce Bugg, Jr., Chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission, which oversees statewide activities of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), and Brig. Gen. Caroline Miller, Commander, 502d Air Base Wing and Joint ...

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

City Manager Walsh Presents Proposed 2022 Municipal Budget

City Manager Erik Walsh presented the FY2022 Budget to City Council on Thursday, August 12. The FY 2022 Proposed Total City Budget totals an estimated $3.1 Billion and includes: General Fund – supports most basic City services: Police, Fire, ...

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Aerospace Committee Receives Update on San Antonio Airport

On Wednesday, the Chamber’s Aerospace Committee hosted Jesus Saenz, Jr., Director of Airports for the City of San Antonio. He highlighted the ongoing planning his department has engaged in while preparing a final proposal for the San Antonio ...

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Chamber and City Partner for Intern Networking Mixer

As the summer comes to a close, so do summer internships for the many driven individuals across our beautiful city. While their summer jobs may be over, young workers are nearing completion of their high school or college education and are looking ...

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Friday, July 23, 2021

Chamber Today is Getting a New Look

As the one-stop shop for all news, developments, and happenings in the San Antonio business community and beyond, our weekly newsletter Chamber Today is one of our most important regular tools delivered to our members, community partners, and ...

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Friday, July 23, 2021

2021-23 San Antonio City Council Committees Announced

Today, Mayor Ron Nirenberg announced the 2021-23 City Council Committees. City Council committees serve as agencies where council members can initiate and oversee the development of City policy. The mayor is charged with creating these committees ...

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Friday, July 16, 2021

Thank You For Protecting H2-B

We called and you answered!Your Chamber asked you to take action to protect the H2-B Program. On Thursday, July 15, the Appropriations Committee finalized Congressman Cuellar’s “Returning Worker Exception Act” and language that ...

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Friday, July 9, 2021

Message from the President and CEO

In mid-June, you may have read an article in the San Antonio Express News regarding the Train for Jobs SA program and its slower-than-expected results. While there have been a few bumps in the road with this initial program, in my mind, this effort ...

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Friday, July 9, 2021

Post-Pandemic City Revitalization Cannot Stop Now

The last few months in San Antonio have been like night and day compared to last year. Businesses are reopening, people feel safer going out, tourists are returning to our city in droves, and the mood is livelier and more personable. We are ...

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Friday, July 9, 2021

Governor Abbott Announces Special Session Agenda

Texas Legislators were back in Austin yesterday for the start of the 2021 special session. Governor Greg Abbott called for a special session to address priority bills that died during the regular legislative session, which ended on May 31.On ...

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