The mission of SA2020 is to catalyze the entire San Antonio community into passionate, focused, and sustained action to achieve the shared goals that will transform San Antonio into a world-class city by the year 2020 in eleven key vision areas.
Cross-published with mySA Throughout 2020, nearly 12,300 San Antonians reaffirmed and strengthened a shared vision for the next decade. Having done this once before in 2010, they set the precedent that a growing number of San Antonians will envision a
SAY Sí—an SA2020 Nonprofit Partner that provides after-school arts programs to middle- and high-schoolers—knows that students who consistently arrive to their building to participate in programming succeed in the classroom, and beyond. Over the last 17 years, their numbers prove it: 100% percent of high school seniors in SAY Sí graduate from high school, and 98% get accepted into college. This, in Bexar
Sixty-three-year-old Billie Vasquez has been a trucker for more than half her life. Billie started in the industry as a long-haul driver in 1987 and now drives P&D—that’s “pickup and delivery” for non-trucking folks—for Old Dominion Freight Line. At a
SA2020’s 100+ Nonprofit Partners annually report 400-600 open seats on their Boards of Directors. At the same time, we regularly hear from San Antonians about their desire to make a greater impact in the community. In 2019, we launched The Board Game to bridge that gap, reimagine board service to advance racial equity, and ultimately help make local nonprofit boards more representative
History has shown us what’s possible when people come together with a desire to make things better. In San Antonio, just in the past 10 years, it has led to a shared vision that demands institutions be accountable to the
In 2010, nearly 6,000 people created a shared vision for improving the future of San Antonio, Texas—the city they call home. A decade later, the momentum for San Antonio’s shared Community Vision has never been stronger. Throughout 2020, in the
Originally established in 2010 and strengthened in 2020, San Antonio’s shared Community Vision makes clear the significance of leadership, civic engagement, and institutional accountability: In 2030, our entire community takes responsibility for our collective well-being. San Antonio fosters leaders across
We’re so excited to welcome Alex Salinas to the team as our Content Manager! Alex previously worked at St. Mary’s University (also his alma mater!) as Associate Director of Communication Writing and Storytelling and at San Antonio Express-News as a
On May 19, 2012, SA2020 shifted from the name of a community visioning process to the name of our nonprofit that drives progress toward a shared Community Vision. That means that today marks nine years (!) since the launch that
Saturday, May 1 marked Election Day, and while the final report is not out, the Unofficial Report from Bexar County gives us much to celebrate and discuss. For the last decade, SA2020 has tracked municipal voter turnout—specifically, how many San
After 12 years of driving progress toward a shared community vision, SA2020, the nonprofit organization, is dissolving. We believe this is the most visionary thing we can do. We made this decision with the greatest care for our organizational values of leadership, community, and accountability, and we hope you’ll read more about it on our blog.
Our website is live with our final data release, showing where San Antonio stands on reaching the shared community vision. The data release is accompanied by our final call to action—a policy agenda for City government based on our unique bird’s-eye view of San Antonio.
While SA2020’s operations ended March 28, these resources, along with the last twelve years of our research and stories, will be available to download from our website through September 2024.
– Team SA2020