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.
As of January 29, 2021, 2,027 people have lost their lives to COVID-19 in Bexar County. While there is not a complete list naming those we have lost, we know this number includes family members, neighbors, co-workers, educators, students, frontline
We’re thrilled to be welcoming three more San Antonians to the SA2020 Board of Directors. In addition to serving the community through their professional work—including in K-12 education, transit, and higher education—our newest Board members also contribute their experience and
In 2020 especially, nonprofit organizations across San Antonio and Bexar County have stepped up in big ways to meet changing community need. As the organization that drives progress toward San Antonio’s Community Vision, we are so proud to support 158
People most impacted by systemic inequities hold the greatest knowledge to ensure policies and programs meet the needs of the entire community. We know this because, in San Antonio, the last 10 years have proven it. This is the power
When COVID-19 hit San Antonio, Texas, institutions showed their ability to quickly shift the way they work to ensure the health of the community: halting evictions for public housing, providing mobile hotspots, and suspending cut-offs of utility services. Sustainably recovering
The 2020 election is underway, and our community needs your voice! There’s a lot on the ballot this year, well beyond the Presidential race. We want to make sure you’re ready and prepared to vote, so we’re answering some of the
In January of this year, (which is either 402 years ago or yesterday depending on your vantage point), SA2020 launched a community engagement process to reaffirm and strengthen San Antonio’s shared Community Vision for the next decade. We knew that
Last year, educators at Bonham Academy in San Antonio ISD started Friday Fenomenal, a tradition that gave students an opportunity to get out of the classroom and learn something new. It was a hit, but when COVID-19 closed schools this
In the community survey SA2020 produced, promoted, and analyzed in January-March of this year, 3,205 San Antonians shared with us their priorities for San Antonio over the next decade. “What do you most want to see maintained? What do you
In the past 6 months, we’ve welcomed 14 new Nonprofit Partners. All of these organizations work across San Antonio and Bexar County to serve our neighbors and move us closer to the Community Vision we created together. By working in
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