On May 31st, “the city’s chicest incentive to shop local” occurred and an incredible range of supporters and shoppers came out to celebrate Look Local Night in style! Look Local Night is hosted by Style Lush TV and is an
On April 1, 2018, Vance Villarreal embarked on the journey of a lifetime. He set out to ride his bicycle, alone, from Virginia to California. After serving 11 years in the US Navy, he wanted to do something big for
It’s crazy to think that it was six years ago when I first spoke at a Destination College Press Conference. I was a sophomore at Brooks Academy of Science and Engineering, I was the Chairman of the San Antonio Youth
On Friday, May 4th, the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization held its 22nd Annual Walk and Roll Rally at Main Plaza to celebrate the benefits of active forms of transportation for our community’s health, economy, environment, equity, and quality of
Roosevelt Library was the second public branch library built by the City of San Antonio in 1929. The library operated until 1968 when a larger branch library was opened nearby. For several years, the building served as the offices for
The following essay details my life in San Antonio’s Westside and reveals some of the memories and people who impacted my decision to pursue Higher Education. As a graduating senior I hope to attend law school, pursue a job in
An earlier version of this post originally appeared in San Antonio Woman. When our community set a vision for itself, we made sure to include philanthropy as a shared goal—not just because giving is a nice thing to do, but
Altogether, Argo Group supports more than 1,500 non-profit groups internationally each year. But the company places high priority on investing in the communities and neighborhoods in which it is based. This explains why the international underwriter of specialty insurance and
At SA2020, we know that micro efforts produce macro results and working together towards common goals produce positive community changes. That’s why we pay particular attention when efforts in our city tie into our community vision. On January 19, we
Among the organic zucchini and goats’ milk soap, visitors to the Pearl Farmers Market were treated with an electric car show and test drives at the third annual Drive Electric Day – San Antonio on Saturday, September 16, 2017. Drive
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