On this blog, we share the stories of people all over San Antonio who are leading change. Read about the individuals, organizations, and collaborations that are moving us closer to the shared Community Vision.
By Patti Radle, SA2020 Board Member and 2014 Resolutions Leader (follow her here!) A couple of more stories on people who have made a commitment to stop using bottled water—the single-use kind—for the rest of 2014. As I mentioned in
By Lyndsey Johnson, SA2020 Resolutions Walker Leader (follow her here!) Ok, so before I get more into this blog writing thing, there are a few things you should know about me. 1) I was not born in Texas. *GASP “Say
Happy belated Fourth of July! Hope you enjoyed your cook-outs and stayed (mostly) out of the sun. I don’t know about you, but I can’t think of a better way to celebrate our country than by helping someone and strengthening a
By Nico Garza School is out. To most students, it’s a time to relax until the school year starts up again. Then there are students who still want to use their minds and keep learning, after all this is really
By Jeremy Beer, Mayor’s Fitness Council Are you up for the Challenge San Antonio? Last year, the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (Metro Health) announced that the obesity rate in San Antonio and Bexar County plunged from 35.1% to 28.5%
It’s been over 6 months since our city sat down and made some serious resolutions to contribute to SA2020 goals. Research says that it takes at least 90 days to form a habit. Many of the SA2020 Resolutions, like giving
By Patti Radle, SA2020 Board Member and 2014 Resolutions Leader (follow her here!) My resolution for SA2020 for 2014 was to get 20 people to commit to not using those single use water bottles for at least the rest of
By: Sonia Rodriguez and Family, SA2020 Resolutions Leaders in Water Conservation (follow them here!) Who we are: Sonia Rodriguez (Mom); Jon Haynes (Dad); Joaquin Haynes (10 years-old, Fourth Grade); Sofia Haynes (4 years-old, Pre-School): What we are doing: As a
By Brandon Logan, Volunteer Leader for SA2020 Resolutions (Follow him here!) Serving as the Volunteer Leader for SA2020 has been one of the most rewarding roles of my life. Over the last five months I have had an opportunity to
By SA2020 We’ve got a question: Have you been downtown lately? First, if you responded “no”… what’s wrong with you??! It’s the Decade of Downtown for crying out loud. No matter what part of San Antonio you call home, the
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