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 Allie Perez I’ve had the pleasure and honor of writing for SA2020 in regards to my passion for plumbing and San Antonio’s efforts and plans for sustainability. I operate a plumbing and hvac company in San Antonio and we
By Colleen Pence, SA2020 Resolutions Outdoorsy Leader (follow her here!) Sometimes, visiting a park more than once is the only way to discover everything it has to offer. This is the case with Walker Ranch Park, located off of
By Meredith Alvarez, Arts Funder Leader for SA2020 Resolutions (follow her here!) To all those who signed up to follow my SA2020 Resolution, I have some news that you may be surprised to hear: you are a philanthropist. When you
By Allie Perez My name is Allie Perez, and I am SA2020! I currently operate a local plumbing and air conditioning company in San Antonio. Recently, SA2020 began the SA2020 Resolutions campaign where community members can resolve to make changes
By Jessica Rios, Health and Fitness Partnership Manager for SA2020 If you made an SA2020 Resolution to follow our Healthy Living Leader, City Council Rep. Diego Bernal, then you’ve resolved to eat at least 5 servings of fruits and veggies
Here’s the deal: in 2010, our community decided that we wanted to become a city where “citizens are deeply engaged as elected leaders, business leaders, volunteers, and voters in the process of making government more responsive and accountable to San
By Colleen Pence, SA2020 Resolutions Outdoorsy Leader (follow her here!) With over 185 parks and greenways in San Antonio, it’s tough to decide which park to visit next. As we work toward our goal of visiting 20 parks in 2014, our
By Lyndsey Johnson, SA2020 Resolutions Walker Leader (follow her here!) Living in San Antonio is one of the best decisions that I’ve made, aside from saying yes to marry my future hubby (Dave). I started living in the Alamo City
By Colleen Pence, SA2020 Resolutions Outdoorsy Leader (follow her here!) The first park of twenty we visited this year as part of our #SA2020Resolutions was McAllister Park. But it’s not a stretch for us to go there. It’s practically across the street so
This is post 5 in a series. See them all here. Did you know that there is a long-term goal to encircle all of San Antonio in multi-use linear parks? Progress toward that vision is already underway in the construction
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