By Chris Weigand, President of Big Red Dog San Antonio Here at BIG RED DOG Engineering, we’re huge fans of SA2020. Downtown Development is our passion, and we are never disappointed when another reason to renovate, revitalize, and rejuvenate comes
Diamond, a second grader at Herff Elementary School, has no idea she’s reading to one of the most recognizable leaders in her city. She doesn’t know that this tall, thin friend has spoken on nearly every stage in town.
By Hannah Monroe, SA2020 Neighborhoods Liaison at SAHA Post 3 | Series Archive Over the past month I had the opportunity to sit down with two women who are working within the Choice neighborhood grant to make the eastside a
Yesterday I was sitting in an Indianapolis conference room with folks from nearly 20 of my favorite cities from around the country. And we were discussing one of my favorite topics – why cities need to bet on education as
By Melanie Mendez Gonzales I’ve been a fan of TED for several years. I’d like to say since the first time I saw a TED talk but I honestly can’t remember which one it was. I’ve watched so many
The amount of green space at HemisFair Park grew Thursday, marking a significant step forward in the redevelopment of the inner-city civic park.
By Bill Barker, AICP Office of Sustainability Some people claim that the only time they get quiet time to themselves is when they are alone in the car while they commute. However, there is a great deal of research that
SAN ANTONIO — The Lumina Foundation announced Wednesday that San Antonio will join the first 20 cities nationwide in an initiative to improve postsecondary attainment.
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