West Side San Antonio Coalition Pushes for More Walkable Streets to Improve Health, Safety
Roseanna Garza (2018, October 24). West Side San Antonio Coalition Pushes for More Walkable Streets to Improve Health, Safety Rivard Report. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/2YvNoCV “On Tuesday afternoon on San Antonio’s West Side, a man with a walker slowly made his way down Commerce Street alongside traffic, keeping to the right. The busy, six-lane street has […]
Alamo Colleges to develop $23M West SA training center
W. Scott Bailey (2018, August 30). Alamo Colleges to develop $23M West SA training center. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/2YDFNpY “The Alamo Colleges District is developing a new Westside Education and Training Center with the city of San Antonio, Westside Development Corp., and Edgewood Independent School District. The new center, made possible by a $23 million allocation […]
Henry Cisneros to Build New Westside Office Space for Tech Startups
JJ Velaquez (2018, Septemer 12). Henry Cisneros to Build New Westside Office Space for Tech Startups. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/2MuTOjo “On the corner of Buena Vista Street and South Navidad Street on San Antonio’s near West Side stands the shell of a long-vacant building with a washed-out sign that read: Munguia Printers, Serving the Community Since […]
Arts Program Opens Door to Printmaking Skills for Westside Youth
CAT CARDENAS (2018, July 28). Arts Program Opens Door to Printmaking Skills for Westside Youth. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/2Ynmu5j “In 1980, Harvey Mireles was a high school dropout headed toward a 20-year career in the Air Force. Raised by a single mother on San Antonio’s West Side, Mireles grew up in public housing, attending school in […]
Doubt at City Hall driving Alamo master plan opposition
Leonard B. Rodriguez (2018, July 6). Doubt at City Hall driving Alamo master plan opposition. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/2K7FzPT “The residents of San Antonio have trust issues with City Hall. This distrust is unfortunate because it seems to be driving the opposition against the Alamo design plan. It is an unfortunate because the plan features a […]
La Prensa Makes a Comeback With Duran Family Again at the Helm
SHARI BIEDIGER (2018, June 19). La Prensa Makes a Comeback With Duran Family Again at the Helm. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/2KeQJBd “Stop the presses – San Antonio’s bilingual language newspaper, La Prensa, is back. A week after Publisher Nina Duran announced that the paper her father had owned since 1989 was folding immediately, La Prensa Texas, a rebranded version of […]
La Prensa San Antonio closes its doors
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West Side building to be converted to office, artist studio space
Ryan Salchert (2018, June 13). West Side building to be converted to office, artist studio space. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/2YDF9J4 “The Basila Frocks Building on San Antonio’s West Side has two new owners and will soon be refurbished after being vacant for six years. The two-story building was bought by a partnership between the Westside Development […]
Improving San Antonio’s West Side by Preserving History
Megan Rodriguez (2018, June 12). Improving San Antonio’s West Side by Preserving History. Retrived from http://bit.ly/2GEilPf “In one month the nearly 90-year-old Basila Frocks building will undergo renovations aimed to restore it to its original glory. The two-story historic building on North Zarzamora Street has been abandoned for eight years. With its boarded doors and […]
Westside Gala Honors Civic Leaders, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
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