Downtown is the heart and soul of our City, and we desire to make it everybody’s neighborhood. Featuring iconic landmarks such as the Tower of Americas, the Alamo and the Riverwalk, San Antonio must protect its most vital and historical resources, and invest to create a more desirable place for locals. The vision for the redevelopment of Hemisfair is to create a vital mixed use area, centered on a city park which maintains and revitalizes the historic buildings while reconnecting the area to the adjacent neighborhoods and providing new mixed use development, compatible in scale with adjacent properties. Hemisfair Park will continue to be an accessible neighborhood park that unifies the city, serves as a community gathering place, and provides an opportunity for citizens to work, live, and play. Hemisfair Park will offer many special places and uses; some active, some quiet. This vision will foster community-wide impact by recognizing the Hemisfair Park area as critical connecting tissue between previously disengaged sectors of the urban core. Capitalizing on the success of HemisFair ’68, the plan’s improvements will encourage economic vitality, pride and a sense of community for generations of San Antonians now and yet to come.
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USO in Downtown San Antonio -- 203 W. Market St. Amenities: Free local meals on Saturdays from 12-2 from local restaurants, WiFi, computer lab, snack bar, soft serve ice cream (weekends only), gaming rooms, battle station, home movie theater room, lounge area, 11 flat screen tv's, children's area and United Through Reading Military Program Room. Steps away from the historic Alamo and famous Riverwalk USO @ San Antonio International Airport -- near baggage claim of Terminal B Amenities: Wifi, computer area, kitchenette, lounge areas, recliners, 60" flat screen TV, information for buses and shuttles to area bases
Officially designated by the Texas Commission of the Arts, this cultural district features galleries, museums, performance art, an historic neighborhood, along the San Antonio River south of downtown San Antonio.
The Movement Gallery seeks to create space and opportunities for artists and cultural practitioners to share their voice and integrate their practices into a larger social justice framework. Using a cultural organizing model, the Movement Gallery fosters artistic and cultural expression to serve as a strategic catalyst for representation, civic participation, critical analysis, and action. The Movement Gallery is home to a series of rotating projects, art openings, community classes and meetings, as well as the permanent installation- La Biblioteca Clandestina/The Underground Library.
Many people would describe us as a homeless shelter, but we are so much more. Food, clothing and shelter are the tools we use to share the truth that a relationship with Jesus Christ is the most important necessity in life. We house families with children and single women. We assist people who are willing to do their part to help themselves. When not working they attend classes and group meetings that focus on their individual and family needs.
The Conjunto Heritage Taller is a community-based organization dedicated to the preservation, instruction and perpetuation of traditional Conjunto music. CHT offers low-cost accordion and bajo sexto classes to the community, and it offers opportunities to its students to participate and perform in several events and festivals throughout the year. CHT students have performed at the Tejano Conjunto Festival, the Texas Folklife Festival, the International Accordion Festival, the King William Parade, and at community National Night Out and other events.
AR Strategy Group is a family of creative-thinkers that is committed to growing diversity and culture within the greater San Antonio community; while encouraging the support of non profits and local organizations to promote community initiatives. We specialize in Strategic Planning, Business Development and Public Relations consulting services for clients that seek to maintain or advance their business endeavors in the public or private sector. We’ve created a culture that is based on increasing value of our community, developing long-term relationships with clients and continuing education and growth to better serve our clients and increase creativity. At AR Strategy Group we believe in the power of a strong community, which fuels our commitment to donate to non-profits each year by way of monetary contributions and pro-bono work. These contributions along with each organizations’ efforts, help create a better community for us to work and play.
Ghost Light Society brings together young professionals, creating a dynamic community of passionate, engaged individuals with a shared interest in the arts. As an extension of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, the GLS offers exciting, relevant programming, exclusive opportunities to interact with San Antonio’s professional artists and companies, and the opportunity to forge meaningful relationships with the next generation of leaders in San Antonio.
Sala Diaz, a 501(c) 3 exhibition space, is an experimental venue for contemporary art established in 1995. Located in the heart of the Southtown Cultural Arts District, Sala Diaz provides a unique venue for the exhibition of new and challenging work, and fosters lasting exchange between our city and creative communities abroad. Housed in the same residential structure as the gallery, The Casa Chuck Arts Residency is an invitational program through which Sala Diaz provides critics, curators and writers a haven for varied creative pursuits. Initiated in 2011, the residency honors the legacy of visionary artist, arts advocate, cultural maven and bon vivant Chuck Ramirez who died the previous year. Official residents spend one month living in Ramirez’ former abode, exploring and interacting with the surrounding arts community. In between official residencies, Sala/Casa hosts a wide variety of arts professionals including critics, curators, musicians, scholars and visual artists. Sala Diaz is supported by fluent~collaborative and numerous private individuals.
The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is a grassroots organization made up of parents, teachers and others from our school, around the state and throughout the nation, who have an interest in children, families and schools. PTA membership is as diverse as our communities. By joining PTA, a member becomes part of the largest child advocacy organization in the nation, with 6.6 million members, in 26,000 local PTAs located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and overseas Defense Dept. As the largest volunteer child advocacy association in the nation, the PTA reminds our country of its obligations to children and provides parents and families with a powerful voice to speak on behalf of every child while providing the best tools for parents to help their children be successful students. PTA does not act alone. Working in cooperation with education, health, safety, and child advocacy groups and agencies, the PTA collaborates on projects that benefit children and that bring valuable resources to its members. La Asociación de Padres y Maestros (PTA) es una organización de base formada por padres, maestros y otras personas de nuestra escuela, en todo el estado y en todo el país, que tienen un interés en los niños, las familias y las escuelas. PTA es tan diversa como las comunidades. Al unirse a la PTA, un miembro pasa a formar parte de la organización niño mayor incidencia en el pais con 6.6 millones de miembros, en 26,000 PTA locales ubicados en los 50 estados, el Distrito de Columbia, las Islas Vírgenes de EE.UU. y en el extranjero del Departamento de Defensa A medida que la asociación de promoción de voluntarios más grande hijo de la nación, la PTA recuerda a nuestro país de sus obligaciones para con los niños y proporciona a los padres y las familias con una poderosa voz para hablar en nombre de todos los niños al tiempo que proporciona las mejores herramientas para que los padres ayuden a sus hijos a tener éxito. PTA no actúa solo. Trabajando en cooperación con la educación, la salud, la seguridad y los grupos de defensa de los niños y las agencias, el PTA colabora en proyectos que beneficien a los niños y que aportan recursos valiosos a sus miembros.
We play a leadership role in evaluating, developing, funding, and implementing health initiatives through our childhood obesity prevention program, youth mental health council, and San Antonio Health Literacy Initiatives. in decreasing duplication of health services in the community and promote coordinated efforts for the best possible community health outcome.
Our case managers work directly on school campuses providing professional, accessible services to at-risk students and their families. As a community facilitator, CIS-SA brings a wide range of resources into schools to provide additional support and connections to needed services and goods. By collaboration and partnerships with nearly 100 community and government agencies we avoid duplication of services and operate most efficiently and cost-effectively.
Our four driving principles are: •Advocate for efficient, sustainable growth for San Antonio’s Eastside •Champion small business development •Maintain and promote the area’s history and culture •Provide innovative, progressive solutions to East Side challenges The organization’s goal is to support our business community and celebrate the successes.
In 2006, Southwest Workers Union began an Eastside sustainability initiative in response to the struggle to defeat further development of fuel storage tanks. An integral part of our local movement for climate justice in San Antonio has been the development of home-grown solutions that are culturally-appropriate and led by those who are most affected by the local causes of climate change (coal fired power plants). While the potential for a vibrant green economy in San Antonio is growing, the grassroots communities have little understanding and education about what ‘green’ means nor how it is beneficial and accessible for low-income families. To date, the SWU complex has acquired over an acre of unused brownfield land. In 2006, we began the process of transformation into a functioning community garden, the first food producing community space in the City. We aim to build upon this success byfurther developing the SWU complex as the first grassroots-level sustainability center in San Antonio. 1416 E. Commerce San Antonio, TX 78205
Southtown Neighborhood Boutique Liquor Store... Top shelf spirits, beer and wine. Locally owned and operated OINK
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