By Edmond Ortiz Oct. 1 marked the start of Fiscal Year 2027 in 19 San Antonio suburbs, most of which adopted tight budgets and property tax rate hikes in response to a slump in taxable value growth, as well as escalating costs, and declining or expiring revenue sources. Here’s a glance at approved budgets and…
By Edmond Ortiz This edition of Transit Tracker highlights the launch of the Loop 410/U.S. 281 improvements, a freeway ramp closure on Interstate 10, the delayed start to upgrades on Lookout Road in Live Oak, and the opening of a new low-water crossing bridge around the Bexar/Comal county line. Also, San Antonio residents are invited…
By Edmond Ortiz Two San Antonio-area school districts will ask their respective taxpayers this November for permission to raise their property tax rates in order to support pay raises, and address budget deficits. And one of those school districts will also propose its second bond issue in four years. Northside ISD schedules 2 elections Northside…
By Edmond Ortiz Shavano Park is enacting a new fee designed to help shore up the town’s water supply. Elsewhere in the San Antonio-area, a handful of local governments and water supply agencies along the Interstate 35 corridor recently secured more than $140 million to support various initiatives meant to protect or improve their water…
By Edmond Ortiz Jessica Palomares, assistant superintendent for elementary administration, will become Northside Independent School District’s interim superintendent Aug. 1. Northside ISD officials made the announcement July 20. Palomares will replace John Craft, the current superintendent who said in early June that he would be retiring later this year, ending an educational career that dates…
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com. MUSIC Now through July 19 The 30th Cactus Pear Music Festival offers free classical music concerts at the University of the Incarnate…
By Edmond Ortiz While Bexar County plans to rebuild a Windcrest-area street, a number of notable road, drainage and sidewalk projects are advancing around the San Antonio-area, including initiatives in Midtown and west San Antonio, Castle Hills, Cibolo, Converse and Shavano Park. Elsewhere, New Braunfels residents are asked to voice their thoughts on which city…
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com. STAGE Weekly Woodlawn Comedy at Woodlawn Theatre presents Friday Night Lights. Each Friday night features standup comics or improv comedy activities. Ages…
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com. STAGE Weekly Woodlawn Comedy at Woodlawn Theatre presents Friday Night Lights. Each Friday night features standup comics or improv comedy activities. Ages…
By Edmond Ortiz This pre-summer edition of Business Briefs features 12 select businesses and healthcare practices that recently opened their doors downtown, near Shavano Park and UT San Antonio, and in Castle Hills, Cibolo, Boerne, Leon Valley, and the West and South sides. Some of those fledgling ventures include two small businesses that were forced…
