Maximum Fiesta, Minimum Spend
Fiesta has always been about showing up, not spending big. And this year, as prices climb and budgets tighten, that spirit matters more than ever. Across San Antonio, there are still plenty of ways to take part in the color, music, and energy of Fiesta without stretching your wallet. We pulled together a list of […]
We Need to Incentivize Civic Wealth
All great places have civic wealth: shared elements that elevate everyday human life—walkable streets, beautiful buildings, shade trees, plazas, local businesses, and access to nature. These communal resources make the simple joys of life easily available. Great places aren’t purely economic machines built for efficiency. They are human places; places for work, creativity, rest, connection, […]
A Region of Opportunity: How We Will Rise Together
From workforce transformation to regional coordination, former San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg reflects on the systems required to break generational poverty and build a more resilient Bexar County. For years, San Antonio has talked about generational poverty. But when you consider that the average participant entering our Ready to Work program comes from a household […]
The Logos Matter: What’s Next For San Antonio’s Tech Talent
Article 5 of a 5-part series on UT San Antonio’s hidden talent pipeline When I was CEO of Geekdom, San Antonio’s largest co-working space at the time, our mission was simple: help build the city’s tech scene one company at a time. I remember one meeting that taught me more about recruiting than any other. […]
When Yahoo Came Looking for Talent at UT San Antonio
Article 4 of a 5-part series on UT San Antonio’s hidden talent pipeline Yahoo was one of our earliest industry partners to come looking for talent at UT San Antonio. After Meta and Netflix, they reached out to see what was happening here. They were looking for talent across computer science, computer engineering, business analytics, […]
When Netflix Discovered UT San Antonio
Article 3 of a 5-part series on UT San Antonio’s hidden talent pipeline Once you spend a day recruiting our students, you stop thinking about what San Antonio doesn’t have, and you start seeing everything it does. That’s exactly what happened when I reached out to Netflix. I knew our students had the talent to […]
Why Walkable Streets Matter for San Antonio’s Future
Imagine waking up, putting on some comfortable clothes, and heading outside. You can feel your neighborhood waking up with you: families out walking, chairs being set out in cafés, the smell of a nearby bakery rising in the air. You take a leisurely fifteen-minute stroll down a few tree-lined blocks, running into people you know […]
When Facebook (Meta) Came to UT San Antonio
Article 2 of a 5-part series on UT San Antonio’s hidden talent pipeline When Meta (Facebook) came to recruit at UT San Antonio for the first time, the recruiter arrived polite but skeptical. We had been trying to bring them here for a while. Getting big tech companies to visit wasn’t easy because we weren’t […]
There’s a Tech Talent Boom Happening Under Our Noses
Article 1 of a 5-part series on UT San Antonio’s hidden talent pipeline My friend Diego Bernal once told me, “Talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not.” It’s one of those lines that stays with you, a sentence that explains an entire city in eight words. I thought I understood what he meant when […]
A Vote for San Antonio’s Future—Go Spurs Go
As we enter the final days of early voting, San Antonio stands at a crossroads that will define our downtown for generations to come. From the vantage of the Market Street Bridge, you’re able to look down on a simple yet stirring message painted atop our umbrellas: “Go Spurs Go.” It’s a statement of solidarity […]