economic development Archives - San Antonio Report https://sanantonioreport.org/tag/economic-development-2/ Nonprofit journalism for an informed community Tue, 04 Jun 2024 22:42:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://sanantonioreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-SA_Report_Logo_512pxArtboard-1-32x32.jpg economic development Archives - San Antonio Report https://sanantonioreport.org/tag/economic-development-2/ 32 32 172243930 Equipment maker JCB breaks ground on its Southside manufacturing plant https://sanantonioreport.org/jcb-san-antonio-groundbreaking-southside-manufacturing-plant/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 19:08:53 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5370972 JCB family and employees along with local officials use golden shovels to officially break ground on the future manufacturing facility for construction equipment.The 720,000-square-foot San Antonio facility will open in 2026, employ 1,500 people and produce mobile lift and access equipment.
Equipment maker JCB breaks ground on its Southside manufacturing plant was first posted on June 4, 2024 at 2:08 pm.
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]]> 5370972 Sakai, Bexar County leaders head to Japan for economic development envoy https://sanantonioreport.org/peter-sakai-japan-economic-development-envoy/ Tue, 07 May 2024 21:44:53 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5367742 County Judge Peter Sakai will travel to Japan with a County delegation to foster economic development.Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai is headed to Japan Sunday for five days to meet with companies that could relocate business or expand into the San Antonio region. “We have a couple Japanese businesses that are proposing to come in immediately so I will pay them a visit,” Sakai told the San Antonio Report Tuesday. […]
Sakai, Bexar County leaders head to Japan for economic development envoy was first posted on May 7, 2024 at 4:44 pm.
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]]> 5367742 Sam Ximenes is a pioneer of the new, foreign world of architecture in space https://sanantonioreport.org/sam-ximenes-is-a-pioneer-of-the-new-foreign-world-of-architecture-in-space/ Mon, 25 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5353144 Sam Ximenes stands near what he calls his “Frankenbot” - a robot that is capable of excavating the lunar surface and create bricks from the moon dust - at the Boeing Tech Port, Area 21 SAMSAT Museum on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Ximenes is a pioneering Mexican-American space architect and educator. In 2007, he founded Exploration Architecture Corporation (XArc) to serve the commercial space market. Ximenes is helping to devise equipment that will build material from moon dust and create habitats on the lunar surface. Ximenes is also using his extensive experience in the aerospace industry and started the WEX Foundation which bolsters science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs to middle and high school students. His vision is to have robotics that he created be in use on the moon’s surface to build human habitats on future missions.His father was a judge, his uncle was a civil rights activist, and another uncle became the first Hispanic commissioner appointed by a president. Sam Ximenes is a pioneering space architect who has a big vision and plans to make San Antonio a hub for space exploration and architecture. Space architecture is the design and […]
Sam Ximenes is a pioneer of the new, foreign world of architecture in space was first posted on December 25, 2023 at 12:00 pm.
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]]> 5353144 After a year of building, Greater:SATX narrows its economic development focus for 2024 https://sanantonioreport.org/greater-satx-san-antonio-regional-economic-development-focus-2024/ Sun, 24 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5352865 Greater:SATX is San Antonio’s regional economic development organization.After its rebranding and a $38.5 million private sector fundraising push, Greater:SATX spent 2023 casting its economic development net as widely as possible.
After a year of building, Greater:SATX narrows its economic development focus for 2024 was first posted on December 24, 2023 at 5:00 am.
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]]> 5352865 Britain-based manufacturer to bring 1,500 jobs to San Antonio’s South Side https://sanantonioreport.org/jcb-manufacturing-san-antonio-south-side/ Fri, 13 Oct 2023 16:24:25 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5345830 JCB, a British-based manufacturer of industrial equipment, has announced plans to build a manufacturing plant on San Antonio's South Side.JCB Inc. is expanding to San Antonio with plans to build a 72,000-square-foot facility that could employ more than 1,500 people within five years.
Britain-based manufacturer to bring 1,500 jobs to San Antonio’s South Side was first posted on October 13, 2023 at 11:24 am.
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]]> 5345830 Windcrest deal could turn former mall and Rackspace ‘Castle’ into industrial complex https://sanantonioreport.org/windcrest-deal-former-mall-rackspace-castle-industrial-complex/ Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5344246 The former Windsor Park Mall was purchased in 2007 by Rackspace to become the companies new headquarters dubbed "The Castle" after outgrowing a 200,000 sq. foot space in Northwest San Antonio.Rackspace is in talks with an Ohio developer that specializes in turning shuttered shopping malls into large industrial complexes.
Windcrest deal could turn former mall and Rackspace ‘Castle’ into industrial complex was first posted on September 29, 2023 at 6:00 am.
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]]> 5344246 After Southside hospital closure, county wants to use tax incentives to shore up remaining hospitals https://sanantonioreport.org/bexar-county-baptist-health-tax-incentives/ Thu, 08 Jun 2023 22:28:39 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5331121 Officials say they need to use their limited economic development incentives to retain hospitals, in addition to luring in new employers.
After Southside hospital closure, county wants to use tax incentives to shore up remaining hospitals was first posted on June 8, 2023 at 5:28 pm.
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]]> 5331121 Here’s why San Antonio is teaming up with Austin to attract business to Texas https://sanantonioreport.org/austin-san-antonio-economic-development-partnership/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:30:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5320018 Greater:SATX and Opportunity Austin are partnering together to advocate for legislation that can impact development and job creation in the San Antonio-Austin region.Greater:SATX and Opportunity Austin have agreed to partner together in pushing for legislation that advances economic development and job creation. 
Here’s why San Antonio is teaming up with Austin to attract business to Texas was first posted on March 13, 2023 at 11:30 am.
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]]> 5320018 Abbott boasts about Texas’ economy, seeks to make state a stronger competitor for businesses https://sanantonioreport.org/gov-abbott-economic-development-incentive-program/ Sat, 04 Mar 2023 00:10:59 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5319346 Governor Greg Abbott addresses attendees of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce during the 'State of the State' luncheon on Friday.Gov. Greg Abbott said at a San Antonio lunch Friday that he wants to bolster economic incentive programs to draw more businesses to the state.
Abbott boasts about Texas’ economy, seeks to make state a stronger competitor for businesses was first posted on March 3, 2023 at 6:10 pm.
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]]> 5319346 To make real progress in economic development, San Antonio needs a new strategic paradigm https://sanantonioreport.org/to-make-real-progress-in-economic-development-san-antonio-needs-a-new-strategic-paradigm/ Sat, 26 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5307133 San Antonio City Hall on Tuesday August 24, 2021.Commentary: To see intergenerational gains, San Antonio needs an ecosystem dedicated to socioeconomic development.
To make real progress in economic development, San Antonio needs a new strategic paradigm was first posted on November 26, 2022 at 9:00 am.
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