Rankings Accompanying the City of San Antonio’s FY 2016 Budget Presentation

For our FY 2016 budget, the Economic Development Department cited a few recent articles that place San Antonio in the top 10 for various national rankings. These economic indicators and rankings provide a picture of a stable and resilient city that continues to move forward. These national rankings include: Forbes’ Top 10 list of Fastest Growing Cities; Milken Institute’s

Why Choose San Antonio? Simply Look at Our Workforce

For the 11th year in a row, Chief Executive Magazine has named Texas the number one place to do business in the nation and is projected to continue to be so for 2016. According to the magazine, “Texas continued to lead America in job growth in January 2015, adding 20,100 jobs” bringing the state’s net job total

Alamo Colleges Wins National Bellwether Award

For the second time in four years, our partners, the Alamo Colleges has been chosen by the Community College Futures Assembly (CCFA) to receive the national Bellwether Award, which recognizes outstanding and innovative programs in community college education. This year the Alamo Colleges’ Alamo Academies won in the Workforce Development category. The Alamo Colleges is

San Antonio is home to a new Fortune 500 company!

It’s not often that a fully formed Fortune 500 company is born in your city. We’d like to give a big welcome to CST Brands (CST) as the newest large company headquartered in San Antonio.  The company was recently spun off from San Antonio-based Valero and is now the owner/operator of the convenience stores which

San Antonio is booming!

San Antonio was just ranked by Bloomberg among the Top 12 Boomtowns for its economic and population growth. Think of San Antonio, and images of Spanish missions, the River Walk and the Alamo come to mind. Here, as in most of Texas, the key driver of growth is oil and gas drilling, particularly from the

Why are Texas cities the best for job seekers?

Thanks to NerdWallet.com for including our statement on why Texas continues to lead the nation in job growth and economic prosperity: Overall, the State of Texas is one of the most business-friendly states, with great partnerships between state and local economic development entities.  The State of Texas relies on local governments, which have created innovative

San Antonio is One of the Fastest Growing Cities

This doesn’t come as a surprise to us!  Forbes named San Antonio one of the Fastest Growing Cities in America. We started with the 100 most populous Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), which are cities and their surrounding suburbs, as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. We rated these geographic areas based on six metrics.

NerdWallet Names San Antonio One of the Best Cities for Job Seekers

We love our nerds! Looking for a job in information technology? Then look to San Antonio. Consumer-resource website NerdWallet has released its top 10 list of the Best Cities for Job-Seekers. San Antonio came in at No. 9. All told, NerdWallet ranked 26 U.S. cities based on such factors as population growth, income, unemployment rate

Want to work for one of Fortune’s Top Companies to work for? Try San Antonio.

Congrats to San Antonio companies Rackspace, NuStar and USAA for making the list of Fortune’s 100 Best Places to Work For! A trio of San Antonio companies has cracked the top 40 of Fortune’s latest “100 Best Companies to Work For” ranking. Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX) is ranked No. 34 on the list, followed by

San Antonio Among the Top Tech Hot Spots

San Antonio has seen tremendous growth in our SA2020 industry Information Technology and Cybersecurity.  Now, Forbes has ranked the San Antonio metro area as one of America’s Top Tech Hot Spots! Growth In STEM Employment, 2001-12: 18.3% Growth over last 2 years: 4.5%  (21st) Technology is reshaping the economic geography of the United States, but