The Bradley Middle School Jazz Band, seen here in the 2019 Midwest Clinic in Chicago, will play the Hollywood Park Jazz in the Park event May 7 at Voigt Park. (Courtesy NEISD)
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Donations of emergency medical supplies, equipment and medicine have been delivered to hospitals in Ukraine and to the Ukrainian army. (Courtesy Fotolia)
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NewQuest Properties announced plans May 2 for a 1,080-acre residential community in Plantersville at FM 1774 and Hwy. 105. (Courtesy NewQuest Properties)
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San Antonio-based SWBC has changed the name of subsidiary company, SWBC Payments, to Swivel Transactions and changed the company’s focus on improving and speeding up account holders’ transactions and communications with financial institutions. (Courtesy Google Streets)
North San Antonio firm’s new venture focused on making online financial transactions easier
WeTree, an app created by San Antonio entrepreneurs Lorenzo Gomez III and Steve Cunningham, enables users to quickly engage their "inner circle" of friends and loved ones and receive support to shore up their mental health and/or to provide such support. (Courtesy Torsten Dettlaff/Pexels)
San Antonio entrepreneurs launch mental health care app
The first tournament to play at Frisco's new PGA headquarters has been announced. (Miranda Jaimes/Community Impact Newspaper)
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San Antonio ISD officials gather with Lanier High School students April 23 to celebrate the completion of campus improvements funded by the school district’s 2020 bond. SAISD board on May 2 approved the hiring of new Superintendent Jaime Aquino. (Courtesy SAISD)
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The city of San Antonio is launching a new housing assistance program designed to help at-risk renters and homeowners. (Courtesy Google Streets)
San Antonio launches new housing assistance program
The Park at 38Thirty, a new 100% affordable housing community in northwest San Antonio, hosted a May 2 grand opening at 3830 Parkdale Drive. (Courtesy City of San Antonio)
City hails new affordable housing development in northwest San Antonio
(Brooke Sjoberg/Community Impact Newspaper)
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Visitors check out the Edwards Aquifer Authority’s new Education Outreach Center during the center’s grand opening April 13. The center is located at the Morgan’s Wonderland Camp, 23400 Cibolo Vista, near TPC San Antonio. (Courtesy EAA)
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Marriott San Antonio Airport Hotel opened on April 14 at a former Holiday Inn site, 77 N. Loop 410 E. (Courtesy Marriott)
Marriott opens reimagined hotel property near San Antonio airport
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture declared the drought to be an agricultural disaster on April 22. (Courtesy Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
SBA economic disaster loans now available to small businesses in 107 Texas counties affected by drought
The grand opening of the Robbie & Lynore Robinson Fine Arts Center was postponed in December after Plano ISD officials said they discovered "significant cracking as a result of poor workmanship and/or design." (William C. Wadsack/Community Impact Newspaper)
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Barkitecture San Antonio, a superhero-themed dog festival, is scheduled for April 30 at Maverick Park in downtown San Antonio. It will include dog houses designed and built by local students to help raise funds for local animal rescues. (Courtesy Barkitecture San Antonio)
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Following nearly two years of COVID-19 testing operations at local schools, colleges and other public sites, San Antonio-based nonprofit Community Labs said it will close its two remaining public testing locations effective 6 p.m. April 29. (Courtesy Community Labs)
San Antonio’s Community Labs to close remaining COVID-19 test sites
The US 183 North Mobility Project aims to improve mobility, reduce congestion, and provide reliable travel times for transit and emergency vehicles, according to the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority. (Courtesy Jefferson Carroll)
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Texas voters will decide two propositions that will have implications on property taxes statewide May 7. (Community Impact Newspaper staff)
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Work to construct the skyline of 'Austin's second downtown' is ongoing. (Courtesy Jefferson Carroll)
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