07.18.2023

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53º | Partly cloudy | 20% chance of rain | Sunrise 7:29 a.m. | Sunset 5:48 p.m.

🚲 Tour de San Antonio

How much of your day can you spend on a bike in San Antonio?

A two way, narrow bike lane with bicycle symbols and arrows indicating directions.

It’s time to put the pedal to the metal. | Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko via Pexels

San Antonio scored a 45 out of 100 on Walk Score’s bikeability meter, deeming it a “somewhat bikeable” city. Our score is determined by four components: bike lanes, hills, destinations and connectivity, and bicycle mode share. Wondering what all that means? Let’s bike it out.

Bike lanes

Walk Score rates this category on the total length of bike paths and lanes. Learn more about bike lanes or plan a bike commute.

Hill score

Hilliness is based on the steepest grade within our area, calculated using the National Elevation Data set from the United States Geological Survey (USGC). Play with the USGS’ interactive map to learn more about nearby topography.

Destinations and connectivity

This uses our city’s Walk Score, which measures whether or not you need a car to run daily errands.
This category takes into account the social nature of bicycling. There’s safety in numbers. Even if a city doesn’t have tons of infrastructure for cyclists, more cyclists mean more drivers are aware of bicycles — which makes roadways safer.

How can we boost our score?

Our city is taking steps to improve its bike score. This month, the city introduced the beginning of its Bike Network Plan (BNP) that will improve bicycle infrastructure, promote safer biking conditions, and support a more connected San Antonio.

The top way to increase the bikeability of our city is — you guessed it — by biking more. We can boost our community score by learning more about biking in our city.

Don’t have a bike yet? Support one of these local bike shops:

Bike World, 300 E. Grayson St.
Gotta Ride Bikes, 4553 N. Loop 1604 W. Acc Rd., Ste. #1105
Blue Star Bike Shop, 1414 S. Alamo St.

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Events

Tuesday, July 18

Thwack Camp | Tuesday, July 18-Thursday, July 20 | 9 a.m. | Arrow Minded Outdoors, 5385 FM1863, Bulverde | $100 | Lean the fundamentals of archery at this three-day camp.
Little Sprouts Hike | Tuesday, July 18 | 10-10:30 a.m. | San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston Place, San Antonio | $3-$16 | Bring the little ones for a stroll through San Antonio’s garden.
Dog Meet Up | Tuesday, July 18, Sunday, July 23, Friday, July 28 | 8 p.m. | Texas Dog Co., 4302 Hyatt Pl. Dr., San Antonio | Free | Bring your beagle for this pet-friendly bar mingle.
Movies by Moonlight | Tuesday, July 18 | 7:45 p.m. | Travis Park, 301 E. Travis St., San Antonio | Free | Bring the family out for screening of “Remember the Titans” and enjoy food trucks, music, and games.

Wednesday, July 19

Theatrical Walking Tour | Wednesday, July 19 | 6:30-9 p.m. | San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston Place, San Antonio | $28-$35 | Join The Classic Theatre of San Antonio as you venture through the dark side of fairytales.
Summer Singles Mixer Bash | Wednesday, July 19 | 7-10 p.m. | Elsewhere Garden Bar & Kitchen, 103 East Jones Ave., San Antonio | $30-$33 | Find your potential match at this social mixer event.
Live Trivia | Wednesday, July 19 | 7-9 p.m. | The Pigpen Neighborhood Bar, 106 Pershing Ave., San Antonio | Free | Bring your team and test your knowledge about sports, history, music, science, and more for a chance to win a cash prize.
Skyline Screening: “The Big Lebowski” | Wednesday, July 19 | 8:45-11 p.m. | Sanchos, 628 Jackson St., San Antonio | Free | Come enjoy food + drinks at this local bar and stay for a screening of this classic 1998 movie.

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News Notes

Number

600. That’s how many new lots are coming to the next phase of the Veramendi community in New Braunfels. The lots will range from $470,000 to $570,000 and include eight floor plans from 1,982 to 3,075 sqft. In addition to the new lots, a luxury senior resort will be coming. (SA Business Journal)

Coming Soon

Remember Lerma’s Nite Club? The West side bar and music venue will reopen this Sunday as a cultural center thanks to Susana Segura and the Esperanza Peace + Justice Center. It took $2 million to transform the 10,000-sqft facility into a space for neighborhood groups, community activities, and events. (SA Report)

Civic

The Department of Arts & Culture invites the public to Centro de Artes Gallery today from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. to create a mural for the San Antonio International Airport. The mural will feature some iconic local landmarks and will be installed at the airport’s baggage claim later this fall.

Show

Planning on attending a showing of “The Ghosts of Lote Bravo”? The performance is moving to the Woodlawn Pointe (New Living Spiritual Center) with new times and dates — Thursday, July 20 through Monday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $15 to $30 and are still available.

Arts

The San Antonio Missions National Historical Parks is accepting applications for its Fall 2023 Artist-in-Residence. The program consists of two four-hour workshops, weekly open studios, a final exhibit, and will last 10 weeks starting in September. Interested artists must email to apply.

Open

Local Latinx-owned online + pop-up boutique Very That, opened Tiendita inside Painted Trees Boutiques. You can shop all your favorite apparel, decor, stationery, accessories, and more inside booth A9 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

Home

Do you know what today’s color is? CPS Energy’s color-coded Energy Conservation Levels can help San Antonians use simple tips to conserve + control their energy use year-round. Here’s what you should be doing for each color level this summer.*

The Buy

Our new must-have for concerts and baseball games this summer: this clear, stadium-approved backpack. Psst — It’s also great for football games in the fall.*

Sports

🏈 High school football is coming

KSAT 12 Pigskin Classic returns to the Alamodome

The Alamodome will host the NCAA Men’s Final Four tournament in 2025. | Photo by @skylinedronetx

Fall is coming (well kind of) and that means local-area high schools are gearing up for the upcoming football season. KSAT 12 will host its second annual Pigskin Classic starting Friday, August 25 and Saturday, August 26 at the Alamodome.

“We have worked with Texas Sports Productions to secure eight local teams to participate in our second annual 2-day high school football event,” said KSAT12 VP/GM Ashley Parker.

Here’s what we know about the two-day schedule:

Holy Cross Knights vs Antonian Apaches | Friday, August 25 | 7 p.m.
Somerset Bulldogs vs Southside Cardinals | Saturday, August 26 | 11:30 a.m.
Uvalde Coyotes vs Jefferson Mustangs | Saturday, August 26 | 3:30 p.m.
Brandeis Broncos vs O’Connor Panthers | Saturday, August 26 | 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for the games are still available. Can’t make it out? Catch all the activities on KSAT12, on the KSAT + app, and on KSAT.com.

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The Wrap

Today’s edition by:
Adriana

From the editor

Has anyone been keeping up with the Tour de France this year? It totally missed my radar but my dad, a huge fan of the race, has been keeping up.

When I was growing up, my dad would tape the different legs of the of races (because they came on at 3 or 4 a.m.) and would watch them the next day. Sometimes I would sit with him and watch the races. It is truly a remarkable sport.

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