08.01.2023

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San Antonians 🤝 city budget

How to learn about San Antonio’s fiscal year 2025 proposed budget

The city manager has released San Antonio’s proposed 2024 budget. | Photo by City of San Antonio

It’s that time of year again. The City of San Antonio is working on its next fiscal year’s proposed budget — running from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 — and wants your input. Come join City Manager Erik Walsh and staff from key city departments for a series of town hall meetings about the proposed budget.

During each session, budget highlights will be shared and residents will have the opportunity to ask questions. There will be a series of nine meetings across the city, each starting at 6:30 p.m. (except for Saturday, August 19 meeting.)

Interested in attending? Residents must register for the town halls in advance. Once public input is received, City Council will vote on the budget on Thursday, September 14.

Monday, August 14

Budget Town Hall - District 3 | Mission Branch Library, 3134 Roosevelt Ave. | 6:30 p.m
Budget Town Hall - District 6 | Alicia Treviño Lopez Senior Center, 8353 Culebra Rd. | 6:30 p.m

Tuesday, August 15

Budget Town Hall - District 10 | Northeast Senior Center, 4135 Thousand Oaks Dr. | 6:30 p.m

Wednesday, August 16

Budget Town Hall - District 1 | San Antonio College Chandler Gym, 1819 N. Main Ave. | 6:30 p.m
Budget Town Hall - District 8 & 9 | Phil Hardberger Park Urban Ecology Center, 8400 NW Military Hwy. | 6:30 p.m

Thursday, August 17

Budget Town Hall - District 7 | Doris Griffin Senior Center, 6157 Northwest Loop 410 | 6:30 p.m

Saturday, August 19

Budget Town Hall - District 4 | Miller’s Pond Community Center, 6175 Old Pearsall Rd. | 10 a.m.

Tuesday, August 22

Budget Town Hall - District 5 | Normoyle Community Center, 700 Culberson Ave. | 6:30 p.m

Thursday, August 24

Budget Town Hall - District 2 | Second Baptist Church Community Center (Gym), 3310 E. Commerce St. | 6:30 p.m

Asked

If you could rename the Spurs’ arena, what would you choose?

Rumors are swirling that a name change is coming up for the AT&T Center. Nothing has been confirmed yet, but it had us thinking ... what would you change the name to, if you could choose?

A. I wouldn’t rename it, I like AT&T Center
B. I don’t care
C. Something else

Tell us

Events

Tuesday, Aug. 1

Dog Daze of August | Tuesday, Aug. 1-Thursday, Aug. 31 | 8 a.m.-12 p.m. | San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston Pl., San Antonio | $0-$18 | Enjoy a stroll through the gardens with your furry companion all month long.
School Supply Giveaway | Tuesday, Aug. 1 | 2-4 p.m. | San Antonio College, 309 W. Dewey Pl., San Antonio | Free | Join the community and donate school supplies.
San Antonio One Walk Kick Off | Tuesday, Aug. 1 | 5 p.m. | Chicken N’ Pickle, 5215 UTSA Blvd., San Antonio | Free | Learn about Type 1 Diabetes with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and stay for pickleball, light refreshments, and snacks.

Wednesday, Aug. 2

Geeks and Drinks | Wednesday, Aug. 2 | 6-8 p.m. | Geekdom, 110 E. Houston St., 7th floor, San Antonio | Come join local techies for a monthly meet up.
Board Game Night | Wednesday, Aug. 2 | 6-9 p.m. | Künstler Brewing, 302 E. Lachapelle, San Antonio | Free | Bring your own board game and get 15% off your tab.
Party in the Park | Wednesday, Aug. 2 | 7-9 p.m. | The RIM Commons Park, 17635 La Cantera Parkway, San Antonio | Free | Grab a drink and listen to live music by the Chris Cuevas Project.

Events calendar here

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News Notes

Community

The San Antonio Public Library is updating two locations this month. Beginning today, the Maverick location and on August 7th, the Great Northwest are due for scheduled maintenance that include interior painting, carpeting replacement, and bathroom updates. Currently, there are no scheduled reopening dates for either location.

San Antonian

Local marketing + public relations specialist Aquila Mendez-Valdez, is franchising her business into Austin. The Haute in Texas founder and CEO represents small to medium-sized businesses with a client roster including Prada and Kendra Scott. Aquila also made San Antonio Business Journal’s 2023 40 under 40 list. (SA Business Journal)

Announced

Did you catch The Saga at San Fernando Cathedral? Unfortunately, the show is postponed due to unforeseen technical difficulties. Main Plaza officials are working to bring the experience back to it’s regular schedule. Keep an eye on its Facebook page for updates.

Eat

Southerleigh now offers daily lunch specials Monday through Friday between 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for $19. Each day features different dishes ranging from sandwiches, soups, and salads. Swing by the Pearl for today’s special: the Classic Double Sized Meatloaf with smoked gravy and an arugula salad.

Number

$146,377. That’s how much the highest paid high school football coach makes in the San Antonio area. The data was collected during the 2022-2023 academic year and out of 64 football coaches, the Seguin ISD athletic director/Seguin High School head football coach, Craig Dailey clinched the number one spot. (Express News)

Opening

Indoor axe-throwing meets full-service bar + restaurant at Axeshack. The business will feature craft beer + cocktails, wine, pizza, and bar bites. Entrepreneurs Spencer and Charli Birtciel are scheduled to open the restaurant portion next month with the axe-throwing section to follow at a later date. (SA Current)

Biz

Coop, an Austin-based poultry business, will offer chicken coops and chicken-watching services (think Rover but for chickens) in the San Antonio area. Each chicken coop is equipped with two cameras and technology to alert owners via an app. No exact date has been released on when services will become available. (KSAT 12)

Eat

🍕 Pizza recommendations needed

San Antonio-approved pizza spots the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles should visit

Grab a slice (or two) from Dough Pizzeria Napoletana. | Photo by Taza de Vida

In celebration of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” in theaters now, we wanted to get you involved. Last week, we asked our readers what local pizzeria they would recommend to the Teenage Turtles if they were to visit the Alamo City. Here’s what you all suggested:

Poppy’s Pizza, 7115 Blanco Rd. Suite 107
Swing by the family-owned Italian restaurant serving up authentic NY-style pizza and some of the best wings in the city. Active service members can get 10% off.

Lou’s Woodfire Pizza, 11930 US-90 Suite #101
Grab wood-fired pizzas, salads, sandwiches, and more. The pizza spot also offers cauliflower crust and and veggie options.

Rome’s Pizza, Multiple locations
Gus Nassar introduced the city to this gourmet pizzeria in 1986 and has been serving up unique handcrafted pizzas ever since.

Need more recommendations? Here are a few spots we also recommend:

DoughBoy Pizza, 1009 Avenue B
Il Forno, 122 Nogalitos St.
Big Lou’s, 2048 S. WW White Rd.
Volare Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, 3902 McCullough Ave.

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The Wrap

Today’s edition by:
Adriana

From the editor

As I was writing the article about pizza, I realized that I had pepperoni pizza two nights in a row over the weekend — once at a friend’s house and the other after a photoshoot. That totally explains the heartburn I’ve been experiencing.

Pizza is definitely a comfort food for me, along with any type of pasta. My favorite type of pizza is Hawaiian — please don’t come for me and my pineapple. It does deserve to be a pizza topping.

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