A Message from from SAWS
Today, 140 miles of the 142-mile
Vista Ridge Pipeline
is already in the ground, and on track to start delivering up to 20 percent of our water needs in 2020. Delivery of this new supply, San Antonio’s ninth water source overall, tops the list of reasons SAWS’ budget includes a rate adjustment for 2020.
The 2020 adjustment will increase the average monthly residential water and sewer bill (excluding regulatory pass-through and stormwater fees) from $65.83 to $72.38 — a difference of $6.55 or 9.9 percent.
Alamo Promise Available to Class of 2020 Seniors
The Alamo Promise ensures that tuition and mandatory fees at the Alamo Colleges are covered for students who graduate from participating high schools. As a last-dollar funding, AlamoPROMISE covers the gap between financial aid and the cost of tuition for up to three years.
To become an AlamoPROMISE Scholar, you must be a senior graduating from one of the 25 participating high schools with a high school diploma in 2020 and a Bexar County resident eligible for in-district tuition.
Click here for more information.
Complete Count 2020
The City of San Antonio and Bexar County have joined efforts to establish the San Antonio/Bexar County Complete Count Committee. The Complete Count Committee is a volunteer group focused on engaging and educating the community on the importance of self-responding for the 2020 Census. The Committee’s goal will be to achieve a complete and accurate count of all San Antonio and Bexar County residents. Visit
www.sabexarcountmein.org
for more information.
Film Festival Funding Program Now Open
The Department of Arts & Culture’s Film Division opened the application process for its Film Festival Funding Program, which provides up to 20% of San Antonio nonprofit film festivals that meet requirements including operating as a 501(c)3, using a juried selection process and holding free workshops focused on film. The Intent to Apply deadline is November 18 at 11:59 p.m. and the Application deadline is December 16 at 11:59 p.m. Applicants will submit through
SanAntonio.GoSmart.org
. A workshop open to film festival organizers will be held on November 12 at 5 p.m. at 203 S. St. Mary’s Street, Suite 120.
Westside Community Area Plan
Planning Department Staff will host a Planning Team Meeting for the Westside Community Area Plan on Thursday, November 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at 3222 Culebra Road, 78228 - Memorial Library Meeting Room. Topics will include Future Land Use and Focus Areas.
Alamo Updates
Many other aspects of the Master Plan, including concepts around design, materials, exhibits, and programming, have yet to be created. These concepts will be fully explored in the next phases of the master plan, and updates will be shared publically on official Alamo channels. The Alamo has issued a new RFQ for the assessment of the Alamo Museum buildings,
which can be viewed here.
You can view the latest design proposal
on
SaveTheAlamo.com
.
City Council Approves Funding For Geekdom’s Civic-Focused Startup Incubator
San Antonio City Council approved a $250,000 Economic Development Incentive Fund grant for the Civic Tech Division of the newly formed Geekdom Incubator Program. The pilot program will support the development of early-stage companies focused on civic innovation and positive community impact through a 12-month program. In addition, the program will
promote
entrepreneurship, spur innovation, commercialize local talent and intellectual property and grow startups in the local information technology industry.