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成立于圣安东尼奥的商人俱乐部，詹姆斯·L. 斯雷登担任该组织的首任主席.

Founded the Fiesta Association – which is now known as the Fiesta San Antonio Commission. 这个组织负责管理, 组织, 每年四月都会举办极受欢迎的文化节“嘉年华”.

会议厅举行了7次会议,000-8,000 acres of land under option for Kelly Air Force Base; the Chamber assembled the land, 从土地所有者那里租来的, 然后转租给政府. 商会在城市的东南角聚集了873英亩的土地, 在伯格磨坊附近, 布鲁克斯空军基地.

领导寻找圣安东尼奥凯利空军基地和布鲁克斯空军基地的工作.

为伦道夫空军基地制定并执行购地计划, 现在是伦道夫联合基地.

与三一大学和圣安东尼奥大学的官员一起工作, 的合并, 导致三一大学从瓦克哈奇迁至圣安东尼奥.

组织农场和牧场委员会, 由乔·弗里曼主持, 是谁规划并成功开发了弗里曼体育馆.

Formed the South Texas Medical Foundation, which developed the South Texas Medical Center.

The Chamber’s Highway Committee developed a master highway plan for metropolitan San Antonio and Bexar County, and presented it to the Texas Highway Commission for approval as the basis of our local highway system.

The Farm and Ranch Committee directed the development of the San Antonio Livestock Exposition.

组织和指导农产品终端市场, 这是美国第一个由私人资本建造的主要农产品码头.

A Chamber committee was formed to investigate the feasibility of an international “HemisFair” in San Antonio. A Chamber committee began studies on a river development program which led to the Paseo del Rio project, 导致了举世闻名的圣安东尼奥河步道的发展.

Thirty Chamber members appeared before the State Coordinating Board in Dallas to lobby for a 状态-支持 university, 牙科学院, 以及圣安东尼奥的一所护理学校.

商会出资25美元,西半球广场的可行性研究, 哪座城市是1968年半球博览会的举办地, 最终变成了市中心几英亩的绿色公园.

商会筹集了12美元,帮助市政府支付一项航空运输研究的费用和30美元,以帮助通过6500万美元的城市道路债券发行.

The Chamber conducted a phone blitz and obtained commitments for 1,053 summer jobs for youths. 商会组织了一个贸易代表团到墨西哥城.

商会进行了一项研究，将圣安东尼奥指定为“两百周年城市”。, 授权31美元,为了确定圣安东尼奥在美国的形象，一项全国性的市场研究花费了1万美元.S. 还有2.5万美元用于圣安东尼奥体育的经济可行性研究.

商会赞助了250家墨西哥公司参加的墨西哥贸易展,000 Mexican products and arranged for an Amtrak train trip to Mexico City to promote train travel from San Antonio.

商会创建了圣安东尼奥经济发展基金会.

The Chamber created the 领导 San Antonio program to provide leadership training to men and women from all walks of life in Bexar County.

商会建议将北方高速公路命名为“麦卡利斯特高速公路”.”

The Chamber 支持 the Federal Highway Administration and Texas Department of Highways & 公共交通的IH-35和IH-10市区改善计划.

The Chamber urged the City of San Antonio and City Water Board to proceed with the development of the Applewhite Reservoir Project and sent a delegation to Zurich, 瑞士, 参加“投资美国城市”会议.

A Chamber delegation visited Toronto to promote San Antonio as an investment location and Portland, 俄勒冈州, 去研究他们的交通中心, 对外贸易区, 轻轨系统, 以及新的巴士收费系统.

The Chamber endorsed an expansion of the Alamo College District’s boundaries to the city limits.

众议院主导了开支上限提案的失败, 支持通过一项价值3400万美元的司法中心债券发行, 并支持创建市中心改善区.

The Chamber created San Antonio Sports to develop and attract national amateur and professional sporting events to San Antonio such as Final Four tournaments, 国际比赛, 青少年体育训练项目.

商会赞同在圣安东尼奥建造一个多功能体育设施, 后来成为阿拉莫德圆顶.

The Chamber organized and led the “Operation Noel Get Well” project and mobilized the community to attend to the needs of soldiers flown to San Antonio for treatment of injuries sustained when the United States launched “Operation Just Cause” to help restore freedom in Panama.

该商会是圣安东尼奥工厂创建的催化剂!这是一个监督阿拉莫地区《cq9跳高高试玩》项目的新委员会.

Chamber efforts resulted in the consolidation of various water-related agencies into a single entity, 圣安东尼奥水系. 商会和白宫合作支持北美自由贸易协定的起草.

商会领导了“凯利·菲尔德案”的努力, pulling together a community-wide coalition that resulted in Kelly’s survival through the round of base closures. 北美自由贸易协定签署成为法律.

商会庆祝成立100周年

在当地工作, 状态, 联邦官员, The Chamber helped obtain federal funding for the construction of an overpass on IH 35 to facilitate access to the new Brooke Army Medical Center.

帮助建立了国际农业技术中心和圣安东尼奥创伤协会

本会教育基金 & 劳动力发展局

创立并组织了圣安东尼奥生物科学协会, leading to the formation of BioMedSA to foster the rapid growth of bioscience companies in San Antonio.

在圣安东尼奥主持了德州交通委员会的首次会议. 支持, 支持, and actively worked for voter approval of Bexar County’s proposal to build a multi-purpose community venue at the Joe and Harry Freeman site.

帮助立法建立布鲁克斯市基地.

作为创建圣安东尼奥移动联盟(SAMCo)的合作伙伴, an organization that advocates for San Antonio region-based transportation initiatives and strategy.

作为“丰田团队”的重要成员,” Chamber leaders helped negotiate the agreement that brought a Toyota Manufacturing North America facility to San Antonio. 丰田德州现在是所有丰田皮卡的生产地.

Led the effort to temporarily relocate the New Orleans Saints to San Antonio in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Built local support for the funding for the Linear Creekways and Parks Development plan as set forth by the Parks and Recreation Department, which would the first of the City’s linear parks along Salado Creek from Northeast Loop 410 to Austin Highway.

建立了通往伟大城市的道路专责小组, 重点增加文化艺术设施投资, 更多业余体育设施, 城市里有更多的公园和绿地, 强调招聘和留住年轻专业人员, 教育, 和基础设施.

Successfully lobbied for San Antonio as the location of the new “Cyber Command” (now the 16th Air Force located at Lackland AFB)

Supported the creation of a downtown business and economic development plan to revitalize downtown. 协助德克萨斯A的成立&作为一所独立的大学.

Supported the City of San Antonio’s proposed new Small Business Economic Development 宣传 (SBEDA) Ordinance and their efforts to promote economic inclusion and empower small/minority/women-owned businesses.

帮助确保市议会通过远景岭管道项目, 确保未来稳定的水供应.

已推出的辅助工程, 工业界领导的联盟, funded by H-E-B and assembled to develop a comprehensive human capital strategy to fill the city and county’s most pressing talent needs.

启动了Build Sec Foundry, a cybersecurity incubator that is accelerating product-based security startups in San Antonio.

Took a leadership role in discussions on modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 后来成为美墨加贸易协定.

Successfully defeated the City of San Antonio’s efforts to include a Labor Peace Agreement (LPA) requirement within the Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Food, 饮料, 和圣安东尼奥国际机场的零售特许经营商.

在阿拉莫承诺计划中帮助阿拉莫学院, which provides no-cost enrollment in any of the district's schools for students who graduate from high school in San Antonio

Coordinated resources and 支持 local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic using the SA Chamber Rapid Response website and One City Initiative to revitalize downtown commerce.