Methodist Healthcare has been selected to receive the Texas Award for Performance Excellence (TAPE) from the Quality Texas Foundation, representing the highest level of quality an organization can achieve in the state of Texas. Methodist Healthcare is the first and only health care system in South Texas and the third organization in San Antonio to receive the T...

The North SA Chamber is continuing to meet the needs of businesses for a readied workforce. The Job Bank is a no-cost tool to for member businesses to access a larger pool of applicants, and the online search tool is a free community resource to job seekers. “We will promote the Job Bank heavily in 2014 to veterans, transitioning professionals, college students and recent grads,” says North...

John Facey UTSA Institute for Economic Development About the Company: The University of Texas Institute for Economic Development assists communities and businesses from conception to startup and expansion with a broad array of advising and research services. These services are provided by 11 centers of excellence located at UTSA’s downtown campus. The Institute’s services have an internatio...

The 2014 summer season at unique and colorful Morgan’s Wonderland theme park will begin Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-26, according to Ron Morander, general manager. The safe, affordable and completely wheelchair-accessible theme park will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 24; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 25; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, May 26 – Memorial Day.  It will wrap up the mont...

Padgett, Stratemann & Co., LLP (PS&Co.), one of Texas' premier CPA and business advisory firms, has been named the 106th Largest Accounting Firm in the United States by Accounting Today magazine, a leading provider of online business news for the tax and accounting community, in its 2014 Beyond The Top 100: Firms To Watch list. In addition, the firm ranked as the Fourth Largest CPA F...

Approximately 11,000 adults become eligible for Medicare every day, reflecting a dramatically increasing senior population, and that number is only going to grow. The U.S. Census Bureau predicts there will be nearly 47 million seniors age 65 and up in 2015 and about 72.1 million seniors – nearly 20 percent of the population – by 2030.[i], [ii] Here in Texas, the 65 and older population is ex...

“It’s time to expand to fit the needs of San Antonio,” says Ernesto Ancira Jr., President of Ancira Enterprises. Ernesto is referring to the upcoming ground breaking for the new Ancira KIA to be built on Bandera Road next to the Ancira Volkswagen store. As the number one KIA store for all of 2013, Ancira KIA has outgrown its present facility, and needs to add more sales space, service bays and ...

Drs. Jeffrey Leslie and Juan C. Prieto, pediatric urologists at Methodist Children’s Hospital, are the first in the city to perform robotic surgery on children ages 5 to 18. Using the da Vinci Surgical System®, a robot controlled by a surgeon while seated at a console with hand and foot pedals, surgeons can make very precise, complex motions that are facilitated by robotic technology. The su...

“Now that everyone will have medical insurance, what is your non-profit, charity clinic going to do?”  I can’t tell you how many times I have been asked that question by people who still do not understand the gaps that remain in the healthcare arena. Faith Family Clinic is unique in that we do not receive government funding to provide medical care and are truly a community supported organiza...

Save the date for Any Baby Can’s 12th Annual Jon’s 5K Run/Stroll presented by Pioneer Energy Services. Activities, beautiful scenery and fun await runners, walkers and strollers as the community comes together in support of families who have lost a child. It is a time to celebrate the memories of lives that were lost too soon. May you be a volunteer, family member, friend or advocate, your par...