LOCAL - Southside - August 2021

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LOCALCOMMUNITYNEWS.COM VOL. 2, ISSUE 6 | AUG. 3- AUG. 31, 2021

LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWS

SUSAN YERKES | PG. 06

HAPPENING PG. 07

SOUTH SAN ANTONIO

Check out the free yoga classes at Confluence Park

HOUSING by EDMOND ORTIZ

AN AFFORDABLE APARTMENT complex near Mission Concepcion is just one of several South Side residential developments springing up in the wake of steady business and industry growth.

Prospera Housing Community Services in June opened Village at Roosevelt at 1515 Roosevelt Ave. The multifamily community, the site of a former pumping supply company, is Prospera’s 18th development in San Antonio, reserving 49 of 57 units for low-income residents. Company officials said San Antonio’s population growth, and the economic HOUSING continues on pg. 20

PROTECTING HEALTH CARE HEROES CAMPUS | PG. 12-15

LEARNING GAP, COVID SAFETY

State control loosens bit by bit for SISD by EDMOND ORTIZ

SPECIAL SECTION IT WILL BE ONE MORE YEAR before the Southside Independent School District fully emerges from under a state takeover of its leadership, according to the Texas Education Agency.

The district’s seven-member board of managers on May 11 seated two new trustees — Mary Silva in Position 2 and Brenda Nagelhaut-Olivarez in Position TRUSTEES continues on pg. 19


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