"The mayor—or a working majority of council—should call every one of these groups into one room and hammer out a genuine vision for what San Antonio is working to become. We need one unified strategy for getting there, one that lasts beyond anyone’s term."
i doubt anyone in the city has a real vision for what san antonio should be
Hold the line: the City already has an ADOPTED long term Vision, an ADOPTED Strategic Economic Development Plan, an ADOPTED Sustainability Plan, and other related "strategic" plans, which I have written about for yrs. Yes, really.
Where is our "watchdog" press to educate its readers that major plans are adopted, with large funding, but having NO transparency or accountability?
Where is the "Executive" role of our city Manager to address these approved plans AND EXPECTATIONS?
SA bought time with its Federal largesse, but bc SA remains a very poor, impoverished, economically segregated city, the city's establishment leadership has always avoided addressing our structural realities. Boosterism is our greatest distraction; we do not have grown-ups with subject-matter expertise to guide us toward a viable alternative Vision.
As such, SA will always rank as a case study in civic failure.
The city's latest comprehensive plan has missed on the majority of its goals, and really can't be seen as anything other than a failure. I would wager the upcoming one will face the same fate
Instead of performative actions centered around programs, projects, & initiatives, we need to consider a paradigm shift in economic policy, focusing upon economic well-being, socioeconomic development, & economic policy.
Neither Trinity U., St. Mary's, nor UTSA have this capability, nor does it exist in-house. This happens to be my longstanding focus, but who cares.
"The mayor—or a working majority of council—should call every one of these groups into one room and hammer out a genuine vision for what San Antonio is working to become. We need one unified strategy for getting there, one that lasts beyond anyone’s term."
i doubt anyone in the city has a real vision for what san antonio should be
Hold the line: the City already has an ADOPTED long term Vision, an ADOPTED Strategic Economic Development Plan, an ADOPTED Sustainability Plan, and other related "strategic" plans, which I have written about for yrs. Yes, really.
Where is our "watchdog" press to educate its readers that major plans are adopted, with large funding, but having NO transparency or accountability?
Where is the "Executive" role of our city Manager to address these approved plans AND EXPECTATIONS?
SA bought time with its Federal largesse, but bc SA remains a very poor, impoverished, economically segregated city, the city's establishment leadership has always avoided addressing our structural realities. Boosterism is our greatest distraction; we do not have grown-ups with subject-matter expertise to guide us toward a viable alternative Vision.
As such, SA will always rank as a case study in civic failure.
The city's latest comprehensive plan has missed on the majority of its goals, and really can't be seen as anything other than a failure. I would wager the upcoming one will face the same fate
Instead of performative actions centered around programs, projects, & initiatives, we need to consider a paradigm shift in economic policy, focusing upon economic well-being, socioeconomic development, & economic policy.
Neither Trinity U., St. Mary's, nor UTSA have this capability, nor does it exist in-house. This happens to be my longstanding focus, but who cares.