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Voices emerge to prevent San Antonio culture and history amid encroaching gentrification
While growth is welcomed, many are worried that too much revitalization will force them out of the homes. Author: Deborah Knapp Updated: 11:08 PM CDT May 14, 2021
SAN ANTONIO Development in downtown San Antonio is moving west. UTSA s downtown expansion is an economic generator for the most impoverished area of San Antonio.
While growth is welcomed, many are worried that too much revitalization will force them out of the homes where their families have lived for generations.
But, efforts are underway to help renovate neighborhoods and keep housing affordable.
Local voices are emerging to preserve San Antonio s cultural history and low-income homes with a message of Mi Barrio No Se Vende, which means my neighborhood is not for sale.
Garcia: West Side council candidates laud plan to keep Alazán Courts families united
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Children play at the Alazán Courts on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Much of Alazán Courts, the first public housing complex in San Antonio, was built in 1939 and people, mostly Mexican-Americans, began to move in during 1940.Billy Calzada /Billy Calzada
Candidates started filing for San Antonio City Council elections on Jan. 13.
A week later, some big news rocked District 5, which has 11 candidates competing for the seat being vacated by a term-limited Shirley Gonzales.
The San Antonio Housing Authority abandoned its plan to partner with a private developer to raze the West Side’s historic Alazán Courts and replace them with mixed-income apartments.
Editorial: Right call to halt Alazán makeover, but what is next?
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Children play at the Alazán Courts in September. Preserving units was the right call, but the housing complex desperately needs to be updated. What’s next?Billy Calzada /Billy Calzada
In a wise move, although one fraught with uncertainty, the San Antonio Housing Authority, or SAHA, will rebuild and not replace Alazán Courts, the city’s oldest and largest public housing complex. For years, SAHA had plans to work with a private developer to tear down existing apartment units and build mixed-income apartments.
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