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The ‘Project Marvel’ Deal That San Antonians Deserve

September 11, 2025 Paola Aguirre Serrano, Next City. , , ,
In 2025, the familiar story of sports-and-entertainment megaprojects plays out once more. On one side are the skeptics, wary of whether millions in public funds truly benefit everyday San Antonians; on the other are the enthusiasts, captivated by glossy renderings and big promises. In September 2024, Project Marvel was covered by media for the first time — a new vision to return the Spurs to downtown, near the Alamodome, reshaping the area into a sprawling entertainment and mixed-use district. The city’s 2002-built Frost Bank Center, previously known as the AT&T (and SBC) Center, opened at a cost of approximately $175–190 million, financed via hotel and car-rental tax increases alongside a Spurs contribution of $28.5 million.

‘Keep Public Housing Public’: Texas Dispute Reflects National Tensions

July 10, 2024 Jared Brey, Governing. , , , ,
Even with low-cost housing harder than ever to find in most American cities, the stock of public housing is shrinking. The number of families living in public housing shrank 6.5 percent during a recent five-year period, according to the Urban Institute — not a huge decline, but a decline nonetheless. Several federal initiatives to redevelop public-housing towers with lower-density, mixed-income projects have helped improve the image of public housing from its nadir in the mid-to-late 20th century. But they have also changed the mission of public housing authorities. Once focused solely on building and maintaining public units for poor people, housing authorities now engage in a wide variety of housing-related activities, sometimes partnering with private developers to build apartments for people who make barely less than the median income.

An ‘Un-Organization’ Thrives To ‘De-Bug’ the System

October 27, 2014 Raj Jayadev, www.equalvoiceforfamilies.org ,
Once the offspring of political ideologies, community organizing no longer follows a party line and there is no rule book to reference – which is what makes organizing in today’s America exciting. Interestingly, metaphors are often the only expressions we have to describe the mechanics of our community work, which is instinctual, exploratory and sometimes, uncomfortably vague. So, yes, I like the Spurs’ “built not bought” metaphor and believe it is applicable to decision making in today’s community organizations. At De-Bug, we strive for the same ethic and believe our collective can achieve tremendous feats through the deliberate “slow-building” of the organization.
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