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Metro San Antonio: A History of Culture, and Volunteering

By Catherine Hudgins Relocating to a new community can be isolating without the built-in networking a job provides. Luckily, the metropolitan San Antonio area offers...

Moving to the San Antonio metro area? A Few Things You’ll Want to Know

New Drivers in Texas The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) requires drivers to get a Texas driver’s license within 90 days of moving into...

Living On a Hill in the Texas Hill Country

In San Antonio, a fairly flat city just 772 feet above sea level, it comes with some surprise that some folks in the city...

Windcrest

Windcrest (pop 5,851) on I-35, is ten miles northeast of San Antonio, a city that surrounds it. It incorporated in 1959 and has been...

Universal City

Universal City (pop 20,459) is located at the north gate of Randolph Air Force Base where most of its’ residents work. Its’ main street,...

Terrell Hills

Terrell Hills (pop 5,391) is located five miles northeast of San Antonio, east of New Braunfels Avenue. It was named after Frederick Terrell, a...

Somerset

Somerset (pop 1,645) is located off Loop 1604, fifteen miles from downtown San Antonio. Originally named for a settlement begun three miles south in...

Shavano Park

Shavano Park (pop 3,874) is approximately 15 miles north of downtown San Antonio, most directly north of San Antonio on N.W. Military Highway which...

Selma

Selma (pop 10,997) is a city in Bexar, Comal and Guadalupe Counties. It was settled in 1847 by immigrants from several European countries, most...

Seguin

Seguin (pop 28,854) residents live by the motto “ On the Road to Success” reminds those who move here that even with its charming...

Metropolitan San Antonio Area Summer Camps Guide

The word “summer” inevitably leads to the word “camp.” Whether it’s a sleepover (or resident) camp experience lasting a week or two, or a few days spent immersed in a special activity, there are many local San Antonio programs encouraging children to develop lifelong habits of healthy activity and...