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SELMAThe Forum Shopping Center is a showcase of stores, restaurants and professional services. For a list of tenants, visit the Forum’s Web site http://theforum-sa.com/.

Olympia Market Place continues to grow around the anchor store of Academy Sports and Outdoors. Wachovia Bank opened a branch there in 2005, and in late 2007 a Costco opened up for business.

The Village at the Forum currently has CHUY’s fine TEX-MEX and Bassett Furniture Direct as their tenants. In 2006 Ethan Allen Furniture opened with additional business opening in 2009.

The traveling public is served by a 300-room Holiday Inn that opened in early 2007 and several more hotels are planned for the future.

Retama Park, a Class A horse-racing facility, hosts quarter-horse and thoroughbred racing from April through October of each year. Retama also has simulcast races from tracks throughout the United States on a daily basis.

Selma’s two current industrial parks host such notables as Bob White and Schwerman Trucking, Munter Dry Cool, Tex Star, Spaw Glass, Sunshine Nut, Green Tweed and Alamo Crane. Two major car dealerships, Gillman Honda and Mitsubishi along with Cavender Saturn, also enjoy a business-friendly atmosphere in Selma.

Subdivisions abound with Forrest Creek, Chelsea Crossing, Retama Ridge, Selma Park Estates and the two new developments by Centex Homes, one off of Lookout Road and the other just off of FM 1518. The Retreat at Chelsea Park, an upscale apartment complex opened in 2007.

Selma will not be without a memory of its past. In 2007 a grant from the Texas Department of Transportation along with money from the city will be used to renovate the Stage Coach Stop and construct a visitor center, which will open in 2009.

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he U.S. Department of Defense’s Base Realignment and Closure process has sparked a building

boom throughout the Alamo Area, as major new projects come out of the ground and existing facilities are reno-vated and upgraded in preparation for new tenants.

As of December 2008, almost $1.4 billion worth of BRAC-related con-tracts had been awarded, a figure that’s expected to top out around $2 billion as the San Antonio BRAC Program runs from now through 2011.

The BRAC reallocation of military resources is a huge boon to the region, as it will relocate multiple medical training, f light training, operational and administrative missions to San Antonio and Fort Sam Houston, Camp Bullis, Lackland Air Force Base and Randolph Air Force Base.

San Antonio economic development officials peg the overall benefit of the military projects at $5.7 billion, with the poten tial to generate a total of 57,000 direct and spin-off jobs from 2006 through 2011.

In all, some 78 different projects and 6 million square feet of space are involved, everything from living quar-ters to clinics and hospitals, classrooms, lab space, training areas and offices.

Summer 2009 is expected to be a high point, when more than 2,000 workers will be laboring at various BRAC project sites, according to the Joint Program Management Office, the military service entity overseeing design and construction efforts of the San Antonio BRAC Program.

“We are substantially under way with the laboratory projects in the program, and we have buildings coming out of the ground at the medical education

training campus,” says Randy Holman, who is spokesperson for the Joint Program office.

“The dormitories are under way, as is the administration facility, and the single-largest dining facility in the Department of Defense inventory is coming out of the ground,” he says.

That 80,000-square-foot dining hall can accommodate 4,800 individuals over three seatings for each meal, or 1,600 per seating.

That scale is indicative of the size and scope of the entire BRAC project, and is a clear indicator of how much the inf lux of people is going to affect the area’s economy.

“By the end of fiscal 2008, we had awarded one-third of our contracts to contractors that have headquarters or regional offices in San Antonio,” Holman says. “One-fifth of those had a small-business designation, which we’re reasonably proud of. And the companies that are coming into town to do the work are leaning heavily on the local and regional companies to help deliver on these projects, so the entire regional market is benefiting.”

A major component of the BRAC-related work wil l revolve around medical facilities. The two largest pro-jects are the San Antonio Military Medical Center and the 1.9 million-square-foot Medical Education and Training Campus, which will train all medical enlisted personnel and be one of the largest facilities of its type in the world.

Then there’s the Joint Center of Excellence for Battlefield Health and Trauma Research, which will focus on improving the delivery of combat care, and other facilities that will, in all like-lihood, spur private-sector development in the health sector.

As an early indicator of BRAC’s effect on the region, Holman points to the Toyota vehicle-assembly plant that opened in the area in 2003. That $1.2 billion investment, about half of the BRAC f igure, created about 2,000 jobs.

The Toyota project, says Holman, “was, and is, a huge boon to the area, but the result of this program will pro-duce facilities and housing to bring in about 12,000 people. That’s six times the amount of growth from an employ-ment standpoint. There’s just a lot going on here.” – Joe Morris

building boom is under way that promises to refashion several of the Alamo Area’s

hospitals with larger facilities and the latest technologies and treatments.

By 2014, more than $500 million will be spent on capital improvement pro-jects at hospitals serving everyone from children to veterans. The price tag could climb even higher if University Hospital in San Antonio receives upgrades.

Taken together, these changes will bolster the area’s already robust health-care sector at a time of increased population growth for the Alamo Area.

Among those with shovels in the ground is Methodist Children’s Hospital in San Antonio, which opened in 1998 as the region’s first pediatric hospital.

The hospital, which offers emergency care, neonatal intensive care and sur-gery, has already outgrown its space. Although the ER was designed for 12,000 patients a year, five times that number flocks to the hospital.

“Despite this high volume, our staff has maintained high patient and family satisfaction ratings. This is a true testa-ment to the commitment of our nurses, doctors, technicians and support staff to treating each child as if he or she were their very own,” says Mark McLoone, CEO of Methodist Children’s.

The hospital is at work on a new emergency department that will be the

largest pediatric ED in the region, with 34 exam rooms spread across 30,000 square feet once construction is com-pleted in mid-2009.

Earlier this decade, Metropolitan Methodist Hospital itself opened a new 16,000-square-foot emergency depart-ment. In all, Methodist spent $50 million on the project that also included a new Women’s Pavilion and cardiology department expansion.

Nearby Guadalupe Regional Medical Center in Seguin is undergoing a $100 million expansion and renovation that will double the size of the hospital and update its technology. When this project wraps up in 2010, Guadalupe Regional will have a new three-story inpatient tower that will house maternity services and medical f loors.

Additional emergency room beds, inpatient beds and operating suites will be constructed as the hospital grows to

260,000 square feet.Even the state and federal government

are spending heavily in efforts to improve the care at updated facilities. Construc-tion is under way to create a new clinical practice home for the University of Texas Health Science Center.

When completed in summer 2009, the 356,000-square-foot medical arts research center will offer patient care that includes primary care, specialty care, diagnostic therapeutics and inter-ventional services.

The center will operate an electronic medical record system, making appoint-ments easier for patients. Meanwhile, the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, a Veterans Administration facil-ity in San Antonio, is shelling out more than $100 million on a project that will improve inpatient care and rehabili-tation while offering transitional housing. – Roy Moore

onstruction is nearing completion on the Floresville Early College, whose opening will be a major step toward making high school graduates and the work-

force more competitive throughout the Alamo Area. Students will soon have the opportunity to take dual-

credit classes through a partnership among the Floresville Independent School District, Floresvi l le Economic Development Corp. and Alamo Community College District in Wilson County. A similar program has been operating in New Braunfels in Comal County.

The unique educational opportunity will offer certifications in business, aerospace manufacturing, nursing, media broad-casting, culinary arts and information technology. Students will gain insight into specific fields of study beginning in their junior year.

Voters approved a $63 million bond for the school district and a number of backers, including Alamo Community College District, Congressman Henry Cuellar and the Floresville City Council, have supported the effort.

“This program addresses the education attainment level of our workforce and population as a whole,” says Col. Jesse M. Perez, executive director of the Floresville Economic Development Corp. “It will help efforts to attract new business and industry to our city and county. The new high school and Early College will be an impetus to our high school students to continue their education and transform our community.”

Previously, high school graduates would receive a standard diploma. Under the new program, students will receive a diploma and possibly an associate’s degree or other certif-ication. Programs will also be available for adults.

Additionally, the Early College facility can offer space as a training facility to an industry moving into the area, providing

the community another competitive tool for attracting new business.

Dr. David Vinson, Floresville school superintendent, says that the program will decrease dropout rates and increase student focus. “We like to say that at Floresville, your last two years of high school are your first two years of college. At the core of this strategy is the opportunity to improve the educational and skill level of our workforce,” he says. “Once that is accomplished, imagine how marketable we will be.”

Partnerships with other corporations will enhance oppor-tunities. The Floresville program is part of the Bexar County Academy Program, which includes an aerospace manu-facturing program with Lockheed Martin and a networking administration program with data company Rackspace Inc. Officials are working with local health-care entities, such as Connally Memorial Hospital, to provide nurses to serve their health-care personnel needs.

“Our enhanced educational opportunities will make us more competitive and further improve our overall quality of life,” Perez says.

– Claire Ratliff-Sears

ith retirements grounding many of America’s com-mercial pilots, the folks

who operate Wright Flyers Academy say there has never been a better time to earn your wings.

The Alamo Area flight school is cer-tainly getting ready to fill the void, planning a major international academy at Hondo Municipal Airport, 30 miles west of San Antonio.

By 2013, the school should feature more than 40 planes, 200 students and 42,000 square feet of hanger space.

The anticipated $7 million invest-ment is just one of the ways the former Air Force field is awakening from dec-ades of slumber to become a major force for economic development.

Hondo officials are marketing the airport’s space, capacity and inter-connectedness as a future Port San Antonio, the industrial-and-transpor-tation giant that likewise rose from an old military base.

“Our object over the next 10 to 20 years is to turn into a small version of Port San Antonio,” says Tim Fousse, Hondo’s airport manager. “We are the next best option.”

Like Port San Antonio, Hondo is accessible by a variety of transportation modes. It’s a stone’s throw from Texas Highway 173. It offers direct rail access serviced by the Union Pacific Railroad and Burlington Northern/Santa Fe rail-roads. And it has five runways.

“Not too many people are walking

around with five runways and three of them over 6,000 feet,” Fousse says.

And the airport has 1,400 acres of commercial and industrial property.

But for decades, the facility was marked by untapped potential, with not even a consistent fuel supply – a situ-ation Fousse likens to running a hotel without beds.

Local and state officials have focused on reviving the sprawling facility with millions of dollars in capital improve-ments. A new spur brings rail service closer; a $640,000 terminal greets pilots who can fill up at a $220,000, 24-hour fueling station; and the main runway is scheduled for a $7.7 million resurfacing in 2009.

“It says the city is serious about being in the aviation business,” Fousse says.

Rand Goldstein, the president of Wright Flyers, says the number of runways, the room for growth and the supportive community coupled with ideal weather made Hondo a perfect location for expanding.

Besides Wright Flyers, Air Evac Lifeteam, a national air ambulance service based in Missouri, has opened a Hondo base to serve hospitals and communities within a 70-mile radius.

The business is expected to add $1.3 million to the tax base and 13 jobs.

And that’s just the beginning, says Fousse, who expects the number of gen-eral aviation aircraft berthed at the airport to double within five years.

– Sam Scott

atch out, Silicon Valley. Step aside, Research Triangle. With the recent location of several technology companies and the imminent arrival

of more, the Alamo Area is giving the nation’s two traditional centers for high tech stiff competition.

The area has rich natural resources that make it appealing for businesses with complex needs and large numbers of employees. A great deal of the region’s allure, though, comes down to an old-fashioned willingness to make doing business easy and a pleasure.

“Unlike most jurisdictions around the U.S., where procedures can be arduous, dealing with the whole community here has been a snap,” says Jim Coakley, CEO of Power Loft LLC. “They were very supportive: they understand our business model and they are very business-friendly.”

Based in McLean, Va., Power Loft specializes in the development and ownership of high-density, high-security data centers.

The company is building a 100,000-square-foot facility in the Westover Hills community, an already tech-rich area that also houses a $550 million data center for Microsoft.

Christus Health is building a multimillion dollar infor-mation technology center in Westover Hills and Lowe’s is locating a $60 million data center in Bexar County.

Randy Smith, director of real estate for homegrown Rackspace Managed Hosting, says he and his colleagues have always known what others are learning about the area.

Founded in San Antonio by three Trinity University grad-uates, Rackspace offers Web and e-mail hosting, online security programs and data storage, among other services.

Rackspace is taking over 1.2 million square feet of space at

the former Windsor Park Mall, a facility that will eventually house up to 1,200 employees.

By late 2006, Smith says, the company was growing so fast “it was becoming abundantly clear we needed new space.”

He and other Rackspace officials didn’t move far. “We all wanted to stay in the area,” he says, despite conducting a national search for space and checking out more traditional high-tech communities, including Austin.

“We were never going to leave entirely. We saw a very con-certed effort by local government leadership,” Smith says. “Local government made a commitment and an investment in Rackspace.”

Running close behind a business-friendly government in high-tech appeal are great connectivity, the area’s abundant natural resources and low utility costs.

Coakley says his company is interested in green technology, and one of his requirements is an area in which he can minimize environmental impact through efficient use of natural resources.

Electric power, he points out, is about half the price in Westover Hills as it is in Dallas, no small factor for buildings that use about 50 megawatts of power per day.

Being so close to companies with a similar mindset also doesn’t hurt, Coakley says, lauding local government officials’ success in landing Microsoft.

Smith points out the Alamo Area may not historically be a high-tech market, but landing such household names is making it one.

“We are getting there,” he says. “We are reaching that critical mass.”

– J. Holly McCall

t’s the tourist hub of Texas visited each year by millions of people. But for all its fame and popularity, San

Antonio’s River Walk could still be some-thing of a genie in the bottle, waiting to be unleashed.

True, the existing Paseo del Rio already provides blocks of walkways that wind under bridges and through downtown, connecting bars, shops and restaurants with tourism magnets like the Alamo.

Throngs of people line its banks to watch a classic American tradition – the annual Texas Cavalier’s River Parade, where festooned f loats drift down the river as part of the Fiesta San Antonio.

But once you get out of the heart of downtown, the River Walk ends even as miles of urban riverfront continue. Steep banks along the San Antonio River, thick vegetation or no paths mean that following the river becomes practically impossible – or undesirable.

But that potential is now being tapped, as a $350 million expansion moves ahead, with plans to add a dozen miles of River Walk to the south and north of downtown.

The project is divided into two branches – the Museum Reach to down-town’s north, and the Mission Reach to

the south.The four-mile Museum Reach will

take the River Walk into Brackenridge Park, passing near the historic Pearl Brewery and San Antonio Museum of Art. The section includes a stretch of light-industrial development that largely ignores the river.

But the first phase of the extension is transforming the area, adding boat landings, a harbor, lighting, benches and pocket parks, investments expected to be a catalyst for new homes, hotels and restaurants.

“It’s definitely going to unleash the potential in the area north of downtown that has long since been neglected,” says Steven Schauer, manager of external com-munications for the San Antonio River Authority, one of many agencies involved in the project.

A similar change is planned for the Mission Reach, which, at nine miles,

will be twice the length of the northern expansion and will bring the River Walk near missions Espada, San Jose, San Juan Capistrano and Concepcion.

Planners expect the extension to attract corporate headquarters, retail development and recreation such as bicycling and canoeing.

The Mission Reach project will bring the river back from a straight drainage channel to a natural, meandering course lined with cobblestones.

The result should help restore habitat for Guadalupe bass, blue gill and other native species and reintroduce native trees, grass and plants along the river’s bank, including Texas bluebonnets, but-tonbush shrubs, and pecan and wild olive trees that will feed wildlife.

Cities, such as Los Angeles, have looked at the project as a way to revive urban ecosystems, Schauer says.

– Sam Scott

substantial expansion is trans-forming Albany Engineered Composites’ facility in Boerne.

The plant is a subsidiary of Albany International Corp., the world’s largest producer of engineered fabric used in the paper industry, with 31 manufac-turing facilities in 14 countries. AEC produces advanced-composite parts for a variety of industries.

The expansion, announced in early 2008 by the Kendall County Economic Development Corp., is the largest capital investment and job creation by one com-pany in the county’s history.

Once completed, the $41.6 million pro-ject will double the size of the facility to 150,000 square feet and add 330 jobs over the next 10 years.

Six states were in competition for the project, says Susan Siegler, director of corporate communications for Albany International’s parent. “When Albany Engineered Composites realized how much it was going to have to expand,” Siegler says, “we did a comprehensive site-selection process, including other locations where we had facilities.”

The project is a true success story for an economic development group that is less than three years old.

Dan Rogers, president/CEO of the Kendall County Economic Development Corp., assembled a team that included city, county and state representatives

from several offices, including the gov-ernor’s office, Alamo Community College and the Texas Workforce Commission, to create a package.

“They gave us their full support with a package that would spur economic development in the area and encouraged us to stay in the region,” Siegler says.

In the end, it was the commitment of the community and the way offi-cials worked together that kept Albany Engineered Composites in Boerne.

“One thing that we were asked to do from the outset was to help bring quality business into the area and to work with existing and expanding business in the area,” Rogers says. “Our community is

pretty fast growing on the residential side. Part of our goal is to change the dynamic so that the tax burden is not so heavily on the residential side, but for there to be a better mix of tax burden shared with business and industry.”

The team sweetened the deal with a personal touch, sending a dozen gourmet pies from Boerne’s own Tootie Pie Co. along with their proposal to Albany International’s board meeting.

“It was not a pie-in-the-sky offer and we were serious about them staying,” Rogers says. “I like to think it had some-thing to do with their decision to stay in Boerne.” – Claire Ratliff-Sears

xtreme weather conditions in the growing Alamo Area neces-sitate careful management of

water resources. Fortunately, several local agencies

and municipalities have worked crea-tively to develop plans that are vital to economic development efforts.

“This is a cosmopolitan area,” says Calvin Finch, water resources director for the San Antonio Water System. “Businesses want to have water avail-able for their business, but also for their workers, and if they are selling products locally, they want a growing population that has access to water.”

David Welsch, executive manager of business development and resource man-agement for the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, says providing the right qual-ity of life provides challenges.

“We live in an area that has become high growth, regardless of water sup-plies,” he says. “This same area has a history of drought and flood.”

T he Guada lupe-Bla nco R iver Authority, a water conservation and reclamation district created in 1933, oversees a basin of 10 counties, with three – Guadalupe, Comal and Kendall – located in the Alamo Area. The San Antonio Water System services most of the city of San Antonio, several sub-urban municipalities and part of adjacent Bexar County.

Welsch notes his agency has worked with forward-thinking municipalities, such as Schertz and Seguin, about 30 minutes west of San Antonio, to develop “firm-water” supplies.

Firm water refers to water that is avail-able even in drought conditions.

Welsch and Finch are among those charged with ensuring businesses

locating in the area and the thousands of employees moving with them have sufficient water supplies.

“We’re aggressively seeking new water resources, even as per-capita water use has been cut by 40 percent since the early 1980s,” Finch says.

The Guadalupe-Blanco authority built Canyon Reservoir on the Guadalupe River into a firm-water supply that will help sustain the local economy, while the San Antonio Water System relies on underground reservoirs for emergencies.

Finch says his agency partners with smaller, surrounding communities to work on water-resource measures that are reviewed and revised at least every five years to ensure plans still meet the community’s needs and fit state and national regulatory requirements.

San Antonio has a 50-year water plan, and, Finch says, “It’s hard to imagine a city that is growing that wouldn’t have a plan.”

Finding new resources is only half the equation.

“You really have to look at both ends of the issue,” Welsch says. “Business development also means a resource-protection strategy and an examination of the discharge.”

Like the Guadalupe-Blanco authority, the San Antonio Water System is con-cerned with protecting existing resources and has crafted a water-recycling effort to maximize supplies.

Talk of reservoirs and aquifers, resource plans and drought contin-gencies sounds technical, but Finch says everything comes down to a sim-ple principle. “We want to make sure we are investing in our community,” he says. – J. Holly McCall

ther places may boast they are Cowboy Capital of the World, but what city slicker is going

to debate Bandera’s claim to the title? Just 50 miles northwest of San Antonio,

Bandera has slightly more than 1,000 resi-dents and seemingly as many rodeos, dude ranches, western-wear stores and honkytonks.

In the 1870s, Bandera formed the staging area for the Great Western Cattle Trail, where cowboys herded millions of cattle from the Texas Hill Country to the railroads in Dodge City, Kan.

That heritage remains as plain today as the bronze monument on the court-house lawn honoring Bandera’s rodeo champions or as the Cowboys on Main events that takes place each Saturday in warm-weather months.

The free downtown extravaganza brings out storytellers, musicians and trick ropers like Bandera’s own Kevin Fitzpatrick, who has performed around the world. Fitzpatrick combines a Will Rogers wit with an arsenal of tricks like the Wedding Ring, the Cowboy Hopscotch and the Texas Skip, a com-bination of skills he describes modestly. “I show off,” he says.

Bandera boasts a range of family-owed dude ranches, which started out as a way to make money in tough times and now have a worldwide reputation.

The Dixie Dude Ranch, for example, has been a tradition since 1937. Its 725-acre spread provides the space for horseback riding, fishing, campfires, hay rides and other Western activities.

The Twin Elm Guest Ranch hosts

weekly rodeos from April to Labor Day that are free to Twin Elm guests.

And when in Bandera, rodeo is the thing to do. The city breathes the sport. Rodeos take place Friday and Saturday nights in the summer, including a winter bull-riding season, and peak with the Cowboy Capital Rodeo at the end of May.

For locals, it’s not just a spectacle; it’s something to do, says Patricia Moore, head of the Bandera County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

“You see family members videoing the performance of other family mem-bers just like you video someone’s golf swing or someone’s tennis match to see what they’re doing wrong,” Moore says. “Rodeo is very much alive as a family affair here.” – Sam Scott

elotes became a city in 1981, but the community dates back more than 100 years before that, even cropping up in official reports in the early 1700s. Since the

1850s, it has been home to German, Scottish and other immigrants, and much of what they built survives in Old Town Helotes.

Since the mid-1960s, the town, whose name derives from the Spanish “elotes,” or corn on the cob, has been home to the Helotes Cornyval. The festival benefits local nonprofits and is held over the first weekend every May.

Visitors will soon be greeted by the new stores and refur-bished buildings at the 3.5-acre Shops at Old Town Helotes, says Ken Dempsey, who is developing the project and also owns the Bluffs at Old Town Helotes, a three-acre development at the other end of town.

“Our vision was that this location would be perfect for development, but for something like a walking village in the Old Town area,” Dempsey says. “We’ll have 21 buildings in the village, including one structure that’s going to have a Helotes museum in it. The rest will be artisan shops, bou-tiques, restaurants and the like.”

The new development will follow in the footsteps of the Bluffs, which is already 100 percent leased, Dempsey says. “We have an antique store, gift shop and bookstores there, the same kind of people that will be in the new development,” he says “Both are definitely a case of ‘Build it and they will come,’ even though one isn’t built yet.”

The Shops development won’t be all new buildings designed to look old. Structures already on the property will stay put, including one built in 1928 that houses a wine boutique and a metal structure that will be part of the new museum.

To make that happen, Dempsey’s project architect took pictures all around Helotes, so the new buildings should be virtually indistinguishable from existing ones, even those that have undergone facelifts or extensive renovation as part of the overall project. And the city is doing its part as well, putting in new sidewalks, trees, streetlights and making other cosmetic improvements in advance of the new development.

“We hate to tear anything down here, so we’re just rebuilding everything we’ve got,” he says. – Joe Morris

SKILLED LABOR FORCE Thirty-eight percent of Schertz employed residents

work in management and professional jobs

San Antonio MSA offers an additional 800,000 workers from which to draw

Five universities and colleges within 30 miles of Schertz offer opportunities for workforce training

BUSINESS SPACE Build-to-suit flex spaces ranging from 5,500 sq. ft.

through 100,000+ sq. ft. available

UTILITIES AND FIBER CAPABILITIES Three electricity providers service Schertz

Fiber redundancies available

INCENTIVES Tax Abatements

TIFs

Triple Freeport Tax Exemptions

Foreign Trade Zones

Infrastructure Reimbursements

TRANSPORTATION ADVANTAGES Two major thoroughfares, IH 35 and IH 10, intersect

Schertz. Rail lines also serve the city's industrial parks, and San Antonio International Airport is a 20 minute drive.

Schertz is well suited with labor, economy and infrastructure for businesses in the following industries:

Advanced materials

Health care

Advanced manufacturing

Logistics/distribution

Automotive

Medical devices

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