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Mayor Castro's Major Initiatives

Education

  • Lifting the aspirations of our young people and raising the educational attainment level of the local work force through a multi-faceted effort:
    • Starting a one-stop, comprehensive college counseling center that will channel more local high school graduates into higher education.
    • Mentoring urban youth to focus on careers and college.
    • Creating a very early-childhood education center focused on producing more “ready to learn” children when they start kindergarten.
    • Reaching out to middle school students before problems begin so that fewer youths drop out of high school.

Sustainability

  • Expanding programs for training workers to take advantage of the green economy.
    • Establishment of the Mission Verde Center on the site of a former middle school on the city’s West Side. The multi-purpose sustainability and training center will complement the workforce training efforts led by Alamo Colleges and San Antonio Youth Centers in weatherization, green construction and plumbing, solar /smart grid installation.
  • Exploring San Antonio’s mass transit future with a goal of reducing congestion, improve air quality and bolster the city’s quality of life

Protecting our Community Assets

  • Implementing a multi-step plan to protect the mission of Camp Bullis from encroaching development
    • In August 2009, City Council quickly moved to approve two measures recommended in a Joint Land-Use Study.
    • For the first time, developers with proposed projects near Camp Bullis will have to submit an affidavit to the city attesting that they have complied with the federal Endangered Species Act.
    • Council also approved a measure expanding from three to five miles a buffer zone within which downward lighting must be used on new developments.
  • Ensuring that $2 billion BRAC investment in Fort Sam Houston becomes a springboard for promoting long-awaited economic development on the city’s East Side
 

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Staff

  • Robbie GreenblumEmail
    Chief of Staff to the Mayor, 210.207.7067
  • Frances A. GonzalezEmail
    Assistant to the Mayor, 210.207.8448
  • Jaime CastilloEmail
    Communications Director - Senior Policy Analyst, 210.207.7083
  • Jed MaebiusEmail
    City Council Liaison, 210.207.8980
  • Jeanne RussellEmail
    Education Policy Advisor, 210.207.8979
  • Adam GreenupEmail
    Senior Policy Advisor, 210.207.5866
  • Sarah McLornanEmail
    Constituent Services, 210.207.8998
  • Patti PuenteEmail
    Scheduler to the Mayor, 210.207.7069
  • Tasha KotaraEmail
    Senior Executive Secretary - Correspondence, 210.207.7107