City on the Move.San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. Continues to Rack up Awards and Recognition SAN ANTONIO -- Now listed by the U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census as the seventh largest city in America, San Antonio this summer continued collecting accolades that confirm the obvious: San Antonio is a city on the move. Among the latest in a string of high rankings for the city: * Fortune Magazine ranked the city's real estate market as the best in the nation for 2006, a lofty position validated by the area's housing market remaining quite strong despite a downturn in most other parts of the country. * Fast Company recently called San Antonio one of America's "15 Hot Cities for Creative Types." * Expansion Management placed the city among the top five of "America's Hottest Cities." * Southern Business & Development magazine listed San Antonio as one of the nation's economic growth leaders in its annual "Top Deals & Hot Markets" feature. * Even HGTV HGTV Home and Garden Television joined the party by declaring the city to be among the "hottest and trendiest" residential real estate markets in the country, particularly noting the area's low housing costs when compared to other hot markets. Companies and organizations headquartered in San Antonio also continue to be applauded: * Fortune ranked AT&T No. 1 on its list of most-admired companies, followed closely by locally-based Clear Channel Communications Not to be confused with clear channel radio stations, which are AM radio stations with certain technical parameters. Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) is a media conglomerate company based in the United States. at No. 7. * Fortune also rated Valero Energy No. 3 on its list of 100 Best Companies to Work For. * Financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. giant USAA USAA United Services Automobile Association USAA Urban Superintendents Association of America USAA United States Achievement Academy USAA United States Arbitration Act of 1925 USAA United States Axemen's Association USAA United States Air-Table-Hockey Association recently received the highest customer satisfaction score of any auto insurer on the J.D. Power and Associates National Auto Insurance Study. * Hispanic Business Hispanic Business, Inc. is a media company based in Santa Barbara, California, in the United States of America. Founded by Jesús Chavarría in 1979, Hispanic Business, Inc. publishes information for and about Hispanic professionals and entrepreneurs. magazine ranked the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's School of Medicine No. 2 - behind only Stanford - in the medical schools category of its Top 10 Graduate Schools for Hispanics survey. * A Southwest Research Institute Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the oldest and largest independent, nonprofit, applied research and development (R&D) organizations in the United States. Founded in 1947 by Thomas Slick, Jr. scientist was recently named one of the "Brilliant 10" young scientists to watch by Popular Science magazine. "This is a great city, where great people, companies and organizations are making great things happen," said Mario Hernandez, president of the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation. "I don't think many of us who live here are too surprised that the rest of the world is taking notice. San Antonio is the proverbial overnight success that's been years and years in the making." |
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