RevitalizeSA Cohorts

FY 2025: Cohort 2

Program Sessions

January
  • January 22: Program Orientation - Overview and Guidelines (approximately 3 - 6 hours)
  • January 30 - February 1: Opening Retreat (3 Days) - Foundational Cohort Team Development
February

February 18: Leadership Day 1 - Communication, Collaboration & Interpersonal Leadership Styles Assessment

March
  • March 13: Strategy Day 1 - Neighborhood Logic Study & Main Street's Four-Point Approach
  • March 18: Leadership Day 2 - Anti-Racism Training and Coalition Building
  • March 25: Working Group Day 1
April
  • April 1: Strategy Day 2 - City Connections, Organization, Economic Vitality, Design
  • April 15: Working Group Day 2
  • April 22: Leadership Day 3 - Change Making: Adaptive Leadership and Peer Consulting (Part 1)
May
  • May 6: Strategy Day 3 - Small Business Support, Recruitment and Retention, Economic Vitality
  • May 13: Working Group Day 3
  • May 20: Leadership Day 4 - Change Making: Adaptive Leadership and Peer Consulting (Part 2)
June
  • June 3: Strategy Day 4 - Placemaking and Community Engagement, Design and Promotion
  • June 10: Working Group Day 4
  • June 24: Leadership Day 5 - Closing Session & Change Making
July

July 8: Commercial Hub Advancement for Neighborhood Growth (CHANGE) Project Prep Session (Virtual) - Final Support for participants before executing their projects

November

November 4: CHANGE Project Showcase and Graduation - Program Closing Event

Cohort Leaders

Leaders Commercial Corridor Focus Area Council District(s)

Joseph Bravo

Broadway, from Josephine to Brackenridge

1

Kimberly Davolt

S. Laredo St., from S. Brazos to S. Frio

5

Emilie Herrera

N. New Braunfels, from E. Commerce to I-10

2

Geremy Landin

  • Frio City Road and San Marcos
  • San Marcos and Cesar Chavez
  • Zarzamora and Cesar Chavez
  • Zarzamora and Merida

5

Lisa Lerma

S. Flores, from Lone Star to Theo

3 & 5

Jacqueline Lucio

Broadway, from Travis to Houston

1

Elizabeth Mancha

Avenue B., from Roy Smith to McCullough Ave.

1

Washington Navarro

W.W. White, from Elaine Road to Rice Road

2

James Nortey

E. Commerce from Pine St. to S. New Braunfels St.

2

Peter Onofre

Southcross Blvd., from Quintana to New Laredo Highway

5

Curz Ortiz

Roosevelt / Eads to Presa / Zapata

3

Jedda Silva

E. Houston St., from Navarro to 3rd St.

1

Luis Vazquez Rodriguez

Main Ave., from 1002 to 2030 N. Main

1

Peggy Wolfe-Jones

Perrin Beitel, from Industrial Center to Post Office Drive

2 & 10

FY 2024: Cohort 1

The area of focus for program projects will be used for Commercial Hub Advancement for Neighborhood Growth (CHANGE) Grant opportunity.

Cohort Leaders

Leaders Commercial Corridor Focus Area Council District(s)

Ruben Arciniega

E. Houston to Cesar Chavez, ranging from the St. Paul Square site to S. New Braunfels St.

2

Erica Benavides

Southcross and Quintana

5

Ruth Bushman

Roosevelt Ave. from Roosevelt Park to Steves Ave.

5

Parker Dixon

Midtown/downtown connection via San Pedro Ave. and I-35

1

Gabriela Gast

Roosevelt Ave. between E. Mitchell St. and Hansford St.

3

Alberto Gomez

W. Commerce St., between Brazos and Chupaderas Streets

5

Melinda Gonzalez

W. Commerce St. from Colorado to Zarzamora, 161 businesses

5

Nichelle Harper

Intersection of Bandera and Huebner, Wurzbach Parkway and Perrin Beitel over a 15-mile radius between and surrounding each point

Main Street America will work with the applicant to narrow the focus.

7, 8, 9 & 10

Eduardo Juarez

District 5, Prospect Hill area: 24th St (west boundary), Zarzamora (east), Culebra (north), Guadalupe (south).

5

Elvira Leal

W. Commerce and General McMullen through W. Commerce and 36th St.

5

Dameon Lutz

Houston St., Alamo Plaza and Soledad St.

1

Edmund Olszewski

5 blocks on W. Houston, from N. Santa Rosa St. to N. Medina St.

1 & 5

Grace Rose Gonzales

The Old Spanish Trail Cultural Corridor begins at Hildebrand and Fredericksburg Road to N. Flores and Savings St.

1

Natalie Smith

E. Houston St. between N. St. Mary's and Camaron St.

1

Amina Thomas

East Side of San Antonio's Martin Luther King Jr. Drive area and E. Commerce St.

2

Chloe Walker

Between the intersection of the San Pedro corridor and the Commerce-Houston corridor.

1

Michelle Washington

506 S. W.W. White Road at E. Houston St., extending southeast to 1874 S. W.W. White Road at Rigsby Ave.

2