The brochure, "Neighborhood Issues 101: A Quick Guide for Neighborhood First Aid,"
is available through the San Antonio Conservation Society at 107 King William Street.
For more information, call 224-6163.
(All phone numbers are area code 210)
Provides a community dispute resolution program. The Center is located at the Bexar
County Justice Center, Suite 1102, at 300 Dolorosa Street.
Phone: 335-2128.
All City of San Antonio departments can be accessed on the web by clicking the appropriate
department under Government on the menu bar.
Contacts for the City of San Antonio Mayor and City Council. Maps with demographics
by council district are available online.
Phone: 207-7040.
Enforces City codes and regulations that result in the protection of the health,
safety and welfare of all citizens. This department also strives to promote a higher
quality of life by promoting awareness and compliance with City codes in order to
stabilize and reverse the deterioration of neighborhoods.
Phone: 311
Maintains the city's unique cultural heritage by preserving our buildings, monuments,
missions, acequias, and the San Antonio River. Web page includes Historic Design
and Review agendas, schedules, ordinances and forms, plus historic district information.
Phone: 207-7869.
Focuses on the areas of litter prevention, solid waste education, and public service
activities. Web site lists alternative disposal sites and recycling centers.
Phone: 207-6460
Enhances the quality of life in San Antonio neighborhoods through the development
and delivery of revitalization programs and services leveraged by dynamic partnerships.
Phone: 207-7881
Neighborhood Resource Center
A non-profit organization that empowers neighbors to build communities by providing
access to education, training and resources and by facilitating opportunities to
network, partner and develop strategic alliances.
Phone: 735-0586
The Center is a one-stop resource for board members, staff, and volunteers of nonprofit
organizations. Provides educational, consulting, and information services on a variety
of topics including grant writing and strategic planning.
Phone: 227-4333
Promotes the development of livable communities and an enhanced quality of life
through a framework of orderly growth and development that reflects the unique history,
culture and diversity of San Antonio. Master plans, GIS mapping, and demographics
available online.
Neighborhood Plans: 207-7873
Neighborhood Conservation Districts: 207-7815
Neighborhoods &
Urban Design: 207-7873
Zoning Department: 207-0220 or 270-0000
The Society strives to preserve the state’s historic buildings, objects, places,
and customs in order to educate the public, especially the youth of today and tomorrow,
with knowledge of the state’s cultural heritage. The Society’s headquarters
are in the historic Wulff House, 107 King William Street.
Office open M-F 8:30-4:30
Library open M-Th 9:30-3:30 and Fri by appointment
Phone: 224-6163
(SAFFE) Program: The SAFFE Unit consists of police officers who focus on identifying,
evaluating and resolving community crime problems with the cooperation and participation
of community residents.
Phone: 207-7413
(S.N.A.P): Utilizes state nuisance abatement laws to target and bring into compliance
properties that are used for prostitution, gambling, narcotics delivery or similar
violations.
Phone: 207-2368
Web page features special alerts, tips and announcements, crime statistics, and
information on filing and obtaining police reports.
Emergency: 911
Non-emergency: 207-7273
Providing Texas resources and a view of the future to the K-12 educational community
since December 1993.
The state agency for historic preservation. THC staff consult with citizens and
organizations to preserve Texas' architectural, archaeological and cultural landmarks.
The Texas Historical Foundation serves as an independent, non- profit, historical
preservation organization for the State of Texas.
Organized on March 2, 1897, the Texas State Historical Association is the oldest
learned society in the state. Access the Handbook of Texas Online; order award-winning
TSHA books; explore the Southwestern Historical Quarterly and SHQ Online; and more.
The web site provides links to a variety of information about the Lone Star State,
as well as about library and archival holdings in Texas. The mission of the Texas
State Library and Archives Commission is to preserve the record of government for
public scrutiny and to secure and make accessible historically significant records
and other valuable resources.
An independent Federal Agency that provides a forum for influencing Federal policy,
programs, and activities as they affect historic and archaeological resources in
communities and on public lands nationwide.
Part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library, contains an especially useful section
on US federal legislation and policy texts related to historic preservation and
cultural resource management.
An internet directory for the design and construction industry, focusing on professionals,
products, and resources. The resources section contains over 500 web links to important
industry sites, including historical organizations across the nation.
Compiled and maintained by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training,
National Park Service.
See especially their sections on
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and the National Register of Historic Places.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation provides leadership, education and
advocacy to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our communities.
Among environmental organizations, the Nature Conservancy fills a unique niche:
preserving habitats and species by buying the lands and waters they need to survive.
See especially their section on The Nature Conservancy of Texas.
Founded in 1974 in the garden of Casa Villita in San Antonio, Preservation Action
has been at the forefront of preservation issues on Capitol Hill and in the Administration
ever since.
Preserve/Net is designed to give preservationists and those involved in related
areas of endeavor a foothold on the Internet.
Founded in 1940, the Society encourages scholarly research in the field and promotes
the preservation of significant architectural monuments that are an integral part
of our worldwide historical and cultural heritage.